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LOINC Code 45829-9: Activity preferences - helping others [Minimum Data Set]

45829-9 is a LOINC code used to identify Activity preferences - helping others [Minimum Data Set] in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Activity preferences - helping others. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

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 Activity preferences - helping others. 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
  • Method: MDS

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • Activity preferences - helping others [Minimum Data Set]
  • Activity preferences - helping others
  • Activ; Actvty; Finding; Findings; Movements; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Survey; SURVEY.MDS

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.

Common synonyms

Activity preferences - helping others [Minimum Data Set]Activity preferences - helping othersSURVEY.MDSFindPt^PatientOrd

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code45829-9
SystemLOINC
Display nameActivity preferences - helping others [Minimum Data Set]
DescriptionActivity preferences - helping others
ComponentActivity preferences - helping others
PropertyFind
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleOrd
MethodMDS
ClassSURVEY.MDS
StatusACTIVE

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.17
Last changed2.50

Part names

Activity preferences - helping othersFindPt^PatientOrdMDSFindingPoint in time (spot)Minimum Data Set

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