The obstetric estimate of the infant's gestation in completed weeks based on the birth attendant's final estimate of gestation which should be determined by all perinatal factors and assessments such as ultrasound, but not the neonatal exam.
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Obstetric estimation of gestational age
property
Time = Time Duration
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
Additional Names
short name
GA; Gest; Gestation; Gyn; Gynecology; H+P; H+P.HX; OB; OB est of GA; ObGyn; Obstetrical; Obstetrics; P prime; Point in time; Pregnancy; Prenatal; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random
Basic Attributes
class
H&P.HX
type
2 Clinical
order vs. observation
OB est of GA
example UCUM units
wk 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)