Name	Value
NAME	LAB LOINC
DESCRIPTION	Per VHA Directive, this file has been 'locked down' by Data The LAB 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. The LAB LOINC file is used to map the Laboratory WKLD CODE file(#64), also known as the National Laboratory Test file, to LOINC codes. This file is a standard file distributed by Dallas CIOFO and should not be edited locally. LOINC Copyright acknowledgement Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall 1995-2015, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Committee. All rights reserved. LOINC is a trademark of the Regenstrief Institute. LOINC c/o Regenstrief Institute 1001 West 10th. Street, RHC-5 Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 USA not be modified. All additions, changes and deprecation to entries in The Department of Veterans Affairs abides by all copyright restrictions, condition and LOINC code use. Permission was granted, without written agreement and without license or royalty fees, to use, copy, or distribute the LOINC codes, LOINC User's Guide, and the contents of the LOINC database for any purpose, so long as this copyright notice appears on any copies of the LOINC database and Users' Guide, and that the following conditions are met. The Department of Veterans Affairs agrees to the following conditions: this file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using 1. Will not change the meanings of any of the LOINC codes. 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 the Master File Server (MFS), provided by the Common Services (CS). containing a leading alphabetic "X" so that the new term cannot be confused with new LOINC codes as they are assigned by the LOINC 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), the related terms field (#8), and the answer list field (#19), and include this copyright notice on the electronic document that incorporates the LOINC database. Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not Regenstrief Institute and members of the LOINC Consortium do not accept liability for any omissions or errors in the LOINC database, and all EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE DISCLAIMED. permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA's effective Directive shall not be supported.

Name

Value

NAME

LAB LOINC

DESCRIPTION

Per VHA Directive, this file has been 'locked down' by Data 
The LAB 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.  The LAB LOINC file is
used to map the Laboratory WKLD CODE file(#64), also known as the National
Laboratory Test file, to LOINC codes.
 
This file is a standard file distributed by Dallas CIOFO and should
not be edited locally.
 
LOINC Copyright acknowledgement
Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall 
 
1995-2015, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Logical Observation 
Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Committee. All rights reserved.
LOINC is a trademark of the Regenstrief Institute.
 
LOINC
c/o Regenstrief Institute
1001 West 10th. Street, RHC-5
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 USA
 
not be modified. All additions, changes and deprecation to entries in 
The Department of Veterans Affairs abides by all copyright restrictions,
condition and LOINC code use.
 
Permission was granted, without written agreement and without license or
royalty fees, to use, copy, or distribute the LOINC codes, LOINC User's
Guide, and the contents of the LOINC database for any purpose, so long as
this copyright notice appears on any copies of the LOINC database and
Users' Guide, and that the following conditions are met.
 
The Department of Veterans Affairs agrees to the following conditions:
this file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using 
 
1. Will not change the meanings of any of the LOINC codes.
 
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
the Master File Server (MFS), provided by the Common Services (CS). 
   containing a leading alphabetic "X" so that the new term cannot be
   confused with new LOINC codes as they are assigned by the LOINC 
   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), the
   related terms field (#8), and the answer list field (#19), and include
   this copyright notice on the electronic document that incorporates the
   LOINC database.
Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not 
 
Regenstrief Institute and members of the LOINC Consortium do not accept
liability for any omissions or errors in the LOINC database, and all 
EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE DISCLAIMED.
permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to 
the VHA's effective Directive shall not be supported.

LAB LOINC (95.3) FILE (1)