LOINC Code 81925-0: Phenylalanine 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 Phenylalanine 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

• Phenylalanine intake 24 hour Measured
• Phenylalanine intake
• The measured patient's 24 hour phenylalanine intake from all sources including food, beverages, and 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; Mass Rate; mRate; Nutrition; Phe; Phe intake; Phenylketonuria; PKU; PPA; 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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