LOINC description : A patient authored note is generated by a patient, or a patient agent (proxy), acting
in a non-clinical role to provide clinically relevant information. The information
within the note is used to support planned or unplanned health care services. This
document gives healthcare providers and others involved in a person's care information
which the patient considers essential input during care delivery and coordination.
This document enables patients and their agents to contribute to the continuity of
care. The patient agent may not have a legally defined relationship with the patient
(e.g. a close friend). Because a patient authored note is generated by a person acting
as a non-clinician, this document may not be a complete medical summary and should
be considered in context with other information routinely collected by clinicians
during care delivery and coordination. This general class of patient authored notes
includes information that is interoperable with data defined for clinician-generated
documents. Other more specific classes of patient authored notes may include more
tightly defined content. This document may be generated from a patient-, clinician-,
or payer-controlled source system.;