appears_in: []
contact:
  email: loinc@regenstrief.org
  name: LOINC Support
contributor:
  email: cthoyt@gmail.com
  github: cthoyt
  name: Charles Tapley Hoyt
  orcid: 0000-0003-4423-4370
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: The international standard for identifying health measurements, observations,
  and documents.
example: LL379-9
example_extras: []
homepage: https://loinc.org/
keywords:
- assay
- biomedical science
- diagnosis
- genetic disorder
- genetic polymorphism
- life science
- ontology
- phenotype
- preclinical studies
license: https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/assets/LicenseAgreement.pdf
mappings:
  aberowl: LOINC
  bartoc: '1897'
  biolink: LOINC
  bioportal: LOINC
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.2mk2zb
  hl7: 2.16.840.1.113883.6.1
  wikidata: P4338
  wikidata.entity: Q502480
name: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
pattern: ^(\d|\w)+-\d$
preferred_prefix: loinc
prefix: loinc
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.1016/s1386-5056(98)00089-6
  pubmed: '9749897'
  title: Combining laboratory data sets from multiple institutions using the logical
    observation identifier names and codes (LOINC)
  year: 1998
- doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocu012
  pmc: PMC5566197
  pubmed: '25656513'
  title: Supporting interoperability of genetic data with LOINC
  year: 2015
- doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.01.005
  pmc: PMC3376691
  pubmed: '22285984'
  title: Enabling international adoption of LOINC through translation
  year: 2012
rdf_uri_format: http://loinc.org/rdf/$1
synonyms:
- LNC
twitter: LOINC
uri_format: https://loinc.org/$1
