<span style=“color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;”><span style=“font-size: 14px;”>My question is regarding Organ Donation Transplant - Deceased Donation Minimum Data Set (ODT-DDMDS) that Canada is developing, The data element for HLA typing uses the LOINC code with the locus (e.g. https://loinc.org/38548-4/) whereas I would suggest the code with only the name with the general class (e.g. https://loinc.org/13298-5/) but I am not sure of the difference between the two codes.</span></span>
<span style=“color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, ‘Fira Sans’, ‘Droid Sans’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>The description is the same and clarification is needed between the two descriptions. What is being used by those collecting this information with respect to Organ donation? </span>
<span style=“color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ‘Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, ‘Fira Sans’, ‘Droid Sans’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Thank you Anil Patel</span>