LOINC Code 62527-7: Deprecated PhenX measure - environmental exposures - sibship - birth order

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 - sibship - birth order. 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 - sibship - birth order
• PhenX measure - environmental exposures - sibship - birth order
• Questions about the respondent's full siblings, those with whom the respondent shares both a birth mother and father, and the birth order of all siblings. Sibship and birth order have social, biological, and environmental effects on a person's health and well being. Comparisons of the number of siblings, spacing between siblings, and order of birth are made in many surveys and epidemiological studies. These characteristics have been linked to educational attainment, behavior, immunology, environmental exposures, and childhood diseases.
• Measure - envir sibship; 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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