00631

Reference (normal) range - ordinal & continuous observations

2003-05-17
Definition: provides reference (normal) ranges for "numeric" observations/tests with a nature code of A or C (see OM1-19-nature of test/observation). It can identify different reference (normal) ranges for different categories of patients according to age, sex, race, and other conditions.

The general format is

Length≤200
7 components
1O-Reference Range
2O-Sex
3O-Age Range
4O-Gestational Age Range
5O-Species
6O-Race / Subspecies
7O-Text Condition