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Status
TRIAL

Term Description

The patient's thinking is disorganized or incoherent (e.g., rambling or irrelevant conversation, unclear or illogical flow of ideas, or unpredictable switching of topics or ideas).

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
ArticleNCBI PubMedInouye SK, vanDyck CH, Alessi CA, Balkin S, Siegal AP, Horwitz RI. Clarifying confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method. A new method for detection of delirium. Ann Intern Med. 1990; 113: 941-948. Link to PubMed

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Disorganized thinking during 2D assessment period:Find:2D:^Patient:Ord:Observed.CAM.CARE
Long Common Name
Disorganized thinking during 2 day assessment period

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Disorganized thinking during 2D assessment period
    LP74754-0
    • Analyte
      Disorganized thinking during 2D assessment period
      LP74754-0
      • Component Numerator
        Disorganized thinking during 2D assessment period
        LP74754-0
        • Component Numerator Core
          Disorganized thinking during 2D assessment period
          LP74754-0
        • 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
    2D
    LP6928-8
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Ord
    LP7751-3
  • Method
    Observed.CAM.CARE
    LP100819-4

Normative Answer List: LL567-9

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
Behavior is not present.0LA9938-7
Behavior continuously present does not fluctuate.1LA9937-9
Behavior present, fluctuates (e.g., comes and goes, changes in severity).2LA9939-5

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.CARE
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.29
Last Updated
Version 2.54 (MAJ)

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
52495-9Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
52743-2Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Acute Care
52748-1Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Home Health Admission
52746-5Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Interim
52744-0Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Post Acute Care (PAC) - Admission

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

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=52739-0