LOINC Code 93037-0: Portable medical order form

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 Portable medical order form. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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: {Role}

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Portable medical order form
• A portable medical order form, commonly called a Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST), POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment), or Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST), is a provider's order based on the patient's current medical condition and preferences. The form typically includes medical orders regarding CPR-code or no code status, the level of medical intervention (comfort measures, limited additional interventions, or full intervention), the preference for use of antibiotics (for comfort only or full treatment), and the use of medically administered nutrition. A protable medical order form may be changed or revoked by the patient or their authorized healthcare decision-maker (i.e. patient advocate or court-appointed guardian) at any time.
• DOC.ONT; Document; Finding; Findings; Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; MOLST; Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment; Physician orders for scope of treatment; Point in time; POLST; Portable med order form; Portable Medical Order; POST form; 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.

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