LOINC display name : HCV RNA screening tests - Meaningful Use set;
LOINC long common name : HCV RNA screening tests - Meaningful Use set;
LOINC short name : HCV RNA MU Set Patient;
LOINC description : Panel for qualitative or quantitative screening for Hepatitis C virus RNA. This panel
was created for Meaningful Use 3 as part of a project by the American Medical Association
(AMA) to develop three Clinical Quality Measures for Hepatitis C - 1) One-Time Screening
for HCV for Patients at Risk, 2) HCV Screening for Active Injection Drug Users, and
3) Appropriate Screening Follow-up for Patients with HCV Infection. This concept may
be used by physicians to document that he/she has reviewed the HCV RNA test results
performed by an outside lab. When the physician does not know which specific LOINC
code to choose when documenting the test and results from the lab report, this more
generic LOINC panel code can be used. The HCV RNA screening panel includes all HCV
RNA tests used in screening, confirming or monitoring for HCV infection or HCV infection
progress, except HCV RNA test that are used to determine therapeutic approaches to
management of HCV infection, such as HCV RNA genotyping. In the eMeasure, this LOINC
panel and associated LOINC codes will be included in a larger value set for the specific
type of screening - HCV RNA Test.;