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LOINC Code 85609-6: Emotional score [MLHFQ]

85609-6 is a LOINC code used to identify Emotional score [MLHFQ] 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 Emotional score. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

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 Emotional score. 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: Observation
  • Method: MLHFQ

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

Emotional score [MLHFQ]
Emotional score
The emotional subscore reported as part of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (R) Questionnaire is calculated by adding the numeric responses to 5 specific self-assessments regarding whether or not a patient's heart failure prevented them from living as they wanted during the past month (4 weeks) from an emotional perspective. The 5 assessments used (by question number in survey) are17 - making you feel you are a burden to your family or friends; 18 - making you feel a loss of self-control in your life; 19 - making you worry; 20 - making it difficult for you to concentrate or remember things and 21 - making you feel depressed. The responses are based on a scale of 0-5 where 0 = No, 1 = Very Little and 5 = Very Much; therefore the emotional subscore is out of a total of 25 points, with a higher score indicating increasing difficulty.
Emot score; Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Scale; Scre; Survey

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

Emotional score [MLHFQ]Emotional scoreSURVEY.MLHFQScorePt^PatientQn

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code85609-6
SystemLOINC
Display nameEmotional score [MLHFQ]
DescriptionEmotional score
ComponentEmotional score
PropertyScore
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleQn
MethodMLHFQ
ClassSURVEY.MLHFQ
Example unitsscore
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.61
Last changed2.61

Part names

Emotional scoreScorePt^PatientQnMLHFQPoint in time (spot)Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire

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