LOINC display name : Urinalysis microscopic panel Auto Ql (U);
LOINC long common name : Urinalysis microscopic panel - Urine Qualitative by Automated;
LOINC short name : UA Microscopic Pnl Ur Auto;
LOINC description : Urinalysis microscopic panel in Urine by Automated method is the colllection of automated
terms that are all qualitiative. These are created to ease the mapping of local codes
for automated urinalysis machines to LOINC codes. The batteries include a set of tests
reported one way- e.g. as concentrations of observed particles or cells, as number
of particles or cell per microscopic field (we presume the units will say whether
they are per HPF or per LPF- though crystals and cells are usually reported per HPF
and casts per LPF), and one as categorical response, e.g. pos/neg or none, few many,
loaded. Laboratories pick and choose how to report information that comes out of their
automated instrument (which can provide numeric concentrations). So it is unlikely
that any real UA panel will be of only one kind (e.g. NCNC, Naric , or Ord).;