LOINC Code 81337-8: Patient Goals, preferences, and priorities upon death

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 upon death. 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 upon death
• Goals, preferences, and priorities upon death
• Contains the patient's goals, preferences and priorities for decisions that are made upon or following death.
• DOC.MISC; Document; Finding; Findings; GPP upon death; 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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