93883-7
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 93883-7 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | |||||||||||||||
| description | Plasma ceramide levels are associated with cardiovascular disease including atherosclerosis, hypertension, stroke, and myocardial infarction, as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, and obesity. Three ceramides in particular have been associated with increased risk: Cer16:0, Cer18:0, and Cer24:1. The ceramide risk score predicts five-year risk of cardiovascular events based on the ceramide profile. | ||||||||||||||
| status | ACTIVE | ||||||||||||||
Fully-Specified Name | |||||||||||||||
| component | Ceramide panel | ||||||||||||||
| property | - | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | Plas = Plasma | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | Ceramide Pnl; Chemistry; Pan; PANEL.CHEMISTRY; Panl; Pl; Plasma; Plsm; Pnl; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random | ||||||||||||||
Basic Attributes | |||||||||||||||
| class | PANEL.CHEM | ||||||||||||||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||||||||||||||
| order vs. observation | Ceramide Pnl Pl | ||||||||||||||
Panel Components | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
History/Usage | |||||||||||||||
| first released | |||||||||||||||
| last updated | 2.68 | ||||||||||||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||||||||||||
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