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{component}   LP432695-7

Laboratory   LP29693-6

Chemistry and Chemistry - challenge   LP343631-0

Chemistry - challenge   LP7784-4

Hours after meal   LP94659-7

Hours after meal | Patient | Chemistry - challenge   LP387228-2

Hours after meal [Time]   55420-4

LOINC Code


LOINC code55420-4
nameHours after meal [Time]
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentHours after meal
propertyTime  =  Time Duration
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
scaleQn  =  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 nameHours p meal Time Patient

Basic Attributes

classCHAL
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationObservation
example UCUM unitsh
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)
example unitH

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

Member of these Panels

55399-0Diabetes tracking panel

History/Usage

test rank674 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonCorrected Property from "TimeDif" to "Time" because the result is a time duration, not the difference between two durations.

Related Names

CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING
Hours p meal
Point in time
QNT
 Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random

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