This LOINC term is commonly used as the Clinical Document code for both the Care Record Summary (CRS) and Continuity of Care Document (CCD), with an "episode" of care defined as the provision of care over a specified period of time that can cover one or more health care encounters. This definition was approved by the LOINC Document Ontology subcommittee in February 2021.
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Summary of episode note
property
Find = Finding
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
{Setting}
scale
Doc = Document: A document that could be in many formats (XML, narrative, etc.)
method
{Role}
Additional Names
short name
Summary of episode note
Basic Attributes
class
DOC.ONTOLOGY
type
2 Clinical
order vs. observation
Both
Ask At Order Entry
Ask at Order Entry (AOE) observations for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single AOE observation or a panel containing several AOE observations.
LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.
Release 2.70: DefinitionDescription: Added definition of "episode of care"; Previous Releases: Changed Component from 'Summarization of episode' per Clinical LOINC Committee decision to harmonize existing Document Ontology axes values.; Based on Clinical LOINC Committee decision during the September 2014 meeting, {Provider} was changed to {Author Type} to emphasize a greater breadth of potential document authors. At the September 2015 Clinical LOINC Committee meeting, the Committee decided to change {Author Type} to {Role} to align with the 'Role' axis name in the LOINC Document Ontology.;
Related Names
CCD Continuity of Care Document DOC.ONT Document Encounter Evaluation and management Evaluation and management note
Finding Findings notes Point in time Random Visit note
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