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LOINC Code 82672-7: How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4 weeks [ACT]

82672-7 is a LOINC code used to identify How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4 weeks [ACT] 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 How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4W. 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 How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4W. 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: ACT

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4 weeks [ACT]
  • How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4W
  • 4 weeks; Arterial Stenosis; Finding; Findings; Last; Ordinal; Proventil; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Salbutamol; Screen; Survey; Ventolin

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

How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4 weeks [ACT]How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4WSURVEY.ACTFind4W^PatientOrd

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code82672-7
SystemLOINC
Display nameHow often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4 weeks [ACT]
DescriptionHow often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4W
ComponentHow often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4W
PropertyFind
Timing4W
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleOrd
MethodACT
ClassSURVEY.ACT
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.58
Last changed2.66

Part names

How often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4WFind4W^PatientOrdACTHow often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol) during the past 4 weeksFinding4 weeksAsthma Control Test

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