LOINC Code 80459-1: Vegetable servings 24 hour Estimated

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 Vegetable servings. 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: ACTIVE
• Order vs observation: Observation
• Method: Estimated

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Vegetable servings 24 hour Estimated
• Vegetable servings
• The estimated amount of vegetable-based foods consumed per day. The estimated vegetable servings are reported retrospectively by the patient or by the dietitian upon inspection of the patient's intake. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Nutrition Assessment Language.
• 1 day; 24 hours; 24HR; Count/time; Diet; Dietetics; Est; estimation; nRate; Number rate; Number Rate = Count/Time; Nutrition; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative

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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