73964-9

LOINC Code


LOINC code73964-9
name
descriptionBody muscle mass is equal to the patient's total weight (kg) times their body muscle percentage (see LOINC 73965-6). This code represents muscle mass only. Other instruments or methods may be used to lean body weight (e.g. see LOINCs 8342-8 and 8343-6), which includes muscle, bone (skeletal) and organs - everything but body fat (e.g. LOINC 41982-0).
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentBody muscle mass
propertyMass
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
scaleQn  =  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
methodCalculated

Additional Names

short namebod; Bodies; BODY WEIGHT.MOLEC; Calc; Calculation; Musc; Muscl; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random

Basic Attributes

classBDYWGT.MOLEC
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationBody muscle Cal
formula (readable)Mass of body muscle = total weight x body muscle %
example UCUM unitskg
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)

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonkg

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