LOINC Code 62535-0: Deprecated PhenX measure - environmental exposures - dust collection - vacuum bag

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 - dust collection - vacuum bag. 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 - dust collection - vacuum bag
• PhenX measure - environmental exposures - dust collection - vacuum bag
• Self-administered collection of the respondent's vacuum bag for measurement of various environmental contaminants. Collection of a respondent's vacuum bag yields a dust sample that may be used to measure various environmental contaminants in the home that are brought into the home on persons or objects or formed in the home. These contaminants include metals, toxic chemicals that may adhere to dust, and biologics like mold, dust mite, roach, rodent and pet allergens. Such contaminants may affect the health of the residents who live in the home in a number of ways including toxicity, sensitization with allergens, and triggering or exacerbating allergic and asthmatic responses.
• Coll; Collect; Collected; Measure - envir dust vacuum; 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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