LOINC Code 65940-9: Premorbid work adjustment [DI-PAD]
65940-9 is a LOINC code used to identify Premorbid work adjustment [DI-PAD] 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 Premorbid work adjustment. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Premorbid work adjustment. 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: DI-PAD CGP V 1.4
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Premorbid work adjustment [DI-PAD]
- Premorbid work adjustment
- Refers to work history before onset of illness. If working and unable to keep any job for more than six months, had a history of frequent changes of job or was only able to sustain a job well below that expected by his/her educational level or training at time of first psychiatric contact. If homemaker, and persistently very poor standard of housework. If student, and badly failing to keep up with studies.
- Finding; Findings; Job; Nominal; Occupation; PhenX; Point in time; Random
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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