LOINC Code 78000-7: Case notification panel [CDC.PHIN]

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 Case notification panel. 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: Order
• Panel type: Panel
• Method: CDC.PHIN

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Case notification panel [CDC.PHIN]
• Case notification panel
• This case notification panel contains observations reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Information Network (PHIN) for nationally notifiable disease reporting. The panel is based on, but not limited in use to, the Generic Individual Case Notification Message Mapping Guide for v2 HL7 messaging. The guide is used by state/local and CDC programs and other public health related organizations who transmit their data elements to the CDC. The Generic v2 Guide is used in conjunction with disease-specific Message Mapping Guides in order to construct a complete case notification message for nationally notifiable diseases and conditions with disease-specific data elements.
• Case notification Pnl; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Information Network; Pan; PANEL.SURVEY.CDC; Panl; Pnl; 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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