LOINC Code 77224-4: Decision making required level [NMMDS]

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 Decision making required level. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Nursing unit}.{Job position}.

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: NMMDS

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Decision making required level [NMMDS]
• Decision making required level
• The nature and extent of choice identifying/selecting that a worker must conduct to do acceptable work.
• Decision making level; Decision-making; Levels; Levl; LV; LVL; Nursing Management Minimum Data Set; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Survey; SURVEY.NMMDS; Typ

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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