LOINC Code 90004-3: Clinical significance of updated information
90004-3 is a LOINC code used to identify Clinical significance of updated information 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 Clinical significance of updated information. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Clinical significance of updated information. 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
- Clinical significance of updated information
- Information in patient reports, such as pathology reports, may be updated to provide additional information or a correction if errors have been identified. Including the clinical significance or impact (e.g. significant, not significant) of the updated information may help prioritize the order in which new information is reviewed.
- Clinical impact; Clinical sig updated info; Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen
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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