LOINC Code 72267-8: Evaluation of mental and physical incapacity certificate

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 Evaluation of mental and physical incapacity certificate. 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

• Evaluation of mental and physical incapacity certificate
• This certificate is used by probate and family courts in the process of determining whether to appoint a guardian and/or conservator to assume responsibility for an individual in some or all areas of decision-making and functioning. The certificate may be completed by a physician, psychologist, certified psychiatric nurse or nurse practitioner. It contains the patient's clinical diagnosis, mental and physical condition, prognosis for improvement, and ability to make or communicate decisions about personal health and finances. The certificate also contains recommendations for level of care and supervision and appropriate treatment and/or rehabilitation.
• Assessment; Conservatorship; DOC.ONT; Document; Eval; Eval incapacity cert; Finding; Findings; Guardianship; H&P; History and physical; 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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