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LOINC Code 90264-3: Fracture Risk Assessment [FRAX]

90264-3 is a LOINC code used to identify Fracture Risk Assessment [FRAX] 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 Fracture Risk Assessment. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

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 Fracture Risk Assessment. 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: Both
  • Panel type: Panel
  • Method: FRAX

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

Fracture Risk Assessment [FRAX]
Fracture Risk Assessment
The Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX®) tool is used to estimate a patient's major osteoporotic fracture (forearm, hip, or shoulder fracture, or clinical vertebral fracture) [LOINC90265-0] as well as of hip fracture specificaly [LOINC: 90266-8]. It includes questions about age, weight, height, smoking, alcohol use, family history of hip fracture, glucocorticoid use (e.g., Prednisone), rheumatoid arthritis and bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck.[https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX/]
CLIN; CLIN.RISK; Pan; Panel; PANEL.CLINICAL; Panl; Pnl; 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.

Common synonyms

Fracture Risk Assessment [FRAX]Fracture Risk AssessmentPANEL.CLIN.RISK-Pt^PatientFRAX

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code90264-3
SystemLOINC
Display nameFracture Risk Assessment [FRAX]
DescriptionFracture Risk Assessment
Short nameFracture Risk Assessment [FRAX]
ComponentFracture Risk Assessment
Property-
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
Scale-
MethodFRAX
ClassPANEL.CLIN.RISK
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationBoth

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.65
Last changed2.67

Part names

Fracture Risk Assessment-Pt^PatientFRAXPoint in time (spot)

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