LOINC Code 81927-6: Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 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 B1 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 B1 (Thiamine) intake 24 hour Estimated
• Vitamin B1 intake
• The patient's estimated 24 hour vitamin B1 intake (also called thiamine or thiamin) 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; Beriberi; Diet; Dietetics; Est; estimation; Korsakoff syndrome; Mass rate; mRate; Nutrition; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Thiamin; Thiamine; Thiamine Deficiencies; Vit B1; Vit B-1; Vit B1 intake; Vitamin B1; Vitamin B-1

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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