LOINC Code 81890-6: Physical therapy provider post-professional degree

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 Physical therapy highest level of education. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Provider.

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

• Physical therapy provider post-professional degree
• Physical therapy highest level of education
• This term was created for the the American Physical Therapy Association's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry, which defines the provider's highest level of education as the highest academic degree earned by the provider in the field of physical therapy.
• ADMIN; ADMIN.DEMOG; Levels; Levl; LV; LVL; Nominal; Point in time; PT; PT highest educ; Random; 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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