79732-4

LOINC Code


LOINC code79732-4
name
descriptionThis term was developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Health's National Eye Institute (NEI) as part of an effort to standardize the data elements collected by the National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping and Phenotyping Network (eyeGENE).
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentColor vision exam method
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.
systemEye
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.
method

Additional Names

short nameAppearance; Colour; Eye; EYE.PX; EYE.PX.NEI; Eyeball; Meth; Method of; Nominal; Occular; Oculis; Ophthalmologic; Ophthalmology; Ophtho; Ophthy; Optic globe; Point in time; Random; Typ; Vision; Visual

Basic Attributes

classEYE.PX.NEI
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationColor vision ex

Member of these Panels

79897-5

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.82
last change typeMAJ  - change to name field other than Component;

Related Names



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