LOINC Code 69440-6: Disease onset to death interval
69440-6 is a LOINC code used to identify Disease onset to death interval 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 Disease onset to death interval. 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 Disease onset to death interval. 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
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Disease onset to death interval
- A measure of the time interval between the onset of the disease, injury or complication, and the person's death. The data to be included will vary from statements of time intervals to text statements such as "many months", "days", "unknown". Each death cause interval value is associated with a cause of death observation - Cause of Death - that identifies the condition associated with the time interval. This linkage is implemented through the use of observation sub-id.
- Dis; Diseases; Dz; Finding; Findings; Narrative; Point in time; Random; Report; Survey; SURVEY.CDC
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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