74023-3

LOINC code 74023-3 identifies "Disease of interest in family member". This observation is used to report a disease of interest (e.g. malignant tumor of the breast) in the patient's family. The disease may or may not be present in a family member. The term is paired with a negation indicator [LOINC: 74022-5] to indicate whether the health history for a given family member is negative for the disease. Although similar in nature to LOINC 54116-9 (History of diseases in family member), this code does not indicate a disease in a family member. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the clinical observation in the Family History section of the V2 VMR based on the Family History Standard Implementation Guide (US Realm) 2012. The recommended code system for answer values is SNOMED CT.

This code measures Disease of interest in ^Family member. It belongs to the H&P.HX class in the LOINC classification.

LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a universal standard for identifying laboratory and clinical observations. It is maintained by the Regenstrief Institute and used worldwide for health data exchange.