80829-5
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 80829-5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | |||
| description | The presence of gastric pepsin A in a patient's airway is a marker for aspiration and assists in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux. Chronic aspiration of gastric contents may worsen lung disease in premature infants, or other mechanically ventilated patients. [PMID: 16954956] This assay detects both pepsin A and pepsinogen A and does not differentiate between the two. A level of less than 3 is considered in range. | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Pepsin A+Pepsinogen A | ||
| property | Imp = Impression/interpretation of study | ||
| 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 | Respiratory system specimen.lower | ||
| scale | Nar = Narrative: Text narrative, such as the description of a microscopic part of a surgical papule test. | ||
| method | |||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Breathing; Chemistry; Impression; Impression/interpretation of study; Impressions; Interp; Interpretation; k213; Low; Lower resp; Lungs; Narrative; nSus s Pepsin, Swine; PepsinA+PepsinogenA; PG; Point in time; Random; Report; Rk213; RS; Spec; Total pepsin | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | CHEM | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | PepsinA+Pepsino | ||
Member of these Panels | |||
| |||
History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.77 | ||
| last change type | MAJ - change to name field other than Component; | ||
Related Names | |||
Copyright © 2026 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved. To the extent included herein, the LOINC table and LOINC codes are copyright © 1995-2026, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Committee. See https://loinc.org/license for the full LOINC copyright and license.
Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.
Quick, Current, Complete - www.findacode.com