LOINC Code 62938-6: Deprecated PhenX measure - crime and delinquency
62938-6 is a LOINC code used to identify Deprecated PhenX measure - crime and delinquency in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component PhenX measure - crime and delinquency. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 - crime and delinquency. 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 - crime and delinquency
- PhenX measure - crime and delinquency
- This measure is a series of questions used to assess criminal and delinquent behavior. Information about a person's criminal and delinquent behaviors has been used in a number of studies to assess development and more recent studies have looked at the ways in which certain genotypes interact with childhood adversities to predict violent and antisocial behaviors. In addition, delinquent behaviors comprise an important part of the criteria for conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder diagnoses (DSM, American Psychiatric Association), and include drug and alcohol problems associated with the illegal use of alcohol and drugs.
- 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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