56072-2
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 56072-2 | ||
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| name | |||
| description | Midpoint of the distance from the acromion process of the shoulder to the tip of the olecranon process of the mid-elbow. First, the upper arm length is measured using bone landmarks, and the midpoint distance is marked for the circumference measurement. Measure the right arm at the level of the upper arm midpoint mark. | ||
| status | TRIAL | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Circumference | ||
| property | Len = Length | ||
| 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 | Upper arm.mid.right | ||
| 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 | ||
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Additional Names | |||
| short name | Girth; Humerus; Length; Mid Upper arm-R; PhenX; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; R; Random; RT; Up; Upper extremity | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | PHENX | ||
| type | 2 Clinical | ||
| order vs. observation | Circumf Mid Upp | ||
| example UCUM units | cm 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 | 2.65 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | cm | ||
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