What does this LOINC code represent?

This LOINC code identifies a lab observation, measurement, question, or clinical concept in a standardized format.

Is this enough to understand my test result?

No. The code identifies the test or observation, but the interpretation depends on the actual result, reference range, and clinical context.

LOINCActiveObservation

LOINC Code 76513-1: How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating

Name: LOINC Code 76513-1: How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating
Creator: HealthAssure Clinical Team
Published: 2026-05-21T08:59:56.389Z

76513-1 is a LOINC code used to identify How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating 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 How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

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 How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating. 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

How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating

A single-item question used to determine the patient's overall financial resource strain. Patients are asked to select one answer (very hard, hard, somewhat hard, or not very hard). This single question has been found to be a valid measure of general financial resource strain. [PMID23969421] (PMID: 19189781] Evidence from the CARDIA study demonstrated the value of measuring the difficulty of paying for basics over time (e.g., financial resource strain), because there appeared to be a cumulative effect (e.g., incident hypertension).

Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; SDOH; Survey; SURVEY.GNHLTH

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.

Common synonyms

How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heatingSURVEY.GNHLTHFindPt^PatientOrdFinding

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code76513-1

SystemLOINC

Display nameHow hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating

ComponentHow hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heating

PropertyFind

TimingPt

System (specimen)^Patient

ScaleOrd

ClassSURVEY.GNHLTH

StatusACTIVE

Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo

Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC

Version2.82

Releasemain

First released2.52

Last changed2.70

Part names

How hard is it for you to pay for the very basics like food, housing, medical care, and heatingFindPt^PatientOrdFindingPoint in time (spot)

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