LOINC Code 57128-1: NBS Report summary panel

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 Newborn Screening Report summary panel. 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: Order
• Panel type: Organizer

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Newborn Screening Report summary panel
• This panel includes a LOINC code that could carry a summary report as text , or PDF , the overall interpretation of the report to permit easy searching for abnormal , a list of the conditions suspected based on the marker results as codes - to make it easy for receiving systems to find cases requiring follow up.
• Asympt; Asymptomatic; Chemistry; NBS report summary pnl; New born; Pan; PANEL.CHEMISTRY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Rpt summ; Scn

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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