Transcript cdiscportal.digitalinfuzion.com

The use of LOINC
in CDISC Standards
German CDISC Users Meeting
22.9.2009
Stuttgart
Jozef Aerts
XML4Pharma
LOINC



System of codes for laboratory tests
LOINC = Logical Observation Identifier Names
and Codes
Used by CDISC in:

Lab Standard

SDTM
LOINC in CDISC Lab


Lab standard:

98 fields

18 required, 80 optional

Field #52: LOINC code

Field #53: LOINC CodeList ID (version
number)
Two representations

ASCII (HL7-v2)

XML

Not an HL7-v3-XML message
LOINC in CDISC Lab
LOINC in CDISC Lab
LOINC in SDTM

Laboratory Domain: LB

SDTM Variable LBLOINC

Permissible

The LOINC version should be provided in the
comments column in define.xml
LOINC in SDTM