46240-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code46240-8
name
descriptionHistory of hospitalizations and History of outpatient visits (i.e. Encounters) lists and describes any healthcare encounters pertinent to the patient's current health status or historical health history. An encounter is an interaction, regardless of the setting, between a patient and a practitioner who is vested with primary responsibility for diagnosing, evaluating, or treating the patient's condition. It may include visits, appointments, as well as non face-to-face interactions. It is also a contact between a patient and a practitioner who has primary responsibility for assessing and treating the patient at a given contact, exercising independent judgment.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentHospitalizations+Outpatient visits
propertyHx  =  History
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.
system^Patient
scaleNar  =  Narrative:  Text narrative, such as the description of a microscopic part of a surgical papule test.
method

Additional Names

short nameH+P; H+P.HX; History; Hospitalizations+OP visits; Narrative; OP; Outpt visits; P prime; Point in time; Random; Report

Basic Attributes

classH&P.HX
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationHx of Hospitali

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History/Usage

first released
last updated2.63
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

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