Table 3a. Twenty five most common hospital-based laboratory result types reported to BioSense, 2011, with Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) codes.
| LOINC Long Name | LOINC Code |
Test Results
N (%) |
| Bacteria identified in blood by culture | 600-7 | 1128381(12.2) |
| Microscopic observation in unspecified specimen by gram stain | 664-3 | 823440 (8.9) |
| Appearance of unspecified specimen | 33511-7 | 707650 (7.6) |
| Microorganism Identified in unspecified specimen by culture | 11475-1 | 696652 (7.5) |
| Bacteria identified in urine by culture | 630-4 | 611553 (6.6) |
| Specimen Source of unspecified specimen | 31208-2 | 532232 (5.7) |
| Bacteria identified in unspecified specimen | 41741-0* | 271916 (2.9) |
| Service comment# | 8251-1 | 176943 (1.9) |
| Bacteria identified in unspecified specimen by respiratory culture | 32355-0 | 148069 (1.6) |
| Fungus identified in unspecified specimen by culture | 580-1 | 140800 (1.5) |
| Bacteria identified in blood by aerobe culture | 17928-3 | 127807 (1.4) |
| Microscopic observation in unspecified specimen by other stain | 11546-9 | 115486 (1.2) |
| Bacteria identified in wound by aerobe culture | 632-0 | 110500 (1.2) |
| Microorganism or agent Identified in unspecified specimen | 41852-5 | 107766 (1.2) |
| Mycobacterium SP Identified in unspecified specimen by culture | 543-9 | 106956 (1.2) |
| Bacteria identified in wound by culture | 6462-6 | 103717 (1.1) |
| Bacteria identified in blood by anaerobe culture | 17934-1 | 98539 (1.1) |
| Microscopic observation in wound by Gram stain | 10357-2 | 98288 (1.1) |
| Microscopic observation in unspecified specimen by wet preparation | 680-9 | 93901(1.0) |
| Gentamycin susceptibility | 18928-2 | 75789 (0.8) |
| Microscopic observation in unspecified specimen by acid fast stain | 11545-1 | 70546 (0.8) |
| Trimethoprim + Sulfamethoxazole susceptibility | 18998-5 | 68972 (0.7) |
| Microorganism identified in stool by culture | 625-4 | 64295 (0.7) |
| Levofloxacin susceptibility | 20629-2 | 60212 (0.7) |
| Ciprofloxacin susceptibility: | 18906-8 | 51448 (0.6) |
*- LOINC code 41741-0 has been deprecated and superseded by LOINC code 23667-9.
#- LOINC code for Service Comment terms indicates user-defined text.