LOINC Code 46495-8: Branch number during assessment period [CMS Assessment] Agency

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 Branch number. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Agency.

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: CMS Assessment

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Branch number during assessment period [CMS Assessment] Agency
• Branch number
• Specifies the branch identification code, as assigned by CMS. The identifier consists of 10 digits with the State code as the first two digits, followed by Q (upper case), followed by the last four digits of the current Medicare provider number, and ending with the three-digit CMS-assigned branch number.
• Branch #; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Assessment; Ident; Identifier; No; Nominal; Num; Report period; Survey

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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