LOINC Code 49126-6: O. tsutsugamushi identified Sequencing Nom (Specimen)

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 Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is commonly used with the system or sample type XXX.

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: Sequencing

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Orientia tsutsugamushi identified in Specimen by Sequencing
• Orientia tsutsugamushi
• high-throughput sequencing; HTS; ID; Identity or presence; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Microbiology; Misc; Miscellaneous; Next generation sequencing; NGS; Nominal; O tsut; O tsutsugamushi; Oriental scrub typhus; Other; Point in time; R orienta; R tsutsugamuchi; R tsutsugamushi; Random; Rickettsia orienta; Rickettsia tsutsugamuchi; Rickettsia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; Unspecified

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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