LOINC Code 71896-5: Pediatric blood pressure percentile [Per age, sex and height]

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 percentile. 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
• Method: Per age, sex and height

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Pediatric blood pressure percentile [Per age, sex and height]
• Pediatric blood pressure percentile
• The percentile of a patient's blood pressure (BP) indicates the relative position of the patient's BP value among a given population. For children and teens the interpretation of BP is age, sex, and height-specific.
• BP; Gender; PEDS; Peds B/P percentile; Percentile; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; 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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