Corynebacterium diphtheriae [Presence] in Upper respiratory specimen by Organism specific culture   88584-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code88584-8
nameCorynebacterium diphtheriae [Presence] in Upper respiratory specimen by Organism specific culture
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentCorynebacterium diphtheriae
propertyPrThr  =  Present or threshold:  The Property PrThr stands for “Presence or Threshold”, meaning either a) the actual presence or absence of an analyte, or b) that the amount of analyte detected is over some predetermined threshold.
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.
systemRespiratory system specimen.upper
scaleOrd  =  Ordinal:  Ordered categorical responses, e.g., 1+, 2+, 3+; positive, negative; reactive, indeterminate, nonreactive.
methodOrganism specific culture

Additional Names

short nameC diphtheriae Upper resp Ql Cult

Basic Attributes

classMICRO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

Member of these Groups

LG41614-5Corynebacterium diphtheriae

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.77
last change typeMAJ  - change to name field other than Component;
change reasonRelease 2.77: SYSTEM: Updated to standardize the representation of "Respiratory system specimen" in the System subhierarchy across LOINC;

Related Names

Breathing
C diphtheriae
C&S
Cult
Cultures
Diphtheria
Diptheria
ID
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
Lung
Lungs
Microbiology
Ordinal
Point in time
PR
Pulmonary
Pulmonology
Ql
Qual
Qualitative
Random
Respiratory
RS
Screen
Spec
Up
Upper resp

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