LOINC Code 87513-8: Trauma Process of care measures Document

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 Process of care measures. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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
• Method: Trauma

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Trauma Process of care measures Document
• Process of care measures
• This collection contains patient data elements gathered to inform the refinement of trauma management guidelines and protocols and improve patient outcomes. Data elements may include the patient's highest total Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), initial pupillary response, cerebral monitor information, transfusion measurements, cryoprecipitate measurements, lowest blood pressure measurement, angiography information, hemorrhage control surgery information, and withdrawal of life support treatment information. The information is typically collected and transmitted by centers participating in trauma quality improvement programs (TQIP). This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Measures for Process of Care (PM) section in the National Trauma Data Standard (NTDS) Data Dictionary.
• DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; MISC; Point in time; Random

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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