56091-2

LOINC Code


LOINC code56091-2
name
descriptionThe interviewer asks the respondent what race he or she considers himself or herself to be and hands the respondent a card with a list of race categories. The respondent is asked to pick one or more of the categories on the card. The interviewer enters the code for the race indicated or keys in an entry if the respondent chooses an "other (specify)" option.
statusDISCOURAGED

Fully-Specified Name

componentRace
propertyType  =  Type:  The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known.
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
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
methodPhenX

Additional Names

short nameEthnicity; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Typ

Basic Attributes

classPHENX
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationRace PhenX
example unitPID-10

Member of these Panels

62263-9

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.81
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

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