LOINC Code 91349-1: STarT Back Screening Tool panel
91349-1 is a LOINC code used to identify STarT Back Screening Tool 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 STarT Back Screening Tool 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 STarT Back Screening Tool 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
- Method: STarT Back
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- STarT Back Screening Tool panel
- The Keele STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a 9-item questionnaire that helps clinicians identify modifiable risk factors (biomedical, psychological, and social) for back pain disability. The resulting score stratifies patients into low, medium or high risk categories for persistent symptoms.
- Asympt; Asymptomatic; Pan; PANEL.SURVEY.GNHLTH; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Scn; Started; 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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