LOINC Code 80409-6: Bed type
80409-6 is a LOINC code used to identify Bed type 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 Bed type. 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 Bed type. 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
- Bed type
- The type of bed needed to support that patient. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the contingencyMedicalSpecialtyCode variable used in the OASIS Emergency Date Exchange Language - Tracking of Emergency Patients (EDXL-TEP) specification and the HL7 v2.7.1 standard ADT and RAS messages. It is used to inform the facility where a patient is being transported about the bed type needed and to support mass casualty patient movement scenarios.
- CLIN; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Typ
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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