LOINC Code 86924-8: Overall summary score [KCCQ-12]

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 Overall summary 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: KCCQ-12

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Overall summary score [KCCQ-12]
• Overall summary score
• KCCQ-12 overall summary score is the sum of responses from all 12 items, with lower scores indicating more significant disease impact. Changes in the summary score are predictive of changes in health status for patients with heart failure.
• Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire - 12 item; KCCQ; Overall KCCQ; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Scale; Scre; 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.

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