76435-7
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 76435-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | The patient identifier is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a specific patient and is assigned by a specific organization (the assigning authority) that should be reported using [LOINC: 76698-0]. In HL7 v2 messages, the patient identifier is reported in PID-3.1 and the assigning authority in PID-3.4. Examples of patient identifiers are medical record number, driver's license number and Social Security number, and their corresponding assigning authorities are the appropriate healthcare facility, state motor vehicle administration and the Social Security Administration, respectively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | ACTIVE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| component | Identifier | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| property | ID = Identifier | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Nom = 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| short name | ADMIN; ADMIN.PATIENT; ADMIN.PATIENT.ID; Ident; Identifier; Intradermal; Nominal; Point in time; Random | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| class | ADMIN.PATIENT.ID | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | 2 Clinical | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| order vs. observation | Pt ID | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| example unit | PID-3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| last updated | 2.66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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