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LOINC Code 44620-3: Other quantitation CAP Nar (Spec)

44620-3 is a LOINC code used to identify Other quantitation CAP Nar (Spec) 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 Other quantitation. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Specimen.

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 Other quantitation. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Specimen.

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: DEPRECATED
  • Order vs observation: Observation
  • Method: CAP cancer protocols

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • Deprecated Other quantitation by CAP cancer protocols
  • Other quantitation
  • CAP prot; Finding; Findings; Narrative; Othr; Pathology; PATHOLOGY PROTOCOLS; PATHOLOGY PROTOCOLS PROSTATE; Point in time; Random; Report; Spec

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

Other quantitation CAP Nar (Spec)Deprecated Other quantitation by CAP cancer protocolsDeprecated Other quantitation CAP protOther quantitationPATH.PROTOCOLS.PROSTOther Quantitation, SpecimenFind

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code44620-3
SystemLOINC
Display nameOther quantitation CAP Nar (Spec)
DescriptionOther quantitation
Short nameDeprecated Other quantitation CAP prot
ComponentOther quantitation
PropertyFind
TimingPt
System (specimen)Specimen
ScaleNar
MethodCAP cancer protocols
ClassPATH.PROTOCOLS.PROST
StatusDEPRECATED
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.17
Last changed2.61

Consumer names

Other Quantitation, Specimen

Part names

Other quantitationFindPtSpecimenNarCAP cancer protocolsFindingPoint in time (spot)

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