HL7 - REFACTORED

Specimen Source Codes
Vocabulary Type	Code System - Universal
Concept Domain	Specimen Source
Code System Name
Code System Identifier
Code System OID
HL7 Table Identifier	HL70070
Version
Status	Active
Where Used
Purpose and Use	HL7-defined table of concepts which specify sources for speciments for clinical testing. These concepts are used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBR segment prior to version 2.7, and was replaced by the concepts in table 0487 Specimen Type and table 0488 Specimen Collection Method as of version 2.5 and thereafter.

Specimen Source Codes - Code System
Code	Display	Definition	Deprecated
MN	Amniotic Fluid	Amniotic Fluid	2.6
OTH	Other	Other	2.6
TIS	Tissue	Tissue	2.6
ABS	Abscess	Abscess
AMN	Amniotic fluid	Amniotic fluid
ASP	Aspirate	Aspirate
BPH	Basophils	Basophils
ABLD	Arterial blood	Arterial blood	2.6
BIFL	Bile fluid	Bile fluid
BLDA	Blood arterial	Blood arterial
BBL	Blood bag	Blood bag
BLDC	Blood capillary	Blood capillary
BPU	Blood product unit	Blood product unit
BLDV	Blood venous	Blood venous
BON	Bone	Bone
BRTH	Breath (use EXHLD)	Breath (use EXHLD)
BRO	Bronchial	Bronchial
BRN	Burn	Burn
CALC	Calculus (=Stone)	Calculus (=Stone)
CDM	Cardiac muscle	Cardiac muscle
CNL	Cannula	Cannula
CTP	Catheter tip	Catheter tip
CSF	Cerebral spinal fluid	Cerebral spinal fluid
CVM	Cervical mucus	Cervical mucus
CVX	Cervix	Cervix
COL	Colostrum	Colostrum
CBLD	Cord blood	Cord blood	2.6
BLDCO	Cord blood	Cord blood
CNJT	Conjunctiva	Conjunctiva
CUR	Curettage	Curettage
CYST	Cyst	Cyst
DIAF	Dialysis fluid	Dialysis fluid
DOSE	Dose med or substance	Dose med or substance
DRN	Drain	Drain
DUFL	Duodenal fluid	Duodenal fluid
EAR	Ear	Ear
EARW	Ear wax (cerumen)	Ear wax (cerumen)
ELT	Electrode	Electrode
ENDC	Endocardium	Endocardium
ENDM	Endometrium	Endometrium
EOS	Eosinophils	Eosinophils
RBC	Erythrocytes	Erythrocytes
EYE	Eye	Eye
EXHLD	Exhaled gas (=breath)	Exhaled gas (=breath)	2.6
EXG	Exhaled gas (=breath)	Exhaled gas (=breath)
FIB	Fibroblasts	Fibroblasts
FLT	Filter	Filter
FIST	Fistula	Fistula
FLU	Body fluid, unsp	Body fluid, unsp
GAS	Gas	Gas
GAST	Gastric fluid/contents	Gastric fluid/contents
GEN	Genital	Genital
GENC	Genital cervix	Genital cervix
GENL	Genital lochia	Genital lochia
GENV	Genital vaginal	Genital vaginal
HAR	Hair	Hair
IHG	Inhaled Gas	Inhaled Gas
IT	Intubation tube	Intubation tube
ISLT	Isolate	Isolate
LAM	Lamella	Lamella
WBC	Leukocytes	Leukocytes
LN	Line	Line
LNA	Line arterial	Line arterial
PER	Peritoneum	Peritoneum	2.6
LNV	Line venous	Line venous
LIQ	Liquid NOS	Liquid NOS
LYM	Lymphocytes	Lymphocytes
MAC	Macrophages	Macrophages
MAR	Marrow	Marrow
MEC	Meconium	Meconium
MBLD	Menstrual blood	Menstrual blood
MLK	Milk	Milk
MILK	Breast milk	Breast milk
NAIL	Nail	Nail
NOS	Nose (nasal passage)	Nose (nasal passage)
ORH	Other	Other
PAFL	Pancreatic fluid	Pancreatic fluid
PAT	Patient	Patient
PRT	Peritoneal fluid /ascites	Peritoneal fluid /ascites
PLC	Placenta	Placenta
PLAS	Plasma	Plasma
PLB	Plasma bag	Plasma bag
PLR	Pleural fluid (thoracentesis fld)	Pleural fluid (thoracentesis fld)
PMN	Polymorphonuclear neutrophils	Polymorphonuclear neutrophils
PPP	Platelet poor plasma	Platelet poor plasma
PRP	Platelet rich plasma	Platelet rich plasma
PUS	Pus	Pus
TISB	Tissue bone marrow	Tissue bone marrow	2.6
RT	Route of medicine	Route of medicine
SAL	Saliva	Saliva
SEM	Seminal fluid	Seminal fluid	2.6
TISL	Tissue lung	Tissue lung	2.6
SMN	Seminal fluid	Seminal fluid
SER	Serum	Serum
TISP	Tissue peritoneum	Tissue peritoneum	2.6
SKN	Skin	Skin
SKM	Skeletal muscle	Skeletal muscle
TISC	Tissue curettage	Tissue curettage	2.6
SPRM	Spermatozoa	Spermatozoa
SPT	Sputum	Sputum
SPTC	Sputum - coughed	Sputum - coughed
SPTT	Sputum - tracheal aspirate	Sputum - tracheal aspirate
STON	Stone (use CALC)	Stone (use CALC)
STL	Stool = Fecal	Stool = Fecal
SWT	Sweat	Sweat
SNV	Synovial fluid (Joint fluid)	Synovial fluid (Joint fluid)
TEAR	Tears	Tears
THRT	Throat	Throat
THRB	Thrombocyte (platelet)	Thrombocyte (platelet)
TISS	Tissue	Tissue
TISG	Tissue gall bladder	Tissue gall bladder
TLGI	Tissue large intestine	Tissue large intestine
TLNG	Tissue lung	Tissue lung
TISPL	Tissue placenta	Tissue placenta
TSMI	Tissue small intestine	Tissue small intestine
TISU	Tissue ulcer	Tissue ulcer
TUB	Tube NOS	Tube NOS
ULC	Ulcer	Ulcer
UMB	Umbilical blood	Umbilical blood
UMED	Unknown medicine	Unknown medicine
URTH	Urethra	Urethra
UR	Urine	Urine
URC	Urine clean catch	Urine clean catch
URT	Urine catheter	Urine catheter
URNS	Urine sediment	Urine sediment
USUB	Unknown substance	Unknown substance
VITF	Vitreous Fluid	Vitreous Fluid
VOM	Vomitus	Vomitus
BLD	Whole blood	Whole blood
BDY	Whole body	Whole body
WAT	Water	Water
WICK	Wick	Wick
WND	Wound	Wound
WNDA	Wound abscess	Wound abscess
WNDE	Wound exudate	Wound exudate
WNDD	Wound drainage	Wound drainage
XXX	To be specified in another part of the message	To be specified in another part of the message

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