LOINC Code 36966-0: XR Hand - bilateral Brewerton

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 View Brewerton. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Upper extremity.bilateral>Hand.

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: XR

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• XR Hand - bilateral Brewerton
• View Brewerton
• To show erosions of met heads and phalanges base. Palm up, MCP flexed to 45 deg, phalanges in contact w film, tube angeled 20 deg to head of third MC.
• 1V; Arm; Bil; Bilat; Both; Document; EXT; Extr-Bl; Film; Finding; Findings; Hand-Bl; Hands; Imaging; MSK; Musculoskeletal; Ortho; Orthopedics; Plain Films; Point in time; Rad; RADIOLOGY; Random; Single View; UE; UE-Bl; Up; Upper extremity; VW; Xray; X-ray

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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