LOINC Code 81022-6: Cholesterol intake 24 hour Measured

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 Cholesterol intake. 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: Measured

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Cholesterol intake 24 hour Measured
• Cholesterol intake
• The patient's 24 hour cholesterol intake from all sources including food, beverages, supplements, and via enteral and parenteral routes, as measured in a study. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Nutrition Assessment Language.
• 1 day; 24 hours; 24HR; Chol; Choles; Cholest; Cholesterol total; Cholesterols; Diet; Dietetics; Lipid; Mass rate; mRate; 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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