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LOINC 2.82

Ethnicity [CDC]

Definition

  • This item is used for reporting ethnicity details for persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity based on the categories used for birth and death reporting by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1.

Component

  • Ethnicity

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • SURVEY.CDC

Property

  • Type

Scale

  • Nom

Method

  • CDC

Related names

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.CDC; Typ

Index terms

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Nominal
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • Survey
  • SURVEY.CDC
  • Typ