LOINC
E39023
LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a widely used international standard for identifying laboratory tests, clinical measurements, and other health observations in electronic health records and data exchange.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LOINC canonical | 14 |
| LOINC terminology | 2 |
| Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes | 2 |
| LOINC standard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T300404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LOINC Context triple: [HL7 standards, relatedTo, LOINC]
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A.
SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology used worldwide to standardize the recording and sharing of medical information in electronic health records.
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B.
International Classification of Diseases
The International Classification of Diseases is a globally used diagnostic system that standardizes codes for diseases, health conditions, and related medical problems to support clinical care, research, and health statistics.
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C.
ICD-O
ICD-O (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology) is a specialized coding system used worldwide for classifying tumors by site, morphology, behavior, and grade in cancer registration and research.
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D.
HL7 standards
HL7 standards are a widely adopted set of international specifications for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information between healthcare systems.
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E.
International Classification of Health Interventions
The International Classification of Health Interventions is a standardized global system developed by the World Health Organization to categorize and code medical and health-related procedures and interventions for use in clinical practice, research, and health statistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LOINC Target entity description: LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a widely used international standard for identifying laboratory tests, clinical measurements, and other health observations in electronic health records and data exchange.
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A.
SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology used worldwide to standardize the recording and sharing of medical information in electronic health records.
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B.
International Classification of Diseases
The International Classification of Diseases is a globally used diagnostic system that standardizes codes for diseases, health conditions, and related medical problems to support clinical care, research, and health statistics.
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C.
ICD-O
ICD-O (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology) is a specialized coding system used worldwide for classifying tumors by site, morphology, behavior, and grade in cancer registration and research.
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D.
HL7 standards
HL7 standards are a widely adopted set of international specifications for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information between healthcare systems.
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E.
International Classification of Health Interventions
The International Classification of Health Interventions is a standardized global system developed by the World Health Organization to categorize and code medical and health-related procedures and interventions for use in clinical practice, research, and health statistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clinical terminology
ⓘ
health informatics standard ⓘ medical terminology standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LOINC ⓘ |
| classification | international standard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developedBy | Regenstrief Institute ⓘ |
| domain |
clinical measurements
ⓘ
clinical observations ⓘ laboratory tests ⓘ |
| fullName |
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
ⓘ
linked to:
LOINC
|
| governedBy | Regenstrief Institute LOINC Committee ⓘ |
| hasAxis |
component
ⓘ
method ⓘ property ⓘ scale ⓘ system ⓘ time aspect ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
LOINC answer list
ⓘ
LOINC code ⓘ LOINC description ⓘ LOINC long name ⓘ LOINC part ⓘ LOINC short name ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| isFreeToUse | true ⓘ |
| licenseType |
free
ⓘ
public use ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Regenstrief Institute ⓘ |
| mappedTo |
CPT
ⓘ
ICD-10 ⓘ
linked to:
International Classification of Diseases
SNOMED CT ⓘ UCUM ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | standardized identification of observations ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
HL7 International
ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ |
| scope |
clinical documents
ⓘ
clinical domain ⓘ laboratory domain ⓘ microbiology ⓘ patient-reported outcomes ⓘ radiology ⓘ vital signs ⓘ |
| standardType |
code system
ⓘ
identifier system ⓘ vocabulary ⓘ |
| supports |
mapping to other code systems
ⓘ
multilingual content ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
FHIR resources
ⓘ
HL7 messaging ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | twice per year ⓘ |
| useCase |
electronic health records
ⓘ
health data exchange ⓘ interoperability ⓘ |
| usedBy |
EHR vendors
ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ laboratories ⓘ public health agencies ⓘ research organizations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| website | https://loinc.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: LOINC Description of subject: LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a widely used international standard for identifying laboratory tests, clinical measurements, and other health observations in electronic health records and data exchange.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rosetta Terminology Mapping (RTM)
linked to: LOINC
linked to: LOINC
linked to: LOINC