LOINC Code 95246-5: U.S. Household Food Security Survey [U.S. FSS]

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 U.S. Household Food Security Survey. 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: U.S. Food Security Survey

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• U.S. Household Food Security Survey [U.S. FSS]
• U.S. Household Food Security Survey
• The U.S. Household Food Security Survey is designed to use each household's overall pattern of response to these questions to determine its score on the food security scale and its classification by food-security status level.
• Pan; Panel; Panl; Pnl; Report period; S prime; SDOH

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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