50942-2
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 50942-2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | |||
| description | Des-gamma-carboxy Prothrombin (DCP) is intended for use as an aid in the risk assessment of patients with chronic liver disease for the progression to hepatocellular carcinoma in conjunction with other laboratory findings, imaging studies and clinical assessment. | ||
| status | DEPRECATED | ||
| Replacements | alternatives to this code:
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Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Acarboxyprothrombin | ||
| property | MCnc = Mass 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 = Serum | ||
| 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 | COAGULATION; DCP; Decarboxyprothrombin; Des gamma carboxy prothrombin; Hematology; Heme; Level; Mass concentration; PIVKA; Point in time; Protein induced in Vitamin K absence or antagonists; Prothrombin precursor; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; S | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | COAG | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | Deprecated Acar | ||
| example UCUM units | ng/mL 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) | ||
History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.7 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | ng/mL | ||
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