Copyright © 2002 Center for Health Services Research, UCHSC, Denver, CO. Used with permission. 46539-3
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 46539-3 | ||
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| name | Copyright © 2002 Center for Health Services Research, UCHSC, Denver, CO. Used with permission. | ||
| description | Identifies the number of pressure ulcers at each stage present at the time of assessment. Definitions of pressure ulcer stages derive from the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. | ||
| status | DISCOURAGED | ||
| Replacements | alternatives to this code:
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Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Number of pressure ulcers - stage 4 | ||
| property | Num = Number | ||
| 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 | ^Patient | ||
| 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 | OASIS | ||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | # pressure ulcers - stage 4; Cnt; Count; No; Num; Number; Outcome and assessment information set; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Survey; Survey.OASIS; Ulcers.stage 4 | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | SURVEY.OASIS | ||
| type | 4 Surveys | ||
| example UCUM units | # 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 | UCHSC | ||
| last updated | 2.63 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | {#} | ||
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