Clinical Severity Reference Set
Use Case(s)
Severity represents the quality of the condition - for example, 24484000 |Severe (severity modifier) (qualifier value)|. Severity may be recorded for each symptom, or as a general statement of their disease state.
Artifact
Clinical Severity Reference Set
Purpose of Refset
The purpose of the reference set is to describe the seriousness of a symptom, or as a general statement of their disease state. Resulting LOINC codes 67213-9 | Disease stage and 64750-3 | Severity of symptoms.
Examples of what to include
mild, moderate, severe, life-threatening
Examples of what to exclude
Trends, such as worsening, or episode
Zero or one OR Zero or more
Zero or one
Editorial Guidelines
Children of 272141005 |Severities (qualifier value)|
Similar SOLOR Refsets (assemblages)
Trend reference set