LOINC Code 64859-2: How would you rate your eyesight now, with glasses or contact lens on, if you wear them [PhenX]

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 How would you rate your eyesight now, with glasses or contact lens on, if you wear them. 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: TRIAL
• Method: PhenX

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• How would you rate your eyesight now, with glasses or contact lens on, if you wear them [PhenX]
• How would you rate your eyesight now, with glasses or contact lens on, if you wear them
• Scale of from 1 to 10, where zero means the worst possible eyesight, as bad or worse than being blind, and 10 means the best possible eyesight
• Cnt; Count; Number; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Rate eyesight now; Screen

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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