73762-7

LOINC Code


LOINC code73762-7
name
descriptionFinal route and method of delivery as defined by the US Standard Certificate of Live Birth (2003) and US Standard Fetal Death Report (2003). Vaginal/spontaneous is defined as delivery of the entire fetus through the vagina by the natural force of labor with or without manual assistance from the delivery attendant. Vaginal/forceps is defined as delivery of the fetal head through the vagina by the application of obstetrical forceps to the fetal head. Vaginal/vacuum is defined as delivery of the fetal head through the vagina by the application of a vacuum cup or ventouse to the fetal head. Cesarean is defined as extraction of the fetus, placenta, and membranes through an incision in the maternal abdominal and uterine walls.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentFinal route and method of delivery
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.
methodUS standard certificate of live birth

Additional Names

short nameEchography; Meth; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Route+delivery method; Sonogram; Sonograph; Sonography; Survey; SURVEY.CDC; Typ; ULS; Ultrasound; US live birth

Basic Attributes

classSURVEY.CDC
type4  Surveys

Member of these Panels

86346-4
86347-2

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.44
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names



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