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ObservationMethod

ObservationMethod2.16.840.1.113883.5.84

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_AllergyTestObservationMethodallergy test observation**Description:**Provides additional methodology information not present in the associated AllergyTestCode term.retired
_CommonClinicalObservationMethodcommon clinical observation**Description:**Used in a patient care message to value simple clinical (non-lab) observation methods, such as found in SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan) progress notes: subjective section (used for history from patient and other informants); objective section (used for physical exam, lab, and other common results), and assessment section (used for the clinicians assessment of the implications of subjective and objective sections).retired
_DecisionObservationMethodDecisionObservationMethodProvides codes for decision methods, initially for assessing the causality of events.active
_GeneticObservationMethodGeneticObservationMethodA code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the genetic analysis. Example, PCR, Micro Arrayactive
_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateProvides additional detail about the aggregation methods used to compute the aggregated values for an observation. This is an abstract code.active
_VerificationMethodVerificationMethodactive
0001Complement fixationactive
0002Computed axial tomographyactive
0003HLAR agar testSusceptibility, High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance agar testactive
0004Macroscopic observationVisual, Macroscopic observationactive
0005Magnetic resonanceComputed, Magnetic resonanceactive
0006MorphometryComputed, Morphometryactive
0007Positron emission tomographyComputed, Positron emission tomographyactive
0008SAMHSA confirmationSAMHSA drug assay confirmationactive
0009SAMHSA screeningSAMHSA drug assay screeningactive
0010Serum Neutralizationactive
0011Titrationactive
0012Ultrasoundactive
0013X-ray crystallographyactive
0014Agglutinationactive
0015Buffered acidified plate agglutinationAgglutination, Buffered acidified plateactive
0016Card agglutinationAgglutination, Cardactive
0017HemagglutinationAgglutination, Hemagglutinationactive
0018Hemagglutination inhibitionAgglutination, Hemagglutination inhibitionactive
0019Latex agglutinationAgglutination, Latexactive
0020Plate agglutinationAgglutination, Plateactive
0021Rapid agglutinationAgglutination, Rapid Plateactive
0022RBC agglutinationAgglutination, RBCactive
0023Rivanol agglutinationAgglutination, Rivanolactive
0024Tube agglutinationAgglutination, Tubeactive
0025Bioassayactive
0026Animal InoculationBioassay, Animal Inoculationactive
0027CytotoxicityBioassay, Cytotoxicityactive
0028Embryo infective dose 50Bioassay, Embryo Infective Dose 50active
0029Embryo lethal dose 50Bioassay, Embryo Lethal Dose 50active
0030Mouse intercerebral inoculationBioassay, Mouse intercerebral inoculationactive
0031Bioassay, qualitativeactive
0032Bioassay, quantitativeactive
0033Chemical methodChemicalactive
0034Differential light absorption chemical testChemical, Differential light absorptionactive
0035DipstickChemical, Dipstickactive
0036Dipstick colorimetric laboratory testChemical, Dipstick colorimetric laboratory testactive
0037Test stripChemical, Test stripactive
0038Chromatographyactive
0039Affinity chromatographyChromatography, Affinityactive
0040Gas liquid chromatographyChromatography, Gas liquidactive
0041High performance liquid chromatographyChromatography, High performance liquidactive
0042Liquid ChromatographyChromatography, Liquidactive
0043Protein A affinity chromatographyChromatography, Protein A affinityactive
0044Coagulationactive
0045Tilt tube coagulation timeCoagulation, Tilt tubeactive
0046Tilt tube reptilase induced coagulationCoagulation, Tilt tube reptilase inducedactive
0047Automated countCount, Automatedactive
0048Manual cell countCount, Manualactive
0049Platelet count, Rees-EckerCount, Platelet, Rees-Eckeractive
0050Aerobic CultureCulture, Aerobicactive
0051Anaerobic CultureCulture, Anaerobicactive
0052Chicken embryo cultureCulture, Chicken Embryoactive
0053Delayed secondary enrichmentCulture, Delayed secondary enrichmentactive
0054Microaerophilic CultureCulture, Microaerophilicactive
0055Quantitative microbial culture, cupCulture, Quantitative microbial, cupactive
0056Quantitative microbial culture, dropletCulture, Quantitative microbial, dropletactive
0057Quantitative microbial culture, filter paperCulture, Quantitative microbial, filter paperactive
