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LOINC Code 11780-4: Delivery date Estimated from ovulation date

11780-4 is a LOINC code used to identify Delivery date Estimated from ovulation date 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 Delivery date. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

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 Delivery date. 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: Estimated from ovulation date

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • Delivery date Estimated from ovulation date
  • Delivery date
  • Based on putative date of ovulation determined by ovulation testing or induction of ovulation
  • Date of confinement; Deliv date; Due date; EDC; EDD; Est; Est from ovulation date; estimation; Gyn; Gynecology; OB; ObGyn; OBSTERICAL; OBSTERICAL.ULTRASOUND; Obstetrical; Obstetrics; Point in time; predicted; 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.

Common synonyms

Delivery date Estimated from ovulation dateDeliv date Est from ovulation dateDelivery dateOB.USDatePt^Patient

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code11780-4
SystemLOINC
Display nameDelivery date Estimated from ovulation date
DescriptionDelivery date
Short nameDeliv date Est from ovulation date
ComponentDelivery date
PropertyDate
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleQn
MethodEstimated from ovulation date
ClassOB.US
Example unitsMMDDYY
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released1.0j-a
Last changed2.50

Part names

Delivery dateDatePt^PatientQnEstimated from ovulation datePoint in time (spot)

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