Use Case(s)

Conditions, such as pain or otitis media, may be acute, chronic, or acute-on-chronic. This reference set will be used to document disease progression.

Artifact

Clinical Course Reference Set

Purpose of Refset

The purpose of this reference set is to record how a disease progresses. Resulting LOINC code 89261-2 "Clinical Course".

Examples of what to include

Acute, Chronic, Acute-on-chronic

Examples of what to exclude

This is not the disease trend, therefore, concepts such as improving, or deteriorating are not included.

Zero or one OR Zero or more

Zero or one

Editorial Guidelines

Concepts in the reference set should be children of 288524001 |Courses (qualifier value)|.

Similar SOLOR Refsets (assemblages)

Wound episode reference set

Pain clinical course (which will be inactivated)

Associated Value Sets

LOINC list LL4997-4, Clinical course