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Derived Specimen
Vocabulary Type Code System - Universal
Concept Domain Derived Specimen
Code System Name
Code System Identifier
Code System OID
HL7 Table Identifier HL70170
Version
Status Active
Where Used OM4-2
Purpose and Use HL7-defined table of codes which specify the parents and children for diagnostic studies, especially in microbiology, where the initial specimen (e.g., blood) is processed to produce results (e.g., the identity of the bacteria grown out of the culture). The process also produces new "specimens" (e.g., pure culture of staphylococcus, and E. coli), and these are studied by a second order process (bacterial sensitivities). The parents (e.g., blood culture) and children (e.g., penicillin MIC) are identified in such cases.


Derived Specimen - Code System
Code Display Definition Deprecated
P Parent Observation Parent Observation
C Child Observation Child Observation
N Not Applicable Not Applicable