Version 2.78

Part Description

LP15191-7   Erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume
The mean corpuscular volume, or MCV, is a measure of the average red blood cell volume.
MCV measurements classify anemias as either microcytic (MCV below normal range) or macrocytic (MCV above normal range). Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia

Reference Information

Type Source Reference
Mapping Guidance Regenstrief Help This will mostly be reported as automated [LOINC: 787-2]. Mapper’s Guide for the Top 2000 plus LOINC Laboratory Observations

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume
Property
EntVol
Time
Pt
System
RBC
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
MCV RBC
Display Name
MCV (RBC) [Entitic vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Red blood cells

Basic Attributes

Class
HEM/BC
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.04
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Change Reason
Changed Short Name from 'Erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume' to 'MCV' for succinctness.
Order vs. Observation
Observation
Common Test Rank Get Info
97

Formula (Readable)

HCTx1000/RBC (x10^12/L)

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
69742-5 CBC W Differential panel, method unspecified - Blood
24361-8 Deprecated Hemogram, platelets & Differential panel in Blood
34527-2 Deprecated Hemogram, Platelets, Differential & Reticulocyte panel in Blood
24317-0 Hemogram and platelets WO differential panel - Blood
24359-2 Hemogram without Platelets and with Manual Differential panel - Blood
24358-4 Hemogram without Platelets panel - Blood
55429-5 Short blood count panel - Blood

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
de-DE German (Germany) Mittleres korpuskuläres Zellvolumen eines Erythrozyten (MCV):Entitisches Volumen:Zeitpunkt:Erythrozyten:Quantitativ:
Synonyms: RBC
de-AT German (Austria) Synonyms: MCV
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Volumen corpuscular medio de eritrocitos:Volumen entítico:Punto temporal:Eritrocitos:Cuantitativo:
es-AR Spanish (Argentina) volumen corpuscular medio:volumen entítico:punto en el tiempo:eritrocitos:cuantitativo:
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Volumen corpuscular medio:Volumen entítico:Punto temporal:Glóbulos rojos:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
fr-CA French (Canada) Volume globulaire moyen:Volume entitique:Temps ponctuel:GR:Quantitatif:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Volume globulaire moyen:Volume entitique:Temps ponctuel:GR:Quantitatif:
Synonyms: VGM, VCM
fr-FR French (France) Volume globulaire moyen:Volume d'entité:Ponctuel:Érythrocytes:Numérique:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Eritrociti, volume corpuscolare medio:EntVol:Pt:RBC:Qn:
Synonyms: Ematologia (coagulazione) conta differenziale Globuli rossi Punto nel tempo (episodio) Volume corpuscolare medio degli eritrociti Volume entitico
ko-KR Korean (Korea, Republic Of) 평균 적혈구 용적:측정물질의 부피:검사시점:적혈구:정량:
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) erytrocyt mean corpuscular volume:volume/eenheid:moment:erytrocyten:kwantitatief:
Synonyms: rode bloedcellen
pl-PL Polish (Poland) Średnia objętość krwinki czerwonej (SOK):objętość zawarta w:punkt w czasie:krwinki czerwone:ilościowy:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Volume Corpuscular Médio do eritrócito:EntVol:Pt:Eritroc:Qn:
Synonyms: ; Vol; MCV; Erythrocytes; Red blood corpusles; Red blood corpuscle; Red blood cell; Red cell; Red cells; Discocyte; Erc; Red blood cells; Entitic volume; Point in time; Random; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Average; Avg; HEMATOLOGY/CELL COUNTS; HEMATOLOGY/CELL COUNTS
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Эритроцитарная средняя корпускулярный объем:СущнОб:ТчкВрм:Эритроциты:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Сущность объём Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Eritrosit ortalama korpüsküler hacmi:EntHcm:Zmlı:Eritrosit:Kant:
Synonyms: RBC
uk-UA Ukrainian (Ukraine) Середній корпускулярний об'єм Еритроцита:Ентитичний Об'єм:МоментЧасу:Еритроцити:Кількісно:
Synonyms: Average; Avg; Discocyte; Entitic volume; Erc; Erythrocytes; HEMATOLOGY/CELL COUNTS; MCV; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; RBC; Red blood cell; Red blood cells; Red blood corpuscle; Red blood corpusles; Red cell; Red cells; Vol
zh-CN Chinese (China) 红细胞平均颗粒体积:实体体积:时间点:红细胞:定量型:
Synonyms: RBC;RBCS;红血球;红血细胞;赤血球 RBC;盘状细胞;红血球;红血细胞 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 实体容积 容积 平均颗粒体积;Mean Corpuscular Volume;MCV;平均颗粒容积;平均颗粒体积;红细胞平均颗粒容积;红细胞平均颗粒容积;Erythrocyte Mean Corpuscular Volume 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 血液学/细胞计数;血液学与细胞计数

Example Units

Unit Source
fL Example UCUM Units
fL REGENSTRIEF

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CodeSystem lookup
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