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Example: Functional Assessment - American Community Survey Disability Status

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Represents an American Community Survey (ACS) Disability Status using Assessment Scale Supporting Observations.

This file includes examples of the following templates:


<section xmlns="urn:hl7-org:v3">
  <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.14" extension="2014-06-09"/>
  <code displayName="Functional status assessment note"
        codeSystemName="LOINC" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="47420-5"/>
  <title>Functional Status</title>
  <text>
    <table ID="disabilityStatus">
      <caption>Disability Status Survey</caption>
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th>Question</th>
          <th>Answer</th>
          <th>Comments</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr ID="dis1">
          <td>Are you deaf or do you have serious difficulty hearing?</td>
          <td>No</td>
          <td/>
        </tr>
        <tr ID="dis2">
          <td>Do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?</td>
          <td>No</td>
          <td/>
        </tr>
        <tr ID="dis3">
          <td>Do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?</td>
          <td>Yes</td>
          <td ID="dis3comment">ADHD</td>
        </tr>
        <tr ID="dis4">
          <td>Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?</td>
          <td>No</td>
          <td/>
        </tr>
        <tr ID="dis5">
          <td>Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone
            such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?</td>
          <!--  Not-applicable because the patient is under 15  -->
          <td>N/A</td>
          <td/>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
  </text>
  <entry>
    <!--  Disability Status Observation  -->
    <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
      <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.505"
                  extension="2023-05-01"/>
      <!--  Note in https://jira.hl7.org/browse/CDA-21379 this was expanded
           from a single code (89571-4: Disability Status [CUBS])
           to also allow 101720-1: Disability Status  -->
      <code xsi:type="CD" displayName="Disability Status"
            codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="101720-1"/>
      <text xsi:type="ED">
        <reference value="#disabilityStatus"/>
      </text>
      <statusCode code="completed"/>
      <effectiveTime value="20221111"/>
      <value xsi:type="CD" nullFlavor="UNK"/>
      <entryRelationship typeCode="COMP">
        <!--  Assessment Scale Observation  -->
        <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
          <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.69"
                      extension="2022-06-01"/>
          <id root="c6b5a04b-2bf4-49d1-8336-636a3813df0b"/>
          <!--  Optional category, added in 2025. If present, one category of "survey" is required.  -->
          <sdtc:sdtcCategory xmlns:sdtc="urn:hl7-org:sdtc"
                             codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1125" code="survey"/>
          <!--  Identifies this as a disability assessment  -->
          <sdtc:sdtcCategory xmlns:sdtc="urn:hl7-org:sdtc"
                             codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1125" code="disability-status"/>
          <!--  LOINC code for HHS panel  -->
          <code xsi:type="CD"
                displayName="Race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, disability - Health and Human Services (HHS) panel" codeSystemName="LOINC" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1"
                code="69919-9"/>
          <statusCode code="completed"/>
          <effectiveTime value="20250904"/>
          <!--  TBD: what would the overall value be?  -->
          <value xsi:type="CD" nullFlavor="OTH"/>
          <!--  One Assessment Scale Supporting Observation for each question -->
          <entryRelationship typeCode="RSON">
            <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
              <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.86"
                          extension="2022-06-01"/>
              <id root="f4dce790-8328-11db-9fe1-0800200c9a44"/>
              <code xsi:type="CD"
                    displayName="Are you deaf, or do you have serious difficulty hearing?" codeSystemName="LOINC"
                    codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="69856-3"/>
              <text xsi:type="ED">
                <reference value="#dis1"/>
              </text>
              <statusCode code="completed"/>
              <value xsi:type="CD" displayName="No"
                     codeSystemName="SNOMED-CT" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="LA32-8"/>
            </observation>
          </entryRelationship>
          <entryRelationship typeCode="RSON">
            <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
              <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.86"
                          extension="2022-06-01"/>
              <id root="239d9c5f-29fd-4f3b-834c-eba3cff08eb4"/>
              <code xsi:type="CD"
                    displayName="Are you blind, or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?" codeSystemName="LOINC"
                    codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="69857-1"/>
              <text xsi:type="ED">
                <reference value="#dis2"/>
              </text>
              <statusCode code="completed"/>
              <value xsi:type="CD" displayName="No"
                     codeSystemName="SNOMED-CT" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="LA32-8"/>
            </observation>
          </entryRelationship>
          <entryRelationship typeCode="RSON">
            <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
              <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.86"
                          extension="2022-06-01"/>
              <id root="90f8996a-b7cd-4448-93cb-df740aaf6cdd"/>
              <code xsi:type="CD"
                    displayName="Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?" codeSystemName="LOINC"
                    codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="69858-9"/>
              <text xsi:type="ED">
                <reference value="#dis3"/>
              </text>
              <statusCode code="completed"/>
              <value xsi:type="CD" displayName="Yes"
                     codeSystemName="SNOMED-CT" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="LA33-6"/>
            </observation>
          </entryRelationship>
          <entryRelationship typeCode="RSON">
            <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
              <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.86"
                          extension="2022-06-01"/>
              <id root="8d8074e2-998c-49e6-8934-5049a92e32a5"/>
              <code xsi:type="CD"
                    displayName="Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?" codeSystemName="LOINC"
                    codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="69859-7"/>
              <text xsi:type="ED">
                <reference value="#dis4"/>
              </text>
              <statusCode code="completed"/>
              <value xsi:type="CD" displayName="No"
                     codeSystemName="SNOMED-CT" codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="LA32-8"/>
            </observation>
          </entryRelationship>
          <entryRelationship typeCode="RSON">
            <observation moodCode="EVN" classCode="OBS">
              <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.86"
                          extension="2022-06-01"/>
              <id root="6e1ff22d-6d19-4757-b7d2-2fd1f9c00d88"/>
              <code xsi:type="CD"
                    displayName="Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a physician's office or shopping?" codeSystemName="LOINC"
                    codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" code="69861-3"/>
              <text xsi:type="ED">
                <reference value="#dis5"/>
              </text>
              <statusCode code="completed"/>
              <value xsi:type="CD" nullFlavor="NA"/>
            </observation>
          </entryRelationship>
        </observation>
      </entryRelationship>
    </observation>
  </entry>
</section>