0058Quantitative microbial culture, pad cultureCulture, Quantitative microbial, padactive
0059Quantitative microbial culture, pour plateCulture, Quantitative microbial, pour plateactive
0060Quantitative microbial culture, surface streakCulture, Quantitative microbial, surface streakactive
0061Somatic Cell cultureCulture, Somatic Cellactive
0062Agar diffusionDiffusion, Agaractive
0063Agar Gel ImmunodiffusionDiffusion, Agar Gel Immunodiffusionactive
0064Electrophoresisactive
0065Agaorse gel electrophoresisElectrophoresis, Agaorse gelactive
0066Electrophoresis, citrate agaractive
0067ImmunoelectrophoresisElectrophoresis, Immunoactive
0068Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresisElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gelactive
0069Starch gel electrophoresisElectrophoresis, Starch gelactive
0070ELISAactive
0071ELISA, antigen captureactive
0072ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complexactive
0073Kinetic ELISAELISA, Kineticactive
0074ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidaseactive
0075API 20 StrepIdentification, API 20 Strepactive
0076API 20AIdentification, API 20Aactive
0077API 20C AUXIdentification, API 20C AUXactive
0078API 20EIdentification, API 20Eactive
0079API 20NEIdentification, API 20NEactive
0080API 50 CHIdentification, API 50 CHactive
0081API An-IDENTIdentification, API An-IDENTactive
0082API CoryneIdentification, API Coryneactive
0083API Rapid 20EIdentification, API Rapid 20Eactive
0084API StaphIdentification, API Staphactive
0085API ZYMIdentification, API ZYMactive
0086Bacterial identificationIdentification, Bacterialactive
0087mini VIDASIdentification, mini VIDASactive
0088Phage susceptibility typingIdentification, Phage susceptibility typingactive
0089Quad-FERM+Identification, Quad-FERM+active
0090RAPIDEC StaphIdentification, RAPIDEC Staphactive
0091StaphaurexIdentification, Staphaurexactive
0092VIDASIdentification, VIDASactive
0093VitekIdentification, Vitekactive
0094VITEK 2Identification, VITEK 2active
0095Immune stainactive
0096Immunofluorescent antibody, directImmune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, directactive
0097Immunofluorescent antibody, indirectImmune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, indirectactive
0098Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin ComplexImmune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complexactive
0099Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complexImmune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complexactive
0100Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complexImmune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complexactive
0101Immunoassayactive
0102Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple stepactive
0103Immunoassay, qualitative, single stepactive
0104RadioimmunoassayImmunoassay, Radioimmunoassayactive
0105Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple stepactive
0106Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single stepactive
0107Microscopyactive
0108Darkfield microscopyMicroscopy, Darkfieldactive
0109Electron microscopyMicroscopy, Electronactive
0110Electron microscopy tomographyMicroscopy, Electron microscopy tomographyactive
0111Electron microscopy, negative stainMicroscopy, Electron, negative stainactive
0112Electron microscopy, thick sectionMicroscopy, Electron, thick section transmissionactive
0113Electron microscopy, thin sectionMicroscopy, Electron, thin section transmissionactive
0114Microscopy, Lightactive
0115Polarizing light microscopyMicroscopy, Polarized lightactive
0116Scanning electron microscopyMicroscopy, Scanning electronactive
0117Transmission electron microscopyMicroscopy, Transmission electronactive
0118Transparent tape direct examinationMicroscopy, Transparent tape direct examinationactive
01193 Self-Sustaining Sequence ReplicationMolecular, 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replicationactive
0120Branched Chain DNAMolecular, Branched Chain DNAactive
0121Hybridization Protection AssayMolecular, Hybridization Protection Assayactive
0122Immune blotMolecular, Immune blotactive
0123In-situ hybridizationMolecular, In-situ hybridizationactive
0124Ligase Chain ReactionMolecular, Ligase Chain Reactionactive
0125Ligation Activated TranscriptionMolecular, Ligation Activated Transcriptionactive
0126Nucleic Acid ProbeMolecular, Nucleic Acid Probeactive
0127Nucleic acid probeMolecular, Nucleic acid proberetired
