The PATIENT will be referred to a CONSULTANT in Rehabilitation Medicine or to a PROFESSIONAL STAFF GROUP SERVICE (ie, to a therapist) in order to have a particular function, eg mobility, restored. FUNCTIONAL DEFICIENCIESclassifies the function to be restored, by reference to the affected part of the body, which is the subject of the particular referral.

Classification:

a.	Upper limb absence - right
b.	Upper limb absence - left
c.	Lower limb absence - right
d.	Lower limb absence - left
e.	Multiple limb absence
f.	Upper limb dysfunction - right
g.	Upper limb dysfunction - left
h.	Lower limb dysfunction - right
i.	Lower limb dysfunction - left
j.	Multiple limb dysfunction
k.	Combined limb absence and limb dysfunction
l.	Spinal dysfunction

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	FUNCTIONAL DEFICIENCIES