LOINC Code 81633-0: Oncology Recommended follow-up tests or procedures

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 Recommended follow-up tests or procedures. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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: Both
• Method: Oncology

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Oncology Recommended follow-up tests or procedures
• Recommended follow-up tests or procedures
• Document containing information about recommended follow-up cancer-related tests or screening procedures as it relates to a patient's cancer. The type of test/screening procedure, the coordinating provider, and when or under what circumstances the test is recommended to occur may be included. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Recommended Cancer Related Tests section in the HL7 Clinical Oncology Treatment Plan and Summary (COTPS) implementation guide.
• Cancer; DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; MISC; Pap Smear; Pap Stain; Papinacolou Smear; Point in time; Random; Rec f/u tests or procedures; Recom F/U

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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