Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
ArticleNCBI PubMedMerkel 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
CitationRegenstrief InstituteDevelopment 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

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Pain severity.activity:Find:Pt:^Patient:Ord:Observed.FLACC
Long Common Name
Pain severity Activity FLACC
Short Name
Pain severity Activity FLACC

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Pain severity.activity
    LP34360-5
    • Analyte
      Pain severity.activity
      LP34360-5
      • Component Numerator
        Pain severity.activity
        LP34360-5
        • Component Numerator Core
          Pain severity.activity
          LP34360-5
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Find
    LP6813-2
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Ord
    LP7751-3
  • Method
    Observed.FLACC
    LP34357-1

Normative Answer List: LL515-8

AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
Lying quietly, normal position, moves easily; regular, rhythmic respirations00LA9594-8
Squirming, shifting back and forth, tense or guarded movements; mildly agitated (e.g., head back and forth, aggression), shallow; splinting respirations, intermittent sighs; or parent-identified behavior11LA9595-5
Arched, rigid, or jerking; severe agitation; head banging; shivering (not rigors); breath holding, gasping or sharp intake of breaths, severe splinting; or parent-identified behavior22LA9596-3

Basic Attributes

Class
H&P.HX
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.13
Last Updated
Version 2.69 (MIN)

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
38212-7Pain assessment panel

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
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