Cholesterol [Mass/volume] in Body fluid   12183-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code12183-0
nameCholesterol [Mass/volume] in Body fluid
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentCholesterol
propertyMCnc  =  Mass Concentration
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemBody fld  =  Body fluid, unspecified
scaleQn  =  Quantitative:  The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256
method

Additional Names

short nameCholest Fld-mCnc

Basic Attributes

classCHEM
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM unitsmg/dL
The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org)
example unitmg/dL

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

Member of these Groups

LG657-3Cholesterol|MCnc|Pt|Body fld
LG50010-4Cholesterol|Pt|Body fld|386.664 g/mole

History/Usage

test rank784 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

B/F
BF
bod
Bodies
Body fluid
Body fluid, unsp
Chemistry
Chol
Choles
Cholest
Cholesterol total
Cholesterols
Fl
Fld
FLU
Fluid
Level
Lipid
Mass concentration
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random

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