On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 10:53:09AM -0800, James Busser wrote: > The lab results in BC CA include the HL7 message segment OBR 004 > "Universal Service ID" of the form "Test code^Test name" for example > "LYTE^Electrolytes". > > The thing to note is that a *single test code* can represent *multiple > results* that will be received.
I think we are misinterpreting the LOINC code. The LOINCs are simply other labels for "things". In a sense they are like Esperanto. What we call Natrium and you call Sodium is both LOINC-2951-2 such that we can know what each other means w/o having to know that Sodium == Natrium in an English to German sense. The LOINC code for an LYTEs OBR means just that: this is a LYTEs OBR. It does NOT mean: a LYTEs OBR includes Sodium and Potassium. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
