# Automated Urinalysis Analyzers

**URL:** <https://forum.loinc.org/t/automated-urinalysis-analyzers/628>\
**Category:** other-lab\
**Created:** [August 5, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/automated-urinalysis-analyzers/628 "2008-08-05T15:59:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![pdbanning](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@pdbanning](https://forum.loinc.org/u/pdbanning)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/automated-urinalysis-analyzers/628/1 "2008-08-05T15:59:20Z")

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With LOINC 2.24, a new method of “computer assisted” was introduced. Can you include a recap here of the differences between “automated count” method and “computer assisted” method for us? Are certain defaults to be taken if it’s a particular manufacturer?  
  
  
  
Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![kmercer](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@kmercer](https://forum.loinc.org/u/kmercer)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/automated-urinalysis-analyzers/628/2 "2008-11-17T16:31:34Z")

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For the things like erythrocytes, bacteria & hyaline casts that the instrument identifies, you would map to “automated count” for Naric & NCnc and “automated” for ordinals. When the instrument flags an element & the technologist makes the final identification, then you would map to “computer assisted”. I don’t think that any the terms with method = “computer assisted” will also have “automated” or “automated count” as well.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.loinc.org/uploads/default/original/1X/dbab97ce9b2987d788a376e254fcaae249f3b672.png) [@system](https://forum.loinc.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/automated-urinalysis-analyzers/628/3 "2023-06-23T15:36:19Z")

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Closed on June 23, 2023, 3:36pm UTC