LOINC Code 62500-4: PhenX - tobacco - age of offset use - adolescent protocol 030901

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 PhenX - tobacco - age of offset use - adolescent protocol 030901. 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: DISCOURAGED
• Panel type: Panel
• Method: PhenX

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• PhenX - tobacco - age of offset use - adolescent protocol 030901
• Measurement to ascertain when the respondent quit smoking. Response is used to calculate duration of use and pack-years measures and allows one to distinguish recent quitters from long-time quitters. Respondent is asked how long it has been since he or she smoked and how old he or she was when he or she last smoked only if he or she answered "yes" to the first question of the Tobacco - Smoking Status (Adolescent Protocol).
• Pan; Panel; PANEL.PHENX; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Tobac age offset adoles proto

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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