LOINC Code 65855-9: Stroke 10Y risk [#] Framingham.D'Agostino 1994
65855-9 is a LOINC code used to identify Stroke 10Y risk [#] Framingham.D'Agostino 1994 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 Stroke 10Y risk. 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 Stroke 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.D'Agostino 1994
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Stroke 10Y risk [#] Framingham.D'Agostino 1994
- Stroke 10Y risk
- Based on a population aged 55 to 84 years, free of stroke at baseline amnd including predictors age, systolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking, prior cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation, left ventricular hypertrophy and use of hypertensive medication. Numerical scores are correlated with risk percentages.
- CARD.RISK; Cardio; Cardiology; Cnt; Count; Dextro; 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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