LOINC Code 80906-1: Bridged race [CDC]
80906-1 is a LOINC code used to identify Bridged race [CDC] 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 Bridged race. 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 Bridged race. 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: CDC
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Bridged race [CDC]
- Bridged race
- Used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to report race data that has been adjusted in such a way that an individual is assigned a single race code. The adjustment process is used for persons for whom more than one race is reported. In such cases, a single race is assigned by using an algorithm defined by NCHS. The goal is to provide race statistics that are comparable with those used historically in order to facilitate time series analysis.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Ethnicity; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.CDC; 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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