LOINC Code 74478-9: Clinical document Type of service 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 Type of service. 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 Type of service from LOINC Document Ontology
• Type of service
• Characterizes the kind of service or activity provided to/for the patient (or other subject of the service) as described in the note. Common subclasses of service would be evaluations, consultations, and summaries. The notion of time sequence, e.g., at the beginning (admission) at the end (discharge) is subsumed in this axis.
• 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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