LOINC (129.1)    FILE (1)

Per VHA Directive, this file has been 'locked down' by Data 
The LOINC file contains an extraction of the LOINC database.  The LOINC
database provides sets of universal names and ID codes for identifying
laboratory and clinical test results.
 
This file is a standard file distributed by Dallas CIOFO and should not be
edited locally.
 
This file structure and data were initially copied from the LAB LOINC 
(#95.3) file with some obsolete fields removed. The other difference 
between the two files is that a new ACTIVATION STATUS multiple was also
Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall not
added. Since Regenstrief had no historical information, this multiple was
populated in the following way:
  > If the CHANGE TYPE field is not equal to "DEL", then there is one 
    entry with date of 6/29/2015 and Status of Active.
  > If the CHANGE TYPE field is equal to "DEL", then there are two 
    entries.  The first has a date that is one day before the LAST CHANGE
    DATE with a status of Active.  The second entry has a date equal to
    the LAST CHANGE DATE with a status of Inactive.
 
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1. Will not change the meanings of any of the LOINC codes.  
Master File Server (MFS), provided by the Common Services (CS). Creating
 
2. Will not change any content in the defined LOINC fields.  
 
3. Will include this notice of copyright and terms in any copies of the 
   LOINC database distributed.  
 
4. If new records are added to the LOINC database as distributed to deal 
   with local requirements, these records will be assigned a LOINC code 
   containing a leading alphabetic "X" so that the new term cannot be 
   confused with new LOINC codes as they are assigned by the LOINC 
and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use
   committee.  
 
5. Incorporation of any part of the LOINC database into another laboratory
   test definition database for distribution outside of their corporation 
   must include the LOINC code (field #1), all six names fields (#2-7),
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of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA's effective
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