LOINC Code 90775-8: Disease severity level [Reported]
90775-8 is a LOINC code used to identify Disease severity level [Reported] 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 Disease severity level. 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 Disease severity level. 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: Reported
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Disease severity level [Reported]
- Disease severity level
- The patient's overall assessment of their disease severity. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the submitter's Patient global assessment (PGA) item, which is part of a patient-reported outcome measure for eczema control and is used to report the patient's perspective on the severity of their skin disease. The use of this term is not limited to skin diseases and the Answer list associated with it is an Example list. This term it may be used for other conditions with answer choices that are appropriate for that condition.
- Dis; Diseases; Dz; Finding; Findings; Levels; Levl; LV; LVL; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; 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.
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