0128Nucleic acid probe with amplificationMolecular, Nucleic acid probe with amplification Rationale: Duplicate of code 0126. Use code 0126 instead.active
0129Nucleic acid probe with target amplificationMolecular, Nucleic acid probe with target amplificationactive
0130Nucleic acid reverse transcriptionMolecular, Nucleic acid reverse transcriptionactive
0131Nucleic Acid Sequence Based AnalysisMolecular, Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysisactive
0132Polymerase chain reactionMolecular, Polymerase chain reactionactive
0133Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category methodMolecular, Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category methodactive
0134Restriction Fragment Length PolymorphismMolecular, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphismactive
0135Southern BlotMolecular, Southern Blotactive
0136Strand Displacement AmplificationMolecular, Strand Displacement Amplificationactive
0137Transcription Mediated AmplificationMolecular, Transcription Mediated Amplificationactive
0138Western BlotMolecular, Western Blotactive
0139FlocculationPrecipitation, Flocculationactive
0140Immune precipitationPrecipitation, Immune precipitationactive
0141Milk ring testPrecipitation, Milk ring testactive
0142PrecipitinPrecipitation, Precipitinactive
0143Acid fast stainStain, Acid fastactive
0144Acid fast stain, fluorochromeStain, Acid fast, fluorochromeactive
0145Acid fast stain, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsinStain, Acid fast, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsinactive
0146Acid fast stain, Ziehl-NeelsenStain, Acid fast, Ziehl-Neelsenactive
0147Acid phosphatase stainStain, Acid phosphataseactive
0148Acridine orange stainStain, Acridine orangeactive
0149Active brilliant orange KH stainStain, Active brilliant orange KHactive
0150Alazarin red S stainStain, Alazarin red Sactive
0151Alcian blue stainStain, Alcian blueactive
0152Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff stainStain, Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiffactive
0153Argentaffin stainStain, Argentaffinactive
0154Argentaffin silver stainStain, Argentaffin silveractive
0155Azure-eosin stainStain, Azure-eosinactive
0156Basic Fuschin stainStain, Basic Fuschinactive
0157Bennhold stainStain, Bennholdactive
0158Bennhold's Congo red stainStain, Bennhold's Congo redactive
0159Bielschowsky stainStain, Bielschowskyactive
0160Bielschowsky's silver stainStain, Bielschowsky's silveractive
0161Bleach stainStain, Bleachactive
0162Bodian stainStain, Bodianactive
0163Brown-Brenn stainStain, Brown-Brennactive
0164Butyrate-esterase stainStain, Butyrate-esteraseactive
0165Calcofluor white fluorescent stainStain, Calcofluor white fluorescentactive
0166Carbol-fuchsin stainStain, Carbol-fuchsinactive
0167Carmine stainStain, Carmineactive
0168Churukian-Schenk stainStain, Churukian-Schenkactive
0169Congo red stainStain, Congo redactive
0170Cresyl echt violet stainStain, Cresyl echt violetactive
0171Crystal violet stainStain, Crystal violetactive
0172De Galantha stainStain, De Galanthaactive
0173Dieterle silver impregnation stainStain, Dieterle silver impregnationactive
0174Fite-Farco stainStain, Fite-Farcoactive
0175Fontana-Masson silver stainStain, Fontana-Masson silveractive
0176Fouchet stainStain, Fouchetactive
0177Gomori stainStain, Gomoriactive
0178Gomori methenamine silver stainStain, Gomori methenamine silveractive
0179Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stainStain, Gomori-Wheatly trichromeactive
0180Gridley stainStain, Gridleyactive
0181Grimelius silver stainStain, Grimelius silveractive
0182Grocott stainStain, Grocottactive
0183Grocott methenamine silver stainStain, Grocott methenamine silveractive
0184Hale's colloidal ferric oxide stainStain, Hale's colloidal ferric oxideactive
0185Hale's colloidal iron stainStain, Hale's colloidal ironactive
0186Hansel stainStain, Hanselactive
0187Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin stainStain, Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosinactive
0188Hematoxylin and eosin stainStain, Hematoxylin and eosinactive
0189Highman stainStain, Highmanactive
0190Holzer stainStain, Holzeractive
0191Iron hematoxylin stainStain, Iron hematoxylinactive
0192Jones stainStain, Jonesactive
0193Jones methenamine silver stainStain, Jones methenamine silveractive
0194Kossa stainStain, Kossaactive
0195Lawson-Van Gieson stainStain, Lawson-Van Giesonactive
0196Loeffler methylene blue stainStain, Loeffler methylene blueactive
0197Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet stainStain, Luxol fast blue with cresyl violetactive
