LOINC Code 89496-4: Known exposure dur pregnancy Nom (Mother)

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 Known exposure^during pregnancy. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Mother.

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

• Maternal Known exposure --during pregnancy
• Known exposure^during pregnancy
• Information regarding mother's known exposures to agents that may be harmful to the fetus during the pregnancy, where the patient in whose record this information is stored was the fetus during that pregnancy.
• Exp; Gestation; Gestations; Gravida; H+P; H+P.HX; Mat; Maternal; Matnl; Nominal; P prime; Point in time; Pregnancies; Random; 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.

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