LOINC Code 59272-5: Power setting Ventilator

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 Power setting. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Ventilator.

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

• Power setting Ventilator
• Power setting
• On a High Frequency Oscillator Ventilator (and perhaps other High-frequency ventilators), this setting controls the amplitude, or peak inspiratory pressure of the ventilator. This is typically a numeric value, with lower values having less power than higher values. The value does not directly relate to any particular measured entity, but is more like numbers on a volume knob on a radio. This knob controls a speaker-like device on many high-frequency ventilators. The numbers are arbitrary indicators between the minimum possible and the maximum values possible.
• Arbitrary; Lung; Ordinal; Point in time; PULMONARY; Pulmonology; Ql; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Respiratory; Screen

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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