LOINC Code 74735-2: Health data repository Nom (Repository) [ID]

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 Health data repository. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Repository.

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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Health data repository [Identifier]
• Health data repository
• The identifier (i.e. OID, Organization ID) for a health data repository (e.g. donor registry, immunization registry, national repository, etc.). In clinical context, the use of the term "repository" covers "clinical registries".
• Ident; Identifier; MISC; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Registry; shared health data

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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