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NLT Mapping to LOINC LR*5.2*215
Veteran Affairs, has agreed to use LOINC to identify test results.
NLT Mapping to the Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC)
has the following features:
Provides a method to communicate across laboratories in support of Clinical
Information Resource Network (CIRN) by mapping VistA lab test to LOINC codes.
Provides sets of universal names and ID codes for identifying laboratory
and clinical test results.
The purpose of the National Laboratory Test (NLT) Mapping to the Logical
Allows the creation of a uniform naming convention for clinical terms.
Allows the merging of clinical data across sites (where terminology may vary
widely.)
Requires the adoption of naming or coding conventions, and the mapping of
local terminology to these conventions.
Maps the WKLD CODE file(#64) file to LOINC codes.
Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) is to provide the mapping of
Chemistry tests result codes, and the standardization of files used in the
Laboratory Software Package. Standardizing codes allows the movement of
tests results from one computer system to another. This includes sharing
information with both Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology
Architecture (VistA) and Non-VistA computer systems. The LOINC committee
including the largest clinical laboratories in the United States, and
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