LOINC Code 46530-2: Sensory status - hearing and ability to understand spoken language [OASIS]

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 Sensory status - hearing and ability to understand spoken language. 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: OASIS

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Sensory status - hearing and ability to understand spoken language [OASIS]
• Sensory status - hearing and ability to understand spoken language
• Identifies the patient's ability to hear and to understand spoken language, in the patient's primary language. Hearing is evaluated with the patient wearing aids if he/she usually uses them.
• Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Outcome and assessment information set; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Survey; Survey.OASIS

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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