LOINC Code 11636-8: [#] Births.live
11636-8 is a LOINC code used to identify [#] Births.live in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Births.live. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
What is this code?
LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Births.live. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
When is it used?
- Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
- May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
- Status: ACTIVE
- Order vs observation: Observation
- Method: Reported
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- [#] Births.live
- Births.live
- Total number of live births. [Complete expulsion or extraction from the mother if a product of human conception, irrespective of duration of pregnancy, which, after expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as heart beat.
- Cnt; Count; Gyn; Gynecology; Number; OB; ObGyn; OBSTERICAL; OBSTERICAL.ULTRASOUND; Obstetrical; Obstetrics; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random
Where you may see this code
You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.
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