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.

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:

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).