71491-5
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 71491-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| name | ||
| description | Diabetic retinopathy is retinopathy (damage to the retina) caused by complications of diabetes, which can eventually lead to blindness. It is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease which affects up to 80% of all patients who have had diabetes for 10 years or more. The longer a person has diabetes, the higher his or her chances of developing diabetic retinopathy.-Wikipedia | |
| status | ACTIVE | |
Fully-Specified Name | ||
| component | Diabetic retinopathy severity level | |
| property | Find = Finding | |
| 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 | Eye.right | |
| scale | Ord = Ordinal: Ordered categorical responses, e.g., 1+, 2+, 3+; positive, negative; reactive, indeterminate, nonreactive. | |
| method | Ophthalmoscopy | |
Additional Names | ||
| short name | Diabet retinop sev; Endocrine; Endocrinology; Eye; EYE.PX; Eyeball; Finding; Findings; Levels; Levl; LV; LVL; Occular; Oculis; Ophthalmologic; Ophthalmology; Ophtho; Ophthy; Optic globe; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; R; R eye; Random; RT; | |
Basic Attributes | ||
| class | EYE.PX | |
| type | 2 Clinical | |
| order vs. observation | R eye Diabet re | |
History/Usage | ||
| first released | ||
| last updated | 2.68 | |
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | |
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