LOINC Code 74734-5: Death certifier details
74734-5 is a LOINC code used to identify Death certifier details in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Death certifier details. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Provider.
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 Death certifier details. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Provider.
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: Both
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Death certifier details
- The Certifying Death details section contains information about the death certifier (full name, state license number, provider NPI, postal address), the role played by the person certifying the death (e.g. coroner, physician), and the date and time the death certificate was signed. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Vital Records Death Report Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2, which is based on the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death (2003).
- Death cert detail; Document; Finding; Findings; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.CDC
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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