LOINC Code 81066-3: Vitamin B9 (Folate) intake 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 Vitamin B9 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: Estimated

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Vitamin B9 (Folate) intake 24 hour Estimated
• Vitamin B9 intake
• The patient's estimated 24 hour folate intake from all sources including food, beverages, supplements, and via enteral and parenteral routes. 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; Diet; Dietetics; Est; estimation; Folacin; Folate; Folic acid; Mass rate; mRate; Nutrition; Pteroylglutamic acid; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Vit B9; Vit B9 intake; Vitamin B9

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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