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LOINC Code 86489-2: How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now [KCCQ]

86489-2 is a LOINC code used to identify How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now [KCCQ] 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 How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now. 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 How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now. 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: KCCQ

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

  • How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now [KCCQ]
  • How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now
  • Feel if rest of life with HF; Finding; Findings; Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; R; Random; RT; Screen; Survey; SURVEY.GNHLTH

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

How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now [KCCQ]How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right nowSURVEY.GNHLTHFindPt^PatientOrd

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code86489-2
SystemLOINC
Display nameHow would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now [KCCQ]
DescriptionHow would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now
ComponentHow would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right now
PropertyFind
TimingPt
System (specimen)^Patient
ScaleOrd
MethodKCCQ
ClassSURVEY.GNHLTH
StatusACTIVE
Order/ObservationObservation

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

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

Part names

How would you feel if you had to spend the rest of your life with your heart failure the way it is right nowFindPt^PatientOrdKCCQFindingPoint in time (spot)Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire

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