LOINC Code 74476-3: Clinical document Setting from LOINC Document Ontology

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 Setting. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Clinical document.

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: LOINC Document Ontology

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Clinical document Setting from LOINC Document Ontology
• Setting
• Characterizes where the clinical document is generated. Most of the approved Document Ontology Setting axis values are a modest extension of CMS's coarse definition of settings, which have well defined meanings. Setting is not equivalent to location, which typically has more locally defined meanings and is reported in other parts of the message.
• Clin Doc; DOC.MISC; Finding; Findings; Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes; LOINC DocOnt; MISC; Nominal; Point in time; Random

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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