LOINC Code 83317-8: Sexual activity with anonymous partner in the past year

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 Sexual activity with anonymous partner in the past Y. 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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Sexual activity with anonymous partner in the past year
• Sexual activity with anonymous partner in the past Y
• This term is used to report whether the respondent had sex with an anonymous partner (someone whose name he or she does not know) in the past year. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sexually transmitted diseases case reporting and surveillance programs.
• Activ; Actvty; Finding; Findings; H+P; H+P.HX; Last; Movements; Ordinal; P prime; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Screen; Sex w anonym partner in past Y

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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