LOINC Code 23237-1: M. avium ss avium identified Bioassay Nom (Specimen)

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 Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium. It is commonly used with the system or sample type XXX.

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: Both
• Method: Bioassay

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Mycobacterium avium ss avium identified in Specimen by Bioassay
• Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium
• Assesses pathogenicity by inoculation into young birds and monitoring development of clinical signs and/or death.
• Acid Fast; Acid Fast Bacilli; Acid fast bacillus; AFB; Avium tuberculosis; ID; Identity or presence; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; M avium; M avium av; Microbiology; Misc; Miscellaneous; Myco; Mycobact; Mycobacterium avium; Nominal; Other; Point in time; Random; ssp; To be specified in another part of the message; Tuberculosis; Unspecified

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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