LOINC Code 83180-0: Self-care activities - functional ability panel
83180-0 is a LOINC code used to identify Self-care activities - functional ability panel 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 Self-care activities - functional ability panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Self-care activities - functional ability panel. 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: Order
- Panel type: Panel
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Self-care activities - functional ability panel
- This panel collects terms that represent generic observations about common self-care activities (also known as activities of daily living). The terms in this set are not specific to a particular assessment instrument (e.g. the Katz ADL scale, Lawton IADL scale, or the Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale).
- Activities of Daily Living; ADL; CLIN; IADL; Pan; PANEL.CLINICAL; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Selfcare activities
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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