12812-4
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 12812-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| status | ACTIVE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fully-Specified Name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| component | Potassium^2nd specimen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| property | SCnc = Substance Concentration | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| system | Ser/Plas Ser = Serum Plas = Plasma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| scale | Qn = 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| short name | Chemistry; Convalescent; k; K+; Level; Pl; Plasma; Plsm; Point in time; Post immunization; Potass; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Second; SerP; SerPl; SerPlas; Serum; Serum or plasma; sp2; Spec; SR; Substance concentration | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic Attributes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| class | CHEM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| order vs. observation | Potassium sp2 S | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| example UCUM units | mmol/L 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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History/Usage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| last updated | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| change reason | mmol/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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