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LOINC 2.82

Negative vocalization

Neg vocal

Definition

  • 1. None is characterized by speech or vocalization that has a neutral or pleasant quality. 2. Occasional moan or groan is characterized by mournful or murmuring sounds, wails, or laments. Groaning is characterized by louder than usual inarticulate involuntary sounds, often abruptly beginning and ending. 3. Low level speech with a negative or disapproving quality is characterized by muttering, mumbling, whining, grumbling, or swearing in a low volume with a complaining, sarcastic, or caustic tone. 4. Repeated troubled calling out is characterized by phrases or words being used over and over in a tone that suggests anxiety, uneasiness, or distress. 5. Loud moaning or groaning is characterized by mournful or murmuring sounds, wails, or laments in much louder than usual volume. Loud groaning is characterized by louder than usual inarticulate involuntary sounds, often abruptly beginning and ending. 6. Crying is characterized by an utterance of emotion accompanied by tears. There may be sobbing or quiet weeping.

Component

  • Negative vocalization

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • H&P.HX

Property

  • Find

Scale

  • Ord

Related names

  • Finding; Findings; H+P; H+P.HX; NEG; Neg vocal; Ordinal; P prime; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen

Index terms

  • Finding
  • Findings
  • H+P
  • H+P.HX
  • NEG
  • Neg vocal
  • Ordinal
  • P prime
  • Point in time
  • QL
  • Qual
  • Qualitative
  • Random
  • Screen