Ambulatory status

General Details:

Name:
Ambulatory status
Steward:
NINDS
Definition:
Status that reflects the participant's/subject's ability to walk
Registration Status:
Qualified

Permissible Values:

Data Type:
Value List
Unit of Measure:
Ids:
Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
Able to ambulate independently (no help from another person) w/ or w/o device Able to ambulate independently (no help from another person) w/ or w/o device Patient ambulating without assistance (no help from another person) with or without a device. This means Patient is able to ambulate without help from another person. The use of a device, such as a cane, still meets this definition.
With assistance (from person) With assistance (from person) Patient ambulating with assistance of another person.
Unable to ambulate Unable to ambulate Patient is on bed rest. Patient is only getting out of bed to the bedside commode (or up in chair) and is primarily in the bed (or immobile).
Unknown Unknown Unknown or not documented. It is unable to determine from documentation.

Designations:

Designation:
Ambulatory status
Tags:

Designations:

Definition:
Status that reflects the participant's/subject's ability to walk
Tags:

Reference Documents:

ID:
Title:
URI:
Provider Org:
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Document:
Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) Stroke Patient Management Tool Coding Instructions (Updated on 11/4/2009); Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry SPS3

Identifiers:

Source:
NLM
Id:
wObZCDCnd0x
Version:
3.1
Source:
BRICS Variable Name
Id:
AmbulatStatus
Version:
Source:
NINDS
Id:
C14639
Version:
3