LOINC Code 73799-9: Heart rate Blood Preductal Pulse oximetry

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 Heart rate. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld.preductal.

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: Pulse oximetry

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Heart rate Blood Preductal Pulse oximetry
• Heart rate
• Infant's heart rate as measured by the pulse oximeter during preductal oxygen saturation measurement. Preductal measurement indicates that the measurements are taken using a pulse oximetry device placed in an anatomical location whose blood supply originates from the aorta before the junction of the aorta with the ductus arteriosus (usually the right hand).
• Bld Preductal; Bld.right hand; BldA.right hand; Blood; Cardio; Cardiology; CARDIO-PULM; Count/time; Heart beat; Heart Disease; nRate; Number rate; Number Rate = Count/Time; Point in time; Preductal blood; PULMONARY; Pulse; PulseOx; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; SpO2; WB; Whole blood

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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