LOINC Code 73756-9: Infant is being breastfed at discharge [US Standard Certificate of Live Birth]

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 Infant is being breastfed at discharge. 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: US standard certificate of live birth

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Infant is being breastfed at discharge [US Standard Certificate of Live Birth]
• Infant is being breastfed at discharge
• Information on whether the infant was being breast-fed during the period between birth and discharge from the hospital. Breastfed refers to the action of breast-feeding or pumping (expressing) milk. It is not the intent to breast-feed or bottle-feed.
• Disch; Echography; Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Sonogram; Sonograph; Sonography; Survey; SURVEY.CDC; ULS; Ultrasound; US live birth

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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