0198Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff stainStain, Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiffactive
0199MacNeal's tetrachrome blood stainStain, MacNeal's tetrachrome bloodactive
0200Mallory-Heidenhain stainStain, Mallory-Heidenhainactive
0201Masson trichrome stainStain, Masson trichromeactive
0202Mayer mucicarmine stainStain, Mayer mucicarmineactive
0203Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin stainStain, Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosinactive
0204May-Grunwald Giemsa stainStain, May-Grunwald Giemsaactive
0205Methyl green stainStain, Methyl greenactive
0206Methyl green pyronin stainStain, Methyl green pyroninactive
0207Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stainStain, Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichromeactive
0208Modified Masson trichrome stainStain, Modified Masson trichromeactive
0209Modified trichrome stainStain, Modified trichromeactive
0210Movat pentachrome stainStain, Movat pentachromeactive
0211Mucicarmine stainStain, Mucicarmineactive
0212Neutral red stainStain, Neutral redactive
0213Night blue stainStain, Night blueactive
0214Non-specific esterase stainStain, Non-specific esteraseactive
0215Oil red-O stainStain, Oil red-Oactive
0216Orcein stainStain, Orceinactive
0217Perls' stainStain, Perls'active
0218Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin stainStain, Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylinactive
0219Potassium ferrocyanide stainStain, Potassium ferrocyanideactive
0220Prussian blue stainStain, Prussian blueactive
0221Putchler modified Bennhold stainStain, Putchler modified Bennholdactive
0222Quinacrine fluorescent stainStain, Quinacrine fluorescentactive
0223Reticulin stainStain, Reticulinactive
0224Rhodamine stainStain, Rhodamineactive
0225Safranin stainStain, Safraninactive
0226Schmorl stainStain, Schmorlactive
0227Seiver-Munger stainStain, Seiver-Mungeractive
0228Silver stainStain, Silveractive
0229Specific esterase stainStain, Specific esteraseactive
0230Steiner silver stainStain, Steiner silveractive
0231Sudan III stainStain, Sudan IIIactive
0232Sudan IVI stainStain, Sudan IVIactive
0233Sulfated alcian blue stainStain, Sulfated alcian blueactive
0234Supravital stainStain, Supravitalactive
0235Thioflavine-S stainStain, Thioflavine-Sactive
0236Three micron Giemsa stainStain, Three micron Giemsaactive
0237Vassar-Culling stainStain, Vassar-Cullingactive
0238Vital StainStain, Vitalactive
0239von Kossa stainStain, von Kossaactive
0240Antibiotic sensitivity, disk0280Susceptibility TestingSusceptibility, Antibiotic sensitivity, diskactive
0241BACTEC susceptibility test0280Susceptibility TestingSusceptibility, BACTEC susceptibility testactive
0242Disk dilution0280Susceptibility TestingSusceptibility, Disk dilutionactive
0243Minimum bactericidal concentration test, macrodilutionSusceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, macrodilutionactive
0244Minimum bactericidal concentration test, microdilutionSusceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, microdilutionactive
0245Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, macrodilution0272Minimum Inhibitory ConcentrationSusceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, macrodilutionactive
0246Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, microdilution0272Minimum Inhibitory ConcentrationSusceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, microdilutionactive
0247Turbidometricactive
0248RefractometricTurbidometric, Refractometricactive
0249Thin layer chromatography (TLC)Chromatography, Thin Layeractive
0250EMITImmunoassay, enzyme-multiplied technique (EMIT)active
0251Flow cytometry (FC)Flow Cytometryactive
0252Radial immunodiffusion (RID)Radial Immunodiffusionactive
0253Fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA)Immunoassay, Fluorescence Polarizationactive
0254Immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE)Electrophoresis, Immunofixationactive
0255Equilibrium dialysisDialysis, Direct Equilibriumactive
0256Kleihauer-Betke acid elutionAcid Elution, Kleihauer-Betke Methodactive
0257Anti-complement immunofluorescence (ACIF)Immunofluorescence, Anti-Complementactive
0258GC/MSGas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopyactive
0259NephelometryLight Scatter, Nephelometryactive
0260IgE immunoassay antibodyImmunoassay, IgE Antibody Testactive
0261Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assayactive
0262Spectrophotometryactive
