Term Description

Tests patient's speech and is graded from 0-2

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
ImageNational Institutes of Health
NIHSS Image for Dysarthria Image for NIHSS Image for Dysarthria

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Dysarthria:Find:Pt:^Patient:Ord:NIHSS
Long Common Name
Dysarthria [NIH Stroke Scale]

Part Model Get Info

Normative Answer List: LL2035-5

Source: National Institutes of Health
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
NormalCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:17621005 Normal (qualifier value)0LA6626-1
Mild-to-moderate dysarthria; patient slurs at least some words and, at worst, can be understood with some difficulty1LA18475-6
Severe dysarthria; patient's speech is so slurred as to be unintelligible in the absence of or out of proportion to any dysphasia, or is mute/anarthric2LA18476-4
Intubated or other physical barrier, explain:UNLA18477-2

Basic Attributes

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

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LOINCLong Common Name
70182-1NIH Stroke Scale

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

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=70195-3