79821-5

LOINC Code


LOINC code79821-5
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

componentPhysical findings
propertyFind  =  Finding
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.
systemMacula.left
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.
methodOphthalmoscopy

Additional Names

short nameExam; Examination; EYE; EYE.PX; EYE.PX.NEI; Finding; Findings; L; L macula; LT; Nominal; Ophthalmology; Ophtho; Ophthy; Phys find; Point in time; Random

Basic Attributes

classEYE.PX.NEI
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationL macula Phys f

Member of these Panels

79897-5

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.68
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names



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