LOINC Code 71491-5: Right eye Diabetic retinopathy severity level by Ophthalmoscopy

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 Diabetic retinopathy severity level. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Eye.right.

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: Ophthalmoscopy

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Right eye Diabetic retinopathy severity level by Ophthalmoscopy
• Diabetic retinopathy severity level
• Diabetic retinopathy is retinopathy (damage to the retina) caused by complications of diabetes, which can eventually lead to blindness. It is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease which affects up to 80% of all patients who have had diabetes for 10 years or more. The longer a person has diabetes, the higher his or her chances of developing diabetic retinopathy.-Wikipedia
• Diabet retinop sev; Endocrine; Endocrinology; Eye; EYE.PX; Eyeball; Finding; Findings; Levels; Levl; LV; LVL; Occular; Oculis; Ophthalmologic; Ophthalmology; Ophtho; Ophthy; Optic globe; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; R; R eye; Random; RT; Screen; Vision; Visual

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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