Hemoglobin in mmol/l (SCnc)

Legacy laboratory-loinc loinc-properties-and-units-of-measure
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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

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

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We recently created this term:

59260-0|Hemoglobin|SCnc|Pt|Bld|Qn