LOINC Code 80486-4: Snacks 24 hour Estimated
80486-4 is a LOINC code used to identify Snacks 24 hour Estimated 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 Snacks. 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 Snacks. 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
- Snacks 24 hour Estimated
- Snacks
- The estimated number of snacks consumed in a day. Snacks are counted 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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