Version 2.78

Term Description

Tests the patient's comprehension and communication and is graded from 0-3
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Reference Information

Type Source Reference
Image National Institutes of Health
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Fully-Specified Name

Component
Best language
Property
Find
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Ord
Method
NIHSS

Normative Answer List: LL2034-8

Source: National Institutes of Health
Answer Code Score Answer ID
No aphasia; normal 0 LA18471-5
Mild-to-moderate aphasia; some obvious loss of fluency or facility of comprehension, without significant limitation on ideas expressed or form of expression

Reduction of speech and/or comprehension, however, makes conversation about provided materials difficult or impossible. For example, in conversation about provided materials, examiner can identify picture or naming card content from patient’s response.

 1 LA18472-3
Severe aphasia; all communication is through fragmentary expression; great need for inference, questioning, and guessing by the listener

Range of information that can be exchanged is limited; listener carries burden of communication. Examiner cannot identify materials provided from patient response.

 2 LA18473-1
Mute, global aphasia; no usable speech or auditory comprehension 3 LA18474-9

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.NEURO
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.40
Last Updated
Version 2.44

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LOINC Long Common Name
70182-1 NIH Stroke Scale

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