LOINC Code 81229-7: Tobacco smoking status for tobacco smoker

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 Tobacco smoking status.tobacco smoker. 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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Tobacco smoking status for tobacco smoker
• Tobacco smoking status.tobacco smoker
• The frequency of tobacco use for known tobacco users. This term is a subset of the existing LOINC term 72166-2 Tobacco smoking status NHIS. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the Joint Commission's tobacco treatment eCQM, which uses separate OIDs for each recommended answer and associated SNOMED CT code rather than a single OID for the answer list as a whole. The answer OIDs that are available as of the date this term was created are specified in the description for each answer in the LOINC answer list, and new OIDs will be added as they become available and are reported to the LOINC development team.
• Finding; Findings; H+P; H+P.HX; Ordinal; P prime; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Tobac smoke stat; Tobacco smoke status.smoker

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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