Preferred Label : Fracture Risk Assessment:-:Pt: Patient:-:FRAX;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Fracture Risk Assessment [FRAX];
LOINC short name : Fracture Risk Assessment [FRAX];
LOINC description : The Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX ) tool is used to estimate a patient's major osteoporotic
fracture (forearm, hip, or shoulder fracture, or clinical vertebral fracture) [LOINC:
90265-0] as well as of hip fracture specificaly [LOINC: 90266-8]. It includes questions
about age, weight, height, smoking, alcohol use, family history of hip fracture, glucocorticoid
use (e.g., Prednisone), rheumatoid arthritis and bone mineral density (BMD) at the
femoral neck.[https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX/];
Origin ID : 90264-3;
UMLS CUI : C4739649;
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