LOINC Code 62517-8: Deprecated PhenX measure - environmental exposures - residential history

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 measure - environmental exposures - residential history. 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: DEPRECATED
• Method: PhenX

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Deprecated PhenX measure - environmental exposures - residential history
• PhenX measure - environmental exposures - residential history
• Questions about the respondent's current and previous residences. Each residence is also geocoded. Many studies have linked the physical location of a person's residence with environmental exposures such as air pollution or other environmental toxins in soil or water which can cause adverse effects to the cardiac, pulmonary, or nervous systems. Researchers can use the geographic coordinates ("geocoordinates") of a person's residence to determine the residence's location and determine proximity or exposure to local and ambient pollutants. Information about not only the current residence but also previous residences is more useful because relevant exposures may have occurred in the past and many diseases have a long latency period (e.g., cancers or nervous system diseases). Additional information such as water source and whether or not the property was located on a farm serve as additional indicators for potential environmental exposures.
• Hx; Measure - envir residential hx; Pan; Panel; PANEL.PHENX; Panl; Pnl; 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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