LOINC Code 46595-5: Grooming - functional ability 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 Grooming - functional ability. 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

• Grooming - functional ability during assessment period [CMS Assessment]
• Grooming - functional ability
• Identifies the patient's ability to tend to personal hygiene needs, excluding bathing (such as washing face and hands, hair care, shaving or make up, teeth or denture care, or fingernail care).
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Assessment; Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Ql; Qual; Qualitative; Report period; Screen; 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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