1. There are a total of 38,135 records this release, up from 38,127 in the previously released version. This version incorporates all of the applicable LOINC changes in version 2.61 as published by Regenstrief in June 2017.
2. 37,228 records have been translated to French, up from 37,167 in the last version. Terms that are marked ‘Review Draft’ should be reviewed before they are used as the translation has not been previously published. Terms that are marked as ‘Complete’ have been previously published.
3. 471 records were modified in English for this release and are marked as R05.06.00_2.61.
a. 15 records are of the change type Major for English changes.
b. 19 records are of the change type Minor for English records.
c. 141 records are of the change type Name for English changes.
d. 0 corrections were made to Viewer Names.
e. 288 records have been changed to Inactive and are marked as Deprecated.
4. 8 new records were added for the English version, of which 1 was a replacement for XCA or local code requests that have never been previously published. The jurisdictional codes are provided as the cross reference for these codes.
5. 532 records were modified in French for this release and are marked as R05.06.00_2.61
a. 14 records are of the change type Major for the French translation.
b. 19 records are of the change type Minor for the French translation.
c. 149 records are of the change type Name for the French translation.
d. 1 corrections were made to Viewer Names.
e. 288 records have been changed to Inactive and are marked as Deprecated.
6. 61 new records were added for the French version, of which 1 was a replacement for XCA or local code requests that have never been previously published in French. The jurisdictional codes are provided as the cross reference for these codes.
7. Both languages contain a number of codes that only have changes in the other language; those are identified as ‘No Change’.
Of specific interest in this release, current implementers want to review these changes:
- There are 288 deprecated codes, we provided the "Map To" information but did not add the suggested codes to pCLOCD. We encourage implementers to request the addition of any of these codes if required.
- The majority of the deprecations were related to the Streptococcus pneumoniae antibody codes, these codes were ambiguous as to serotype designations, Regenstrief updated the unambiguous terms to reflect the Danish serotypes.
- There were 12 California encephalitis virus terms that were undeprecated based on reviewing the latest literature and confirming that California encephalitis virus is a distinct member of the CAL serogroup in addition to LaCrosse virus (LACV), Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), Snowshoe Hare virus, and Trivitattus virus.
- 19 codes for Chlamydia trachomatis antigen or Neisseria gonorrhoeae were set to Discouraged by Regenstrief (still active in pCLOCD) because antigen testing for C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae is no longer recommended; nucleic acid amplification testing is preferred.