Hemoglobin in mmol/l (SCnc)

[Dirk Bakkeren]

In the Netherlands a program wil start to map assays codes to LOINC. Using RELMA the first test I tried to find was hemoglobin. No sweat i thought, but I only found hemoglobin in blood in Mass/Volume (MCnc) = LOINC 718-7. In the Netherlands we use SI units, so express hemoglobin (mmol/L) as SCnc.
Am I correct that for this way of reporting hemoglobin results there is no LOINC code sofar? If so, I can request for a new code for hemoglobin in blood SCnc in mmol/l.

Dirk Bakkeren, PhD
Clinical chemist
Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven
Netherlands

[kmercer]

We would welcome a submission for a new code. Please see http://loinc.org/submissions for instructions on how to make a submisssion

[kmercer]

We recently created this term:
59260-0|Hemoglobin|SCnc|Pt|Bld|Qn