LOINC Code 88118-5: Father's Tabulated ethnicity [CDC]
88118-5 is a LOINC code used to identify Father's Tabulated ethnicity [CDC] 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 Tabulated ethnicity. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Father.
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 Tabulated ethnicity. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Father.
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: CDC
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Father's Tabulated ethnicity [CDC]
- Tabulated ethnicity
- The answer codes are a subset of concept codes drawn from the PHVS_Ethnicity_CDC Detailed Ethnicity value set, and should be used preferentially for reporting. This term was created for, but limited in use to, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth, and the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Ethnic; Ethnicity; Ethnicity detal; National tabulated ethnicity; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.CDC; Typ
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
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