Impression Observable

This template is employed when the LOINC term represents an impression observable, capturing a high-level clinical interpretation or summary derived from one or more observations, rather than a direct measurement or finding.

Impression observables concepts all have a primitive definition, following the template described below and documented here: Impression observable for LOINC (observable entity) - v1.0.

Attributes

• LOINC Property: indicates that the quality being observered is some impression or interpretation.

LOINC Properties currently supported: "Imp"

Template

This template is utilized when the LOINC term represents an impression observable.

Model

<<< 363787002 |Observable entity (observable entity)| : 
{ 370130000 |Property (attribute)| -> 118580000 |Impression AND/OR interpretation of study (property) (qualifier value)| }

Terming

In the case of impression concept, the LOINC Long Common Name is used as both the FSN (with a semantic tag of "(observable entity)" added), and the Preferred Term. The LOINC Short Common Name is also included unchanged as an acceptable synonym.

In the case of the example below, this results in the following terms:

Concept Id	Description Id	Acceptability	Term	Case
823801010000103	4498981010000118	US: P	Genetic disease analysis overall carrier interpretation in Blood or Tissue by Molecular genetics method Narrative (observable entity)	CS
823801010000103	4498971010000116	US: P	Genetic disease analysis overall carrier interpretation in Blood or Tissue by Molecular genetics method Narrative	CS
823801010000103	4498991010000115	US: A	Genetic disease analysis overall carrier interpretation:Imp:Pt:Bld/Tiss:Nar:Molgen	CS

Examples

LOINC Term 100695-6

There are no LOINC parts represented in the SNOMED model for these impression concepts. The SNOMED concepts are defined as primitive, with only the single property attribute present, always taking a value of 118580000 |Impression AND/OR interpretation of study (property).

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