LOINC Code 80408-8: Meets CDC field triage criteria
80408-8 is a LOINC code used to identify Meets CDC field triage criteria 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 Meets CDC field triage criteria. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Meets CDC field triage criteria. 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: TRIAL
- Order vs observation: Both
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Meets CDC field triage criteria
- Indicates whether the patient meets the CDC field triage criteria pertaining to the decision by pre-hospital personnel to transport trauma victims to a specialized acute care facility (trauma center) versus an undesignated, non-specialized acute care facility. The goal of the decision scheme is to match the clinical needs of an injured patient to the resources and expertise of a given facility to care for them. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the acsCDCFieldTraumaCriteria variable included in the OASIS Emergency Date Exchange Language - Tracking of Emergency Patients (EDXL-TEP) and the HL7 v2.7.1 standard ADT and RAS messages.
- DEEDS; Emergency Department; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (DEEDS); Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen
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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