LOINC Code 67128-9: Abnormal leukocytes/Leukocytes FC (Specimen)

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 Leukocytes.abnormal/Leukocytes. It is commonly used with the system or sample type XXX.

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
• Order vs observation: Observation
• Method: Flow cytometry

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Abnormal leukocytes/Leukocytes in Specimen by Flow cytometry (FC)
• Leukocytes.abnormal/Leukocytes
• Hematopoietic malignancies can express on their surface particular subsets of cluster of differentiation (CD) antigens which deviate from the expression patterns of normal mature leukocytes. This result indicates the numerical fraction of all leukocytes examined in the flow cytometry study whose expression pattern was abnormal. The specific patterns found are reported under a different result
• abn; abnorm; Abnormal WBC; CELL MARKERS; Dynamic; FC; Leuc; Leuk; Leukocyte; Lkcs; Misc; Miscellaneous; Number fraction; Other; Percent; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; Unspecified; WBC; WBCs; White blood cell; White blood cells

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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