LOINC Code 78203-7: BCL6 rearrangements FISH Ql (Bld/Tiss)

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 BCL6 gene rearrangements. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld/Tiss.

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: FISH

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• BCL6 gene rearrangements [Presence] in Blood or Tissue by FISH
• BCL6 gene rearrangements
• This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the LSI BCL6 (ABR) Dual Color, Break Apart Rearrangement Probe, which is intended to detect rearrangements in the BCL6 gene in the 3q27 chromosome region.
• B-cell CLL; BCL5; BCL-6; BCL6A; Blood; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Genetics; Heredity; Heritable; Inherited; LAZ3; Lymphoma 6; Molecular pathology; MOLPATH; MOLPATH.REARRANGEMENTS; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Ordinal; Point in time; PR; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Rearr; Rearrangement; Screen; Tissue; Tissue, unspecified; WB; Whole blood; Whole blood or Tissue; ZBTB27; Zinc finger protein 51; ZNF51

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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