LOINC Code 33878-0: Mean blood flow rate by US
33878-0 is a LOINC code used to identify Mean blood flow rate by US 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 Blood flow rate.mean. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Circulatory system}.
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 rate.mean. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Circulatory system}.
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: US
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Mean blood flow rate by US
- Blood flow rate.mean
- Time averaged volume blood flow typically computed from the time averaged mean velocity and the lumen area. Units are volume per unit time, e.g. ml/min.
- Average; Avg; Bld flow; Bld flow rate; Circ; Circ sys; Dynamic; Echography; Flow; GENERAL ULTRASOUND; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Sonogram; Sonograph; Sonography; ULS; Ultrasound; Vmean; Volume Rate; vRate
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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