Level of care [Type] 80391-6
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 80391-6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Level of care [Type] | ||
| description | A patient's current level of care requirement (e.g., ICU, Floor, Discharge Ready, or Nursing level I, II, III). The level of care may be used to ensure transfer to an appropriate receiving facility with similar level of care environment or planning for home health requirements at discharge. | ||
| status | TRIAL | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Level of care | ||
| property | Type = Type: The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known. | ||
| 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 | ^Patient | ||
| scale | Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody. | ||
| method | |||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Level of care Type | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | ED | ||
| type | 2 Clinical | ||
| order vs. observation | Both | ||
Associated 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. | |||
History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.69 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | Release 2.69: DefinitionDescription: Updated description to include discharge planning for level of home health care; | ||
Related Names | |||
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