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

Associated Value Sets