What does this LOINC code represent?

This LOINC code identifies a lab observation, measurement, question, or clinical concept in a standardized format.

Is this enough to understand my test result?

No. The code identifies the test or observation, but the interpretation depends on the actual result, reference range, and clinical context.

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LOINC Code 77604-7: Medication treatment plan.brief Document

Name: LOINC Code 77604-7: Medication treatment plan.brief Document
Creator: HealthAssure Clinical Team
Published: 2026-05-21T08:59:58.754Z

77604-7 is a LOINC code used to identify Medication treatment plan.brief Document 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 Medication treatment plan.brief. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

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 Medication treatment plan.brief. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

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

Medication treatment plan.brief Document

Medication treatment plan.brief

A brief medication treatment plan (MTP) is contained within the extended MTP document [LOINC77603-9] and contains one or more medication treatment plan items for a patient. The brief MTP describes the medications a patient is taking, will take or has taken as part of a plan. This term was originally created for, though not limited in use to, the IHE MTP profile in the Community Medication Prescription and Dispense (CMPD) set. The MTP profile states MTP items within the MTP section are very close to prescription (PRE) items but differ primarily in the position of the global workflow. While an MTP item is more an information piece (i.e. "this medication is part of the medication treatment plan"), a PRE item represents an instantiated prescription of the same medication. Most of the normative sections of the MTP profile will therefore be identical to the corresponding ones in the PRE profile.

DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; Med tx plan.brief; MISC; Point in time; Random; Tx

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.

Common synonyms

Medication treatment plan.brief DocumentMed tx plan.brief DocMedication treatment plan.briefDOC.MISCFindPt^Patient

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LOINC Code 77604-7: Medication treatment plan.brief Document

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