LOI+Vocabulary+WG+Meeting+Minutes+2012-06-19

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**Meeting Agenda:**

 * **Topic** || **Time Allotted** ||
 * LRI Ballot Reconciliation || 30 Minutes ||
 * LOINC Universal Order Codes || 30 Minutes ||

Attendance
Virginia Sturmfels, Riki Merrick, Shalina Wadhwani, Saunya Williams, Bill Omerod, Rob Hausam, Lester Keepper, Freida Hall, Brian Jaffer, Maribeth Gagnon

Action Items
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Meeting Notes

 * LRI Ballot Reconciliation**
 * Comment #194
 * LabCorps agreed with the structure for SNOMED CT in the guide, but disagreed that it should be required in this version of the IG
 * They recommend the SNOMED code be optional for adoption, however, the encourage early adoption by whoever is able to
 * This comment refers to Section 4.2 (SNOMED CT) in the Implementation Guide; these documents are posted to the wiki page under “Works in Progress” and “Reference Materials”
 * This ballot question is only for results insofar as the specimen requirements were being put off for discussion until a later version of the guide
 * Homework last week was to review IG Suggested Changes (found on the LOI Vocab wiki page under “Works in Progress”) and come back to the table with comments
 * Last week the WG discussed that this IG is for vendors, not receiver of the data
 * One edit is to start section 4.2 with “For receivers SNOMED CT is a required vocabulary for Microbiology related results reported as Coded With Exception (CWE) data types in OBX.5 (and identified as CWE in OBX.2). When received certified EHR technology shall be capable of processing and storing SNOMED CT codes.”
 * “For senders, SNOMED CT is the recommended vocabulary in this release of the Implementation Guide. It is the intent of this Guide to move to require the use of SNOMED CT on the sender side in future releases and senders are highly encouraged to implement SNOMED as soon as possible. It is not intended…”
 * The group agreed that in Table 3-12, the Coded Observation should read “For receivers: SNOMED CT shall be processed and stored. For senders: SNOMED CT should be used when code exists. Microbiology results or other coded results as negotiated with trading partners, otherwise a local code.”
 * Riki and Bill will work on the language of the proposal for the sender perspective and it will be reviewed next Tuesday

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