LOINC Code 71895-7: Pediatric blood pressure screening results
71895-7 is a LOINC code used to identify Pediatric blood pressure screening results 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 Pediatric blood pressure screening results. 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 Pediatric blood pressure screening results. 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
- Order vs observation: Observation
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Pediatric blood pressure screening results
- Interpretation and review of screening blood pressure results - Clinicians use the blood pressure percentile and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Blood Pressure Tables for Children and Adolescents to interpret blood pressure results when screening for hypertension. The 95th percentile provides a BP level that defines hypertension.
- Asympt; Asymptomatic; BP; Impression; Impression/interpretation of study; Impressions; Interp; Interpretation; Ordinal; PEDS; Peds B/P screening results; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Scn; Screen; Survey; SURVEY.GNHLTH
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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About this content
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