Use Case(s)

During an assessment anatomical locations are described using body location and anatomic directional terms.  

Artifact

Anatomic Directional Terms Reference Set

Purpose of Refset

The purpose of this reference set is to document directional terms used with body locations to describe anatomical position. Resulting LOINC code  39112-8 "Body location qualifier".

Examples of what to include

Dorsal, lateral, medial

Examples of what to exclude

Anatomical locations

Zero or one OR Zero or more

Zero or more

Editorial Guidelines

Should be children of 272425003 |General site descriptor (qualifier value)|.

Similar SOLOR Refsets (assemblages)

Anatomic location modifier reference set

Associated Value Sets

 LOINC List LL3804-3    Body location qualifier / Answers: 14; Scale: Nom; Code: -; Score: -