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LOINC Code 81942-5: Vitamin intake panel

81942-5 is a LOINC code used to identify Vitamin intake panel in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Vitamin intake panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

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 intake panel. 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: Order
  • Panel type: Panel

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • Vitamin intake panel
  • This panel contains terms to capture the type and amount of vitamins consumed from all sources including food, beverages, and supplements, and via enteral and parenteral routes. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Nutrition Assessment Language.
  • Diet; Dietetics; Nutrition; Pan; Panl; Pnl; Vitamin intake Pnl

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.

Common synonyms

Vitamin intake panelVitamin intake PnlPANEL.NUTRITION&DIET-^Patient

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code81942-5
SystemLOINC
Display nameVitamin intake panel
Short nameVitamin intake Pnl
ComponentVitamin intake panel
Property-
Timing-
System (specimen)^Patient
Scale-
ClassPANEL.NUTRITION&DIET
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationOrder

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.56
Last changed2.56

Part names

Vitamin intake panel-^Patient

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