LOINC Code 90423-5: Microorganism preliminary growth detection panel Cx (Bld)

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 Microorganism preliminary growth detection panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld.

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: Order
• Panel type: Panel
• Method: Culture

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Microorganism preliminary growth detection panel - Blood by Culture
• Microorganism preliminary growth detection panel
• This panel includes the individual terms for reporting whether or not a viable microorganism is present in a patient specimen based on different culture methods. A single specimen may be split among one or more types of culture devices (e.g., aerobic and anaerobic bottles), depending on the clinical context. The results for the terms in this panel are typically exchanged between laboratory devices and/or stored within the laboratory information system (LIS/LIMS). This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the bioMerieux BacT culture bottles for the recovery and detection of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) from blood specimens.
• Blood; C&S; Cult; Cultures; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; InternalLabUse; Microbiology; Microorg prel grow; Microorg prel grow det pnl; Microorganisms; Org; Organism; Organisms; Pan; PANEL.MICROBIOLOGY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; WB; Whole blood

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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