Test: Neurological Screen

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Background/Purpose

Gross neurologic function screening can help to identify areas which may need further investigation.

Procedure

The patient may be asked to walk normally or on a line on the floor.

The patient may be instructed to tap his or her fingers or foot quickly or touch something, such as his or her nose with eyes closed.

Level of consciousness
• Attention
• Orientation
• Language — fluency, comprehension, repetition,
naming, reading