LOINC Code 82608-1: Advancing care information for population

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 Advancing care information. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}^Population.

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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Advancing care information for population
• Advancing care information
• Advancing Care Information (ACI) is a performance category under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The ACI section is used to capture ACI quality reporting measures from providers over a specific reporting period. Providers report on various objectives, including protection of patient health information, electronic prescribing, patient electronic access, coordination of patient care, health information exchange, and public health reporting. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, ACI section in the HL7 CDA Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) III document.
• ACI; Document; Finding; Findings; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.QRDA

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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