Hemoglobin A1c/Hemoglobin.total in Blood by IFCC protocol 59261-8
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 59261-8 | ||||||
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| name | Hemoglobin A1c/Hemoglobin.total in Blood by IFCC protocol | ||||||
| description | This term is not proposed for use in the United States, who will continue to use the NGSP protocol and report the Hgb A1c as %. | ||||||
| status | ACTIVE | ||||||
Fully-Specified Name | |||||||
| component | Hemoglobin A1c/Hemoglobin.total | ||||||
| property | SFr = Substance Fraction | ||||||
| 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 | Bld = Whole blood | ||||||
| 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 | IFCC | ||||||
Additional Names | |||||||
| short name | HbA1c SFr Bld IFCC | ||||||
Basic Attributes | |||||||
| class | CHEM | ||||||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||||||
| order vs. observation | Both | ||||||
| example UCUM units | % 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 unit | mmol/mol | ||||||
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. | |||||||
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History/Usage | |||||||
| test rank | 2804 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA | ||||||
| first released | |||||||
| last updated | 2.73 | ||||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||||
| change reason | Release 2.70: CLASS: Changed Class from HEM/BC to CHEM as A1C tests are more correctly classified in CHEM.; | ||||||
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