LOINC Code 77968-6: National reporting jurisdiction
77968-6 is a LOINC code used to identify National reporting jurisdiction 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 National reporting jurisdiction. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Event.
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 National reporting jurisdiction. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Event.
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
- National reporting jurisdiction
- The national jurisdiction reporting a case notification event. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Generic Individual Case Notification Message Mapping Guide for HL7 v2 messaging. The guide uses the two-digit (numeric) value for a State based on the FIPS5_2 coding system. For some territories, this value may not be the same as the State value (see PHINVADS value set for verification).
- Location; Nominal; 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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