LOINC Code 65851-8: Coronary heart disease 10Y risk [#] Framingham.Wilson 1998

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 Coronary heart disease 10Y risk. 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: ACTIVE
• Method: Framingham.Wilson 1998

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Coronary heart disease 10Y risk [#] Framingham.Wilson 1998
• Coronary heart disease 10Y risk
• Based on a population 30 to 74 years old and without overt CHD at the baseline examination with predictors including age, diabetes, smoking, JNC-V blood pressure categories, NCEP total cholesterol categories and LDL cholesterol categories. Numerical scores are correlated with risk percentages.
• CARD.RISK; Cardio; Cardiology; CHD 10Y risk; Cnt; Count; Dis; Diseases; Dz; Heart Disease; Number; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; 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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