LOINC Code 11680-6: Deprecated Left ventricular outflow tract Mean blood flow Doppler.measured

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 Blood flow.mean. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Heart.ventricle.left.outflow tract.

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: DEPRECATED
• Order vs observation: Observation
• Method: US.doppler

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Deprecated Left ventricular outflow tract Mean blood flow Doppler.measured
• Blood flow.mean
• Time-average of the maximum Doppler shift frequency envelope over the cardiac cycle. If System is Patient or System is Fetus or Other but context is supplied by DICOM Supplement 23-Structured Reporting, Observation Subject context Module (C.6.12).
• Average; Avg; Bld flow; Cardiac; Cardio; Cardiology; DOP; DUPLEX; Dynamic; Echography; Gyn; Gynecology; Heart Disease; Hrt; Hrt ventr; L; LT; LV; LVOT; Mean V; OB; ObGyn; OBSTERICAL; OBSTERICAL.ULTRASOUND; Obstetrical; Obstetrics; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Sonogram; Sonograph; Sonography; ULS; Ultrasound; V mean; Velocity; Ventricular; Vmean

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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