LOINC Code 81336-0: Patient Goals, preferences, and priorities under certain health conditions

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 Goals, preferences, and priorities under certain health conditions. 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 Goals, preferences, and priorities under certain health conditions
• Goals, preferences, and priorities under certain health conditions
• This document or template includes the patient's goals, preferences, and priorities for care and interventions under certain health conditions, such as at the end of life or when faced with a severely debilitating condition. The template may contain information on personal health goals, treatment preferences, care experience preferences, and an organization (priority list) of goals and preferences as they relate to the specific health condition.
• DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; GPP certain health conditions; MISC; 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.

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