LOINC Code 47420-5: Functional status assessment note

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 Functional status assessment note. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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: Both
• Method: {Role}

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Functional status assessment note
• Functional status assessment describes the patient's status of normal functioning at the time a care record was created. Functional statuses include information regarding the patient relative to ambulatory ability, mental status or competency, activities of daily living (ADLs) (i.e. bathing, dressing, feeding, grooming), home/living situation having an effect on the health status of the patient, ability to care for self, social activity (i.e. issues with social cognition, participation with friends and acquaintances other than family members), occupation activity (i.e. activities partly or directly related to working), housework or volunteering, family and home responsibilities or activities related to home and family, communication ability (i.e. issues with speech, writing or cognition required for communication), and perception, including sight, hearing, taste, skin sensation, kinesthetic sense, proprioception, or balance.
• DOC.ONT; Document; Encounter; Evaluation and management; Evaluation and management note; Finding; Findings; Functional status note; notes; Point in time; Random; Visit note

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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