LOINC Code 74634-7: Dimethylacetal (DMA) panel (RBC)

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 Dimethylacetal panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type RBC.

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: Order
• Panel type: Panel

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Dimethylacetal (DMA) panel - Red Blood Cells
• Dimethylacetal panel
• Plasmalogen testing of dimethyl acetals (DMAs) in packed red blood cells for determining defects in plasmalogen synthesis and diagnosis of related diseases, including Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata and Zellweger disease spectrum. The submitters laboratory performs gas chromatography with flame detector of dimethyl acetals to identify and quantify DMAs.
• Chemistry; Dimethyl acetal; DMA Pnl; Erythrocytes; Pan; PANEL.CHEMISTRY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Red blood cells; Red blood corpusles

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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