LOINC Code 87518-7: Discharged to caregiver other than caregiver at admission due to suspected abuse

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 Discharged to caregiver other than caregiver at admission due to suspected abuse. 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

• Discharged to caregiver other than caregiver at admission due to suspected abuse
• The patient was discharged to a different caregiver than the one he or she arrived with due to suspected physical abuse by the original caregiver. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to the Caregiver at Discharge data element in the National Trauma Data Standard (NTDS) Data Dictionary.
• Dischrgd to alt caregiver susp abuse; Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Othr; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; TRAUMA

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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