87421-4
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 87421-4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | |||
| description | Whole blood glucose levels measured prior to a meal (e.g. 2 hours prior) and often by a glucose meter. Glucose meters provide rapid analysis of blood glucose levels and to help manage both hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic disorders with the goal of adjusting glucose to a near-normal range.[PMID: 20144348] | ||
| status | DEPRECATED | ||
| Replacements | alternatives to this code:
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Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Glucose^pre-meal | ||
| property | MCnc = Mass Concentration | ||
| time | - | ||
| system | Bld = Whole blood | ||
| scale | Qn = 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 | ||
| method | |||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Before; Blood; CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING; Glu; Glu tol; Gluc; Glucose tolerance; Glucoseur; GTT; Level; Mass concentration; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; WB; Whole blood | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | CHAL.ROUTINE | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | Deprecated Gluc | ||
| example UCUM units | mg/dl 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 updated | 2.66 | ||
| last change type | MAJ - change to name field other than Component; | ||
| change reason | mg/dL | ||
Related Names | |||
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