87527-8
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 87527-8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | |||
| description | Information regarding the number of hours that the patient has been fasting, which information is relevant for interpreting certain laboratory results, such as glucose, or for determining fasting status prior to a surgical or other type of procedure. | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Fasting duration | ||
| property | Time = Time Duration | ||
| 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 | ^Patient | ||
| 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 | Durat; MISC; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | MISC | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | Fasting duratio | ||
| example UCUM units | h 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) | ||
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History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.63 | ||
| last change type | ADD - added | ||
| change reason | h | ||
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