Version 2.77

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

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Pain severity.cry
Property
Find
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Ord
Method
Observed.FLACC

Additional Names

Short Name
Pain severity Cry FLACC

Normative Answer List: LL516-6

Answer Code Score Answer ID
No cry/verbalization 0 0 LA9597-1
Moans or whimpers; occasional complaint; occasional verbal outburst or grunt; or parent-identified vocalization 1 1 LA9598-9
Crying steadily, screams or sobs; frequent complaints; repeated outbursts, constant grunting; or parent-identified vocalization 2 2 LA9599-7

Basic Attributes

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

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
38212-7 Pain assessment panel

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