LOINC Code 97181-2: Muscle relaxants Confirm Ql (Sal)

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 Muscle relaxants. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Saliva.

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: Confirm

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Muscle relaxants [Presence] in Saliva (oral fluid) by Confirmatory method
• Muscle relaxants
• Detects but does not differentiate between drugs in the muscle relaxant class, such as baclofen, carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine, tizanidine, metaxalone, and methocarbamol.
• Addiction; Cfm; CNFR; CNFRM; Conf; Confirmation; Confirmatory; DRUG/TOXICOLOGY; Drugs; Drugs of abuse; GCMS; Illicit; LC/MS/MS; Musc; Muscl; Oral fluid; Ordinal; Point in time; PotentialForAbuse; PR; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Sal; Screen

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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