The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) has updated VSAC with the most recent provisional terminology codes published by LOINC® and SNOMED CT, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These terminologies developed and published these codes to streamline the public health response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease, and they are based on the most up to date information available at the time of their creation

• Code System: LOINC
• VSAC Code System Version: Provisional_2021-10-19
• Additional Information: LOINC Prerelease Terms, Special Use Codes Only

Value set authors who create COVID-19 related value sets can Contact NLM to request their COVID-19 value sets be included in a prefiltered VSAC search.

Find information about COVID-19 provisional codes in VSAC.

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Last Reviewed: October 20, 2021