LOINC Code 62568-1: Deprecated PhenX measure - cancer - personal and family 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 - cancer - personal and family 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 - cancer - personal and family history
• PhenX measure - cancer - personal and family history
• Measure to assess if respondent and his or her biological parents, siblings, and children have had cancer. Personal and family history is used to assess the presence and age of onset of cancer in all first-degree, biological relatives. A positive family history of cancer in a first-degree relative (parent, siblings, or children) is a cancer-specific risk factor.
• Hx; Measure - cancer personal family 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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