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LOINC 2.82

Race or ethnicity OMB.1997

Definition

  • This term is used for reporting the combined race and ethnicity based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (Oct. 30, 1997). It is used in many surveys and data collections, including the CMS Minimum Data Set version 3 and other CMS assessments.

Component

  • Race or ethnicity

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • CLIN

Property

  • Type

Scale

  • Nom

Method

  • OMB.1997

Related names

  • CLIN; Ethnicity; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Typ

Index terms

  • CLIN
  • Ethnicity
  • Nominal
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • Typ