77768-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code77768-0
name
descriptionDetection of ethanol levels greater than 10 ng/ml may indicate recent usage of an ethanol-containing product. Typical detection time in urine is up to 12 hours. Ethanol may also be produced in samples containing glucose and yeast due to fermentation occurring in samples after collection.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentEthanol cutoff
propertyMCnc  =  Mass Concentration
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.
systemUrine
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
methodConfirm

Additional Names

short nameAlc; Alcohol; Cfm; CNFR; CNFRM; Conf; Confirmation; Confirmatory; CtO; DRUG/TOXICOLOGY; Drugs; Ethyl alcohol; EtOH; GCMS; LC/MS/MS; Level; Mass concentration; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; UA; UR; Urn

Basic Attributes

classDRUG/TOX
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationEthanol CtO Ur
example UCUM unitsng/mL
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 updated2.52
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonng/mL

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