LOINC Code 60593-1: Medication dispensed.extended Document
60593-1 is a LOINC code used to identify Medication dispensed.extended Document in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Medication dispensed.extended. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Medication dispensed.extended. 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
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Medication dispensed.extended Document
- Medication dispensed.extended
- This medication dispensed information collection includes information useful for describing the dispensed drugs and the supply act (who did what and when), the context where the document was produced, and additional administrative information if requested. Some of the additional information may include specification of the kinds of exemptions a patient may have (e.g. older than a specified age, pregnant, etc), or specification of financial information (e.g. the amount of co-payment).
- DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; MISC; Point in time; Random
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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