LOINC Code 76420-9: Provider Graduation year

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 Graduation year. 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: Observation

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Provider Graduation year
• Graduation year
• This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the American Physical Therapy Association's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry, which defines graduation year as the year in which the physical therapy provider graduated from an entry-level physical therapy degree program.
• ADMIN; Grad year; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; 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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