Table of Example UCUM Codes for Electronic Messaging Now Available

The LOINC Development Team is very pleased to announce the availability of a new table of example UCUM codes for use in HL7 and other electronic messages:

http://loinc.org/usage

This is a draft enumeration of The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM), designed to make it clear what the UCUM syntax would produce for specific unit patterns in electronic communication.

This table was compiled by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with content contributions from Intermountain Healthcare and the Regenstrief Institute. You can read more about how this table was developed in the Preface that is also available from the LOINC website.

We hope you find this new resource helpful. As always, we welcome feedback...just send your comments to: loinc@regenstrief.org

Happy LOINCing!