LOINC Code 94546-9: Relationship to individual with confirmed or suspected illness

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 Relationship to individual with confirmed or suspected illness. 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

• Relationship to individual with confirmed or suspected illness
• This term is used to report the patient's relationship to a suspected or confirmed case. For example, if the patient's mother is a confirmed case, the patient's relationship to her would be "child". And if a patient's child is a confirmed case, the patient's relationship to the child would be "mother".
• H+P; H+P.HX; Nominal; P prime; Point in time; Random; Rel to ind w conf/susp ill; Typ

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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