LOINC Code 58410-2: CBC panel Auto (Bld)

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 Complete blood count panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld.

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: Panel
• Method: Automated count

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• CBC panel - Blood by Automated count
• Complete blood count panel
• This panel is the traditional hemogram plus platelet count which must now be reported with with hemograms according to current US re-imbursement rule The panel includes 2 different RDWs to accommodate the two different ways of reporting them. (Most automated instruments report as a percent ). The hemoglobin produced by the automatic counters does not use a counting method to generate the hemoglobin so we have used the methodless version of hemoglobin in this panel.
• Auto; Automated detection; Blood; CBC Pnl; Elec; Elect; Electr; HEMATOLOGY/CELL COUNTS; Hemogram; Pan; PANEL.HEMATOLOGY& CELL COUNTS; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; UniversalLabOrders; WB; Whole blood

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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