LOINC Code 79806-6: Type of Visual field exam method

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 Visual field exam method. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Eye.right.

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
• Method: *

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Type of Visual field exam method
• Visual field exam method
• This term was developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Health's National Eye Institute (NEI) as part of an effort to standardize the data elements collected by the National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping and Phenotyping Network (eyeGENE).
• Eye; EYE.VISUAL_FIELD; EYE.VISUAL_FIELD.NEI; Eyeball; Meth; Method of; Nominal; Occular; Oculis; Ophthalmologic; Ophthalmology; Ophtho; Ophthy; Optic globe; Point in time; R; R eye; Random; RT; Typ; Vision; Visual

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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