LOINC Code 94087-4: Chr analysis Microarray Doc (Bld/Tiss)

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 Chromosome analysis. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld/Tiss.

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: Microarray

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Chromosome analysis in Blood or Tissue by Microarray
• Chromosome analysis
• Chromosome analysis results by microarray can detect aneuploidy, other structural variations, microdeletions and microduplications. Microarray analysis can detect high resolution copy numbers across the genome and provide allelic imbalance information from single nucleotide polymorphisms.
• arrCGH; Blood; Chrom analy; Chromosom; Chromosomes; Cytogenetics; Document; Finding; Findings; Karyotype; Molecular pathology; MOLPATH; Point in time; Random; Tissue; Tissue, unspecified; WB; Whole blood; Whole blood or Tissue

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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