LOINC Code 53242-4: Charge ticket or encounter form

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 Charge ticket or encounter form attachment. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Charge ticket or encounter form
• Charge ticket or encounter form attachment
• This attachment type is a scanned or other image copy of the source documents which subsequently may be used to obtain information for charging or billing purposes. For example, the paper form given by the provider to the patient during an examination, which the patient takes to the front desk of the practice so that a clerk may perform scheduling, billing, or test ordering functions. Another example is the form given to the patient by a laboratory testing facility, for tests performed in the case that the ordering physician will subsequently be billing for the tests.
• ADMIN; DOC.ADMIN; Document; Finding; Findings; Point in time; Random

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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