Preferred Label : Maiden name:Pn:Pt: Patient:Nom:;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Patient maiden name;
LOINC short name : Patient maiden name;
LOINC description : Maiden name of female patients who are or have been married. This is used to link
reports on a woman who changed her name between reports. It also is critical when
using Spanish surname algorithms to categorize ethnicity. The field should be left
blank if the maiden name is not known or not applicable. Since a value in this field
may be used by linkage software or other computer algorithms, only legitimate surnames
are allowable, and any variation of unknown or not applicable is not allowable...
NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11;