Existing Wording: U.S. Data Access Framework (DAF) Vital Signs Profile

Comment:

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• ''Mean blood pressure'' with

LOINC® code 8478-0.

ss:

• Body mass index (BMI) [Percentile]

per age and sex (with LOINC® code

59576-9) for youth 2-20 years of age;

and

• Weight for length per age and sex

(with LOINC® code to be established in

a newer version of LOINC® prior to the

publication of a subsequent final rule)

and/or Head occipital-frontal

circumference by tape measure (with

LOINC® code 8287-5) for infants less

than 3 years of age.

blood by pulse oximetry,'' we propose

that a Health IT Module enable a user

to record ''inhaled oxygen

concentration'' with LOINC® code

3150-0 as metadata associated with the

vital sign