LOINC Code 96789-3: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment SOFA
96789-3 is a LOINC code used to identify Sequential Organ Failure Assessment SOFA 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 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. 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: Order
- Panel type: Panel
- Method: SOFA
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Sequential Organ Failure Assessment SOFA
- Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
- The Sequential (or Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment was developed as a means to asses multiple organ failure. As organ failure can develop or worsen over the length of a hospital stay, the SOFA is often used daily. The SOFA includes evaluations of six key systems, respiratory, cardiovascular, coagulation, central nervous system, liver and renal. This panel includes representative LOINC terms for the data points used to calculate each score as well as the six organ system scores and total SOFA score. Note that the specific LOINC terms used for each data point in a particular EHR may be different from those included in this panel.
- CLIN; CLIN.RISK; Pan; Panel; PANEL.CLINICAL; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; 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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