LOINC Code 57653-8: Tidal volume.spontaneous minimum setting Ventilator alarm

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 Tidal volume.spontaneous min setting. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Ventilator.alarm.

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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Tidal volume.spontaneous minimum setting Ventilator alarm
• Tidal volume.spontaneous min setting
• Some ventilators, such as Puritan-Bennett 840, have separate low exhaled tidal volume alarms for spontaneous vs machine breaths. In SIMV mode, the clinician would set both alarms.
• Lung; Minimal; minimum; Point in time; PULMONARY; Pulmonology; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Respiratory; Spont VT; TV; Vent alarm; Vol; Volume; VT; VT.spontaneous min setting

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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