PCL-5 Behavioral Health Assessment Available in Assessments

What’s New

• PCL-5 assessment added under Behavioral Health Assessment category.

• Short Name: PCL5

• Long Name: PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

• Parent LOINC: 101697-1

• Includes 20 required questions with single-select radio button responses.

• Uses Normative Answer List: LL5813-2

• Automatically calculates total score (range 0–80).

• Stores total score mapped to LOINC 101698-9.

• Blocks saving/signing if any required questions are unanswered.

How It Works 

• Navigate to Patient > Clinical > Assessments.

• Open the assessment list.

• Select PCL5 under Behavioral Health Assessment.

• Complete all 20 required questions.

Each question uses a single-select radio group with the following coded options:

• • Not at all (LA6568-5, score 0)

  • A little bit (LA13863-8, score 1)
  • Moderately (LA13939-6, score 2)
  • Quite a bit (LA13902-4, score 3)
  • Extremely (LA14868-6, score 4)

Each answer is recorded with:

• • The coded Answer ID

  • The associated numeric score

  • Its mapped question LOINC code

• If any question is left unanswered, the system blocks save/sign and highlights missing responses.
• Once all 20 responses are entered:
  • The system validates the assessment.
  • Calculates total score (sum of all 20 scores; range 0–80).
  • Stores total score mapped to LOINC 101698-9.
  • Displays the calculated total score in the assessment summary.

Benefits

• Removes a non-functional configuration option from My Preferences.

• Prevents user confusion.

• Centralizes Clinical Module Sorting management in the appropriate location.

• Maintains full functionality of all remaining preference settings.