LOINC Code 75255-0: Assistance needed [HHS.ACA Section 4302.ONC]

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 Assistance needed. 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
• Order vs observation: Observation
• Method: HHS.ACA Section 4302.ONC

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Assistance needed [HHS.ACA Section 4302.ONC]
• Assistance needed
• This term is a follow-up question to indicate the specific help needed, or accommodations requested, based on a previously specified disability, such as English proficiency, hearing, seeing, walking/climbing, bathing, etc. This term is part of a series of questions proposed by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Federal Register, Vol 79, No 38. Feb. 26, 2014, Proposed Rules.
• Department of Health and Human Services, Affordable Care Act Section 4302; Department of Health and Human Services, Affordable Care Act Section 4302 and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC); Finding; Findings; HHS.ACASec4302; HHS.ACASec4302.ONC; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.HHS

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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