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LOINC 2.82

Feeding types

Definition

  • Use this term to record the feeding types the infant consumed prior to collection of the newborn screening specimen. Select any answers that apply; you can select more than one answer. If you select "other," use the additional narrative LOINC code for "Other feeding types" to give additional details. Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) can affect NBS results for amino acids, and possibly for acylcarnitines if TPN includes carnitine. Carnitine can affect NBS results for acylcarnitines. MCT oil can affect NBS results for fatty acids. IV dextrose can affect NBS results for C16-OH carnitine. SOURCES: Newborn Screening Guidelines for Preterm, Low Birth Weight, and Sick Newborns; Approved Guideline. CLSI document I/LA31-A. Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; (2009). Martinez JA, Ballew MP. Infant Formulas. Pediatr Rev 2011 May;32(5):179-89.

Component

  • Feeding types

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • H&P.HX

Property

  • Find

Scale

  • Nom

Related names

  • Feed status; Finding; Findings; Food sources; H+P; H+P.HX; Nominal; P prime; Point in time; Random

Index terms

  • Feed status
  • Finding
  • Findings
  • Food sources
  • H+P
  • H+P.HX
  • Nominal
  • P prime
  • Point in time
  • Random