LOINC Code 411-9: Piperacillin+Tazobactam MLC [Susc]

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 Piperacillin+Tazobactam. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Isolate.

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: MLC

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Piperacillin+Tazobactam [Susceptibility] by Minimum lethal concentration (MLC)
• Piperacillin+Tazobactam
• ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; AST; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Islt; Isol; MBC; Minimum bactericidal concentration; Minimum lethal concentration; Pip+Tazo; Piper; PIPJ; Pipracil; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Sus; Suscept; Susceptibilities; Susceptibility; Susceptibilty; Tazobac; Tazocilline; Tazocin; Zosyn

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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