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LOINC Code 85614-6: Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past month (4 weeks) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life [MLHFQ]

85614-6 is a LOINC code used to identify Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past month (4 weeks) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life [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 Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life. 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 Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life. 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

  • Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past month (4 weeks) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life [MLHFQ]
  • Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life
  • 1 month; 1 month (30 days); 30 days; Arterial Stenosis; Finding; Findings; Last; Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; month; Ordinal; Ql; Qual; Qualitative; Screen; 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

Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past month (4 weeks) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life [MLHFQ]Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your lifeSURVEY.MLHFQFind1Mo^PatientOrd

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code85614-6
SystemLOINC
Display nameDid your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past month (4 weeks) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life [MLHFQ]
DescriptionDid your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life
ComponentDid your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your life
PropertyFind
Timing1Mo
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleOrd
MethodMLHFQ
ClassSURVEY.MLHFQ
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC
Version2.82
Releasemain
First released2.61
Last changed2.63

Part names

Did your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past Mo (4W) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your lifeFind1Mo^PatientOrdMLHFQDid your heart failure prevent you from living as you wanted during the past month (4 weeks) by making you feel a loss of self-control in your lifeFinding1 monthMinnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire

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