0263Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS)Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorptionactive
0264Ion selective electrode (ISE)Electrochemical, Ion Selective Electrodeactive
0265Gas chromatography (GC)Chromatography, Gasactive
0266Isoelectric focusing (IEF)Isoelectric Focusingactive
0267ImmunochemiluminescenceImmunoassay, Chemiluminescentactive
0268Microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA)Immunoassay, Microparticle Enzymeactive
0269ICP/MSInductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometryactive
0270Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA)Immunoassay, Immunoradiometric Assayactive
0271Photo optical clot detectionCoagulation, Photo Optical Clot Detectionactive
0272Minimum Inhibitory Concentration0280Susceptibility TestingTesting to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.active
0273Viral Genotype Susceptibility0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0274Viral Phenotype Susceptibility0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0275Gradient Strip0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0275aMinimum Lethal Concentration (MLC)0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0276Slow Mycobacteria Susceptibility0280Susceptibility TestingTesting to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.active
0277Serum bactericidal titer0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0278Agar screen0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0279Disk induction0280Susceptibility Testingactive
0280Susceptibility TestingTest methods designed to determine a microorganism's susceptibility to being killed by an antibiotic.active
ALGMalgorithm_DecisionObservationMethodDecisionObservationMethodReaching a decision through the application of an algorithm designed to weigh the different factors involved.active
AVERAGEaverage_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateAverage of non-null values in the referenced set of valuesactive
BYCLbayesian calculationALGMalgorithmReaching a decision through the use of Bayesian statistical analysis.active
COUNTcount_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateCount of non-null values in the referenced set of valuesactive
GINTglobal introspection_DecisionObservationMethodDecisionObservationMethodReaching a decision by consideration of the totality of factors involved in order to reach a judgement.active
MAXmaxima_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateLargest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.active
MEDIANmedian_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateThe median of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.active
MINminima_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateSmallest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.active
MODEmode_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateThe most common value of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.active
PCRPCR_GeneticObservationMethodGeneticObservationMethodDescription: Polymerase Chain Reactionactive
STDEV.Ppopulation standard deviation_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateStandard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.active
STDEV.Ssample standard deviation_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateStandard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.active
SUMsum_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateSum of non-null values in the referenced set of valuesactive
VARIANCE.Ppopulation variance_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateVariance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.active
VARIANCE.Ssample variance_ObservationMethodAggregateobservation method aggregateVariance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.active
VDOCdocument verification_VerificationMethodVerificationMethodVerification by means of document. Example: Fax, letter, attachment to e-mail.active
VREGregistry verification_VerificationMethodVerificationMethodverification by means of a response to an electronic query Example: query message to a Covered Party registry application or Coverage Administrator.active
VTOKENelectronic token verification_VerificationMethodVerificationMethodVerification by means of electronic token. Example: smartcard, magnetic swipe card, RFID device.active
VVOICEvoice-based verification_VerificationMethodVerificationMethodVerification by means of voice. Example: By speaking with or calling the Coverage Administrator or Covered Partyactive