Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
Difficulty small print PhenX LOINC Health assessment
e.g., Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental ADL, cognitive function, etc.
NIH CDEs
  • PhenX
    • Miscellaneous

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning code Code system name
1 No difficulty at all LA13948-7 LOINC
2 A little difficulty LA15725-7 LOINC
3 Moderate difficulty LA15726-5 LOINC
4 Extreme difficulty LA15727-3 LOINC
5 Stopped doing this because of your eyesight LA14735-7 LOINC
6 Stopped doing this for other reasons or not interested in doing this LA14736-5 LOINC

# Designation Tags
Difficulty small print PhenX Short Name
Wearing glasses, how much difficulty do you have reading the small print in a telephone book, on a medicine bottle, or on legal forms? Would you say: Question Text
Wearing glasses, how much difficulty do you have reading the small print in a telephone book, on a medicine bottle, or on legal forms [PhenX] Long Common Name

# Identifier Origin Version
XJue3ncj2il NLM CDEs 12-02-2025-download
66087-8 LOINC 2.69