LOINC Code 71516-9: Personnel job code Dialysis facility [ESRD]
71516-9 is a LOINC code used to identify Personnel job code Dialysis facility [ESRD] 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 Personnel job code. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Dialysis facility.
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 Personnel job code. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Dialysis facility.
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: TRIAL
- Order vs observation: Observation
- Method: ESRD
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Personnel job code Dialysis facility [ESRD]
- Personnel job code
- Standardized job code assigned to a person for their position at their assigned facility. The job codes may not match the facility's job titles, but the end user assigns the closed job code definition.
- Dialy; End Stage Renal Disease; ESRD survey; Fclty; Finding; Findings; Nominal; Occupation; Point in time; Random; Survey; Work
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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