LOINC Code 112280-3: The Home Energy Insecurity Scale [HEIS]

What is this code?

LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component The Home Energy Insecurity Scale. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

When is it used?

• Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
• May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
• Status: ACTIVE
• Order vs observation: Order
• Panel type: Panel
• Method: HEIS

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• The Home Energy Insecurity Scale [HEIS]
• The Home Energy Insecurity Scale
• The Home Energy Insecurity Scale represents a household level scale that is consistent with other Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA)-based household level outcome scales. The basic structure of a ROMA scale (thriving, capable, stable, vulnerable, in-crisis) can be directly applied to home energy situations to measure the self-sufficiency status of a household.
• 1 year; 12Mos; HES; Pan; Panel; Panl; Pnl; Survey

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.

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