LOINC Code 63047-5: Deprecated PhenX measure - birthplace of parents
63047-5 is a LOINC code used to identify Deprecated PhenX measure - birthplace of parents 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 - birthplace of parents. 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 - birthplace of parents. 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 - birthplace of parents
- PhenX measure - birthplace of parents
- Question asking the respondent for his/her biological mother's place of birth. Question asking the respondent for his/her biological father's place of birth. The main reason birthplace of parents (mother and father) is captured is to indicate additional information about the ancestral background of the respondent.
- Measure - birthplace parents; Pan; Panel; PANEL.PHENX; Panl; Place of Birth; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Where were you born
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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