46557-5
Current ability - feeding [OASIS]
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Term Description
Identifies the patient's ability to feed self meals, including the process of eating, chewing and swallowing food. This item excludes evaluation of the preparation of food items. The focus for today's assessment - the "current" column - is on what the patient is able to do today.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Current ability - feeding
- Property
- Find
- Time
- Pt
- System
- ^Patient
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
- OASIS
Normative Answer List: LL301-3
| Answer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Able to independently feed self. | 0 | LA6133-8 | |
| Able to feed self independently but requires: a) meal set-up OR b) intermittent aid/supervision OR c) liquid/pureed/ground meat diet. | 1 | LA6128-8 | |
| Unable to feed self and must be assisted or supervised throughout the meal/snack. | 2 | LA6414-2 | |
| Able to take in nutrients orally AND receives supplemental nutrients through a nasogastric tube or gastrostomy. | 3 | LA6142-9 | |
| Unable to take in nutrients orally and is fed nutrients through a nasogastric tube or gastrostomy. | 4 | LA6422-5 | |
| Unable to take in nutrients orally or by tube feeding. | 5 | LA6423-3 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- SURVEY.OASIS
- Type
- Surveys
- First Released
- Version 2.19
- Last Updated
- Version 2.54
Member of these Panels
| LOINC | Long Common Name |
|---|---|
| 46462-8 | Deprecated Outcome and assessment information set (OASIS) form - version B1 |
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- Organization
- Center for Health Policy Research, UCHSC, Denver, CO
- Copyright
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