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LOINC Code 76542-0: Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days [OSQ]

76542-0 is a LOINC code used to identify Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days [OSQ] 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 Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days. 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 Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days. 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
  • Method: OSQ

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days [OSQ]
Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days
A single-question stress measure converged with items on psychological symptoms and sleep disturbances and with validated measures of well-being scored on a five-point Likert scale.[PMID14712852] The question reads as follows: Stress means a situation in which a person feels tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or is unable to sleep at night because his/her mind is troubled all the time. Do you feel this kind of stress these days? where 1 = "not at all," 2 = "only a little," 3 = "to some extent," 4 = "rather much," and 5 = "very much" This question has been primarily tested in Scandinavian populations and can be linked to the PROMIS Emotional Distress (Depression and Anxiety) Short Form scales, which also are reliable and valid ways to assess stress. As of 2015, there is no clinical cutoff for determining when interventions, such as referral to stress management, are warranted.
Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; 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

Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days [OSQ]Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these daysSURVEY.GNHLTHFindPt^PatientOrd

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code76542-0
SystemLOINC
Display nameDo you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days [OSQ]
DescriptionDo you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days
ComponentDo you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these days
PropertyFind
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleOrd
MethodOSQ
ClassSURVEY.GNHLTH
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.54
Last changed2.58

Part names

Do you feel stress - tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or unable to sleep at night because your mind is troubled all the time - these daysFindPt^PatientOrdOSQFindingPoint in time (spot)

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