LOINC Code 73832-8: Adult depression screening assessment
73832-8 is a LOINC code used to identify Adult depression screening assessment 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 Adult depression screening assessment. 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 Adult depression screening assessment. 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: Observation
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Adult depression screening assessment
- Indicates the overall interpretation of an Adult depression screening assessment, whether determined by a standardized protocol (e.g. use of a validated survey instrument) or another clinical process (e.g. unstructured clinician interview). This term was originally created for, but not limited in use to, electronic quality reporting initiatives where the exact survey instrument used was not specified.
- Adult depress scrn assess; Asympt; Asymptomatic; H+P; H+P.HX; Impression; Impression/interpretation of study; Impressions; Interp; Interpretation; Ordinal; P prime; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Scn; 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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