LOINC Code 95421-4: Whether patient resides in a congregate care setting

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 Resides in a congregate care setting. 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

What it does not mean

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

Key facts

• Whether patient resides in a congregate care setting
• Resides in a congregate care setting
• Indicates whether the patient resides in a congregate care setting, such as a nursing home, residential care facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, psychiatric treatment facilities, group homes, board and care homes, homeless shelter, foster care or other setting.
• AOEObservation; Finding; Findings; H+P; H+P.HX; Ordinal; P prime; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen

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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