LOINC Code 57829-4: Prescription for medical equipment or product

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 Prescription for medical equipment or product. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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: {Role}

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Prescription for medical equipment or product
• Document used to prescribe medical equipments (e.g wheelchairs) and/or sanitary products (sanitary towels, sanitary napkins, urine bags,...)
• DOC.ONT; Document; Finding; Findings; Point in time; Random; Rx; Rx for medical equipment or product

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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