LOINC-Code - Complete list

Some labo result contains loinc code without description.

      "code": {
        "coding": [ {
          "system": "http://loinc.org",
          "code": "29953-7"
        }

We are using the LOINC subset table to search code and get the description (short name and long name) https://apps.health.belgium.be/terminology-portal/standards/terminology_standards/loinc/fr

This code is not in the subset table, so we don't get a description.

I see the in RETAM webapp, that this code is available. https://www.vas.ehealth.fgov.be/webretam/retam/home.htm?eventName=LOINC_FILTER_APPLY&htmlfield_analysesId=&htmlfield_assoc=no&htmlfield_filter1=29953-7&htmlfield_searchin_filter1=all&htmlfield_filter2=&htmlfield_searchin_filter2=all&htmlfield_filter3=&htmlfield_searchin_filter3=all 29953-7 = Nuclear Ab [Titer] in Serum

I am wondering if we are using the correct export (BE subset LOINC_2024_Q2) https://apps.health.belgium.be/terminology-portal/assets/standards-terminology_standards-loinc/ReTaM_Export_062024.xlsx

if it is the correct export, how to display an analysis when we have only the code. (at least when we don't have another code (labo code, ....)

Thanks.

Hello @PhilippeQuertemont ,

If the code is in Retam, there should be a description (either short or long). I will forward your mail to terminology@health.fgov.be, so that they can check the export file.

In the case you only have the LOINC-code, and it does not occur in Retam, and you have no other means to determine a description (maybe a previous result with the same code that did have a description), you can always display the code with a reference to the international LOINC-site. This is not the most user friendly solution, but the only correct one, and you should inform the sending lab of the missing description.

In this case however, it is terminology@health.fgov.be that should provide the description.

hl7-be / lab

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