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LOINC Code 48512-8: Are you basically satisfied with your life [GDS]

48512-8 is a LOINC code used to identify Are you basically satisfied with your life [GDS] 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 Are you basically satisfied with your life. 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 Are you basically satisfied with your life. 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: GDS

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • Are you basically satisfied with your life [GDS]
  • Are you basically satisfied with your life
  • Finding; Findings; GDS Survey; Geriatric Depression Scale; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; 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.

Common synonyms

Are you basically satisfied with your life [GDS]Are you basically satisfied with your lifeSURVEY.GDSFindPt^PatientOrd

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code48512-8
SystemLOINC
Display nameAre you basically satisfied with your life [GDS]
DescriptionAre you basically satisfied with your life
ComponentAre you basically satisfied with your life
PropertyFind
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleOrd
MethodGDS
ClassSURVEY.GDS
StatusACTIVE

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.21
Last changed2.64

Part names

Are you basically satisfied with your lifeFindPt^PatientOrdGDSFindingPoint in time (spot)

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