LOINC Code 11768-9: Fetal Body weight percentile range Categorization by comparison with standards

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 Body weight percentile range. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Fetus.

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: Categorization by comparison with standards

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Fetal Body weight percentile range Categorization by comparison with standards
• Body weight percentile range
• Estimated fetal weight is compared with formulas or lookup tables of a population of birth weights
• Bdy weight; Bdy weight Prctl; Bdy weight Prctl range; bod; Bodies; BWP; Comp W std; Compare; Fetal; FWP; Gyn; Gynecology; OB; ObGyn; OBSTERICAL; OBSTERICAL.ULTRASOUND; Obstetrical; Obstetrics; Ordinal; Percentile; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Rnge; Screen; Wt

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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