Functional status assessment note

Functional status note

Definition

Functional status assessment describes the patient's status of normal functioning at the time a care record was created. Functional statuses include information regarding the patient relative to ambulatory ability, mental status or competency, activities of daily living (ADLs) (i.e. bathing, dressing, feeding, grooming), home/living situation having an effect on the health status of the patient, ability to care for self, social activity (i.e. issues with social cognition, participation with friends and acquaintances other than family members), occupation activity (i.e. activities partly or directly related to working), housework or volunteering, family and home responsibilities or activities related to home and family, communication ability (i.e. issues with speech, writing or cognition required for communication), and perception, including sight, hearing, taste, skin sensation, kinesthetic sense, proprioception, or balance.

DOC.ONT; Document; Encounter; Evaluation and management; Evaluation and management note; Finding; Findings; Functional status note; notes; Point in time; Random; Visit note