LOINC Code 97502-9: Prion disease biomarker panel (CSF)

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 Prion disease biomarker panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type CSF.

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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Prion disease biomarker panel - Cerebral spinal fluid
• Prion disease biomarker panel
• The panel contains results for the detection of various prion disease biomarkers, including total tau protein, abnormal prion protein, and 14-3-3 Ag, in Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Pre-mortem testing is performed to detect prion diseases, including sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), which is the most common form of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
• Cerebral spinal fluid; Cerebrospinal Fl; Chemistry; Dis; Diseases; Dz; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Neuro; Neurology; Pan; PANEL.CHEMISTRY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Spinal Fl; Spinal Fld; Spinal Flu; Spinal Fluid; Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy

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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