LOINC Code 80170-4: Pterins panel (U)
80170-4 is a LOINC code used to identify Pterins panel (U) 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 Pterins panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Urine.
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 Pterins panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Urine.
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
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Pterins panel - Urine
- Pterins panel
- The analysis of pterins, including neopterin, biopterin, xanthopterin, primapterin, sepiapterin and pterin, in urine. This test is performed to diagnose pediatric neurotransmitter diseases caused by defects in the pterin biosynthetic pathway and to differentiate atypical phenylketonuria (PKU) from the classical PKU disease.
- Chemistry; Pan; PANEL.CHEMISTRY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Pterins Pnl; Random; UA; UR; Urn
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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