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LOINC Code 95879-3: Healthcare personnel with known health status [#]

95879-3 is a LOINC code used to identify Healthcare personnel with known health status [#] 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 Healthcare personnel with known health status. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Event.

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 Healthcare personnel with known health status. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Event.

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

  • Healthcare personnel with known health status [#]
  • Healthcare personnel with known health status
  • The number of healthcare personnel (HCP) with a collected health status.
  • Cnt; Count; HCP with known health status; Number; PH; Point in time; Public Health; PUBLICHEALTH; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; 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

Healthcare personnel with known health status [#]HCP with known health statusHealthcare personnel with known health statusPUBLICHEALTHNumPt^Event

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code95879-3
SystemLOINC
Display nameHealthcare personnel with known health status [#]
DescriptionHealthcare personnel with known health status
Short nameHCP with known health status
ComponentHealthcare personnel with known health status
PropertyNum
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Event
ScaleQn
ClassPUBLICHEALTH
Example units#
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.69
Last changed2.69

Part names

Healthcare personnel with known health statusNumPt^EventQnNumber (count)Point in time (spot)

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