LOINC Code 87534-4: Challenges for treatment plan maintenance panel
87534-4 is a LOINC code used to identify Challenges for treatment plan maintenance 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 Challenges for treatment plan maintenance 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 Challenges for treatment plan maintenance 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
- Challenges for treatment plan maintenance panel
- The challenges for treatment plan maintenance panel is used to document the challenges faced by an individual patient that interfere with his or her adherence to a recommended treatment plan or health behavior. The panel contains two codes, one for recording the challenges, and the second for recording the specific areas of treatment that are affected by those challenges. This panel and the questions and answers it contains was created by a National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) expert panel.
- Barrier; Barriers; Challenge; CLIN; Pan; PANEL.CLINICAL; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Treatment maint challenges pnl; Tx
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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