Jaffe versus enzymatic creatinine

Legacy laboratory-loinc chemistry
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Hi all,



Does anyone know how to differentiate jaffe creatinine from enzymatic? We report both values at the moment as:



Creatinine: Sample icteric. Unable to report. Please see enzymatic creatinine.

Creatinine (enzymatic): 150 umol/L



Do you guys differentiate in the LOINC coding?



Thanks,

Chris

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Hi Chris,



There are other portions of the HL7 message that can record specfic lab methodology,if that is necessary. LOINC doesn’t distinguish between enzymatic and Jaffe methods. I did find an article in the appendix of the User’s Guide for GFR - glomerular filtration rate, using creatinine.



Have a good day,

Pam