LOINC Code 98418-7: Diagnostic audiology results panel
98418-7 is a LOINC code used to identify Diagnostic audiology results panel 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 Diagnostic audiology results panel. 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 Diagnostic audiology results panel. 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: TRIAL
- 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
- Diagnostic audiology results panel
- This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the Early Hearing Detection and Interventions Diagnostic Audiology Result (EHDI_DAR) HL7 v2.6 Implementation guide. It includes basic diagnostic audiology test results codes to capture the type of testing performed as well as the type, degree and configuration of hearing loss.
- Audiology; CLIN; Dx audio result pnl; Pan; 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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