Version 2.77

Term Description

The Faces, Legs, Activity, Arms, Cry, and Consolability (FLACC) scale is a behavioral pain assessment scale that can be used with non/preverbal patients (young children). The original FLACC was revised to include additional specific descriptors and parent-identified expressions or behaviors representing pain in cognitively impaired children. Zero, one, or two points are assigned to each of the five categories. The total score ranges from zero to ten. Total scores reflect behavioral indicators of distress severity, but should not be used, in and of themselves, to guide medication decision-making.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Reference Information

Type Source Reference
Article NCBI PubMed Merkel SI, Voepel-Lewis T, Shayevitz JR, Malviya S. The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children. Pediatr Nurs. 1997 May-Jun;23(3):293-7. Link to PubMed
Citation Regenstrief Institute Development and origination: S. Merkel, MS, RN and T. Voepel-Lewis, MS, RN, S. Malviya, MD, at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINC Name R/O/C Cardinality Example UCUM Units
38213-5 FLACC pain assessment panel
Indent38216-8 Pain severity Face FLACC R
Indent38217-6 Pain severity Legs FLACC R
Indent38218-4 Pain severity Activity FLACC R
Indent38219-2 Pain severity Cry FLACC R
Indent38220-0 Pain severity Consolability FLACC R
Indent38215-0 Pain severity total [Score] FLACC R {score}

Fully-Specified Name

Component
FLACC pain assessment panel
Property
-
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
-
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
FLACC Pain Assessment Pnl

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.H&P
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.13
Last Updated
Version 2.72
Change Reason
Release 2.72: DefinitionDescription: Updated to align with current description;
Order vs. Observation
Order
Panel Type
Panel

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
38212-7 Pain assessment panel

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