LOINC Code 76632-9: Enterovirus sp IF Ql (Isol)

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 Enterovirus sp. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Isolate.

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
• Method: IF

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Enterovirus sp [Presence] in Isolate by Immunofluorescence
• Enterovirus sp
• Enteroviruses include polio, coxsackie and echoviruses and are in the Picornaviridae family. Enteroviruses are responsible for a wide variety of disease, from conjunctivitis and upper respiratory infections to aseptic meningitis, myocarditis, and paralytic poliomyelitis. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the Light Diagnostics Pan-Enterovirus detection kit, which can detect the presence of 67 numbered enterovirus types, including 31 echoviruses, 23 coxsackie A and 6 coxsackie B viruses, 3 polioviruses and 4 other enteroviruses.
• ACIF; Anticomplement Immunofluorescence; Entero sp; Entero virus; EV; FA; Fluorescent antibody; Fluoresent; ID; IFA; Immune fluorescence; Immunoflour; Immunofluor; Immunofluorescence; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Islt; Isol; Microbiology; Ordinal; Point in time; PR; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; species; spp; Time Resolved Fluorescence; TRF

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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