LOINC Code 71939-3: Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire [MLHFQ]

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 Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. 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: Order
• Panel type: Panel
• Method: MLHFQ

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire [MLHFQ]
• Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire
• The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (R) (MLHFQ) was designed to measure the effects of heart failure and treatments for heart failure on an individual's quality of life. The 21-item MLHFQ uses a 6-point Likert scale, where 0 = no, 1= very little and 5= very much. The questions are intended to be representative of the ways heart failure and treatments can affect the key physical, emotional, social and mental dimensions of quality of life.
• MLHFQ; Pan; Panel; PANEL.MLHFQ; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; 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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