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LOINC Code 81334-5: Patient Personal advance care plan

81334-5 is a LOINC code used to identify Patient Personal advance care plan 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 Personal advance care plan. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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 Personal advance care plan. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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: Both
  • Method: Patient

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

Patient Personal advance care plan
Personal advance care plan
This term may be used as either the document or section code for the Personal Advance Care Plan. This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2Personal Advance Care Plan Document (US Realm) Draft Standard for Trial Use Release 1.0.
Advanced; DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; MISC; Pers adv care plan; Point in time; Random

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

Patient Personal advance care planPersonal adv care planPersonal advance care planDOC.MISCFindPt{Setting}

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code81334-5
SystemLOINC
Display namePatient Personal advance care plan
DescriptionPersonal advance care plan
Short namePersonal adv care plan
ComponentPersonal advance care plan
PropertyFind
TimingPt
System (specimen){Setting}
ScaleDoc
MethodPatient
ClassDOC.MISC
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationBoth

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.56
Last changed2.63

Part names

Personal advance care planFindPt{Setting}DocPatientFindingPoint in time (spot)

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