20653-2
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 20653-2 | ||||
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| name | |||||
| description | Genetic metabolic specialist (from Canada) point out that plasma may be the traditional sample of choice, but they see no clinically significant difference between plasma and serum amino acids. | ||||
| status | DEPRECATED | ||||
| Replacements | alternatives to this code:
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Fully-Specified Name | |||||
| component | Phenylalanine | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| method | |||||
Additional Names | |||||
| short name | Chemistry; Level; Phe; Pl; Plasma; Plsm; Point in time; PPA; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; SerP; SerPl; SerPlas; Serum; Serum or plasma; SR; Substance concentration | ||||
Basic Attributes | |||||
| class | CHEM | ||||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||||
| order vs. observation | Deprecated Phe | ||||
| example UCUM units | umol/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 | |||||
| first released | |||||
| last updated | 2.7 | ||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||
| change reason | umol/L | ||||
Related Names | |||||
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