DateJanuary 31, 2018
InfoRMS

SR-63

AccessTerminology Gateway
Code SystemLOINC
Code System Version2.63
Release TypeMaintenance

The pan-Canadian LOINC Observation Code Database (pCLOCD) standard is published as an Excel file that contains ten tabs. The four tabs that were edited in this release include Infoway Terms of Use, LOINC® Copyright, Nomenclature and the Change Log. This release contains the December 2017 update (2.63) from the Regenstrief Institute Inc. and any interim changes from the previously published release, which are described below.

1. There are a total of 38,217 records this release, up from 38,135 in the previously released version. This version incorporates all of the applicable LOINC changes in version 2.63 as published by Regenstrief in December 2017.

2. 37,315 records have been translated to French, up from 37,228 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. 153 records were modified in English for this release and are marked as R05.07.00_2.63.

a. 27 records are of the change type Major for English changes.

b. 0 records are of the change type Minor for English records.

c. 27 records are of the change type Name for English changes.

d. 0 corrections were made to Viewer Names.

e. 17 records have been changed to Inactive and are marked as Deprecated.

4. 82 new records were added for the English version.

5. 141 records were modified in French for this release and are marked as R05.07.00_2.63

a. 9 records are of the change type Major for the French translation.

b. 0 records are of the change type Minor for the French translation.

c. 29 records are of the change type Name for the French translation.

d. 0 corrections were made to Viewer Names.

e. 17 records have been changed to Inactive and are marked as Deprecated.

6. 86 new records were added for the French version.

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 may want to review these changes:

  • 15 codes changed System from 'Placent' to 'Placenta', these are identified as Change (Major)
  • LOINC code 76575-0 Bacterial 16S rRNA changed from methodless to probe.amp.tar method and identified as Change (Major)
  • In Blood Bank all terms with LOINC component “E little w” have been replaced with “E super little w” and all “little p little k” terms have been deprecated and replaced with “P super little k”.