LOINC code

ID loinc

DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft

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Code of a laboratory test, clinical observation or document type in LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes): digits, a hyphen and a check digit. Regenstrief Institute maintains it. Part and answer codes (LP, LA prefixes) are not covered.

Categories: Medical/pharma identifiers
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Bioregistry: loinc
Wikidata: P4338
Quality: 80/100 · missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^\d{1,7}-\d$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
41995-2	glycated haemoglobin
69723-5	Patient Health Questionnaire

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOINC
doc: https://loinc.org/
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4338

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