LOINC Code 46501-3: Date assessment information completed during assessment period [CMS Assessment]

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 Date assessment information completed. 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: Observation
• Method: CMS Assessment

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Date assessment information completed during assessment period [CMS Assessment]
• Date assessment information completed
• The actual date the assessment is completed, except if agency policy allows assessments to be performed over more than one visit date, in which case the last date (when the assessment is finished) is the appropriate date to record.
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Assessment; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Report period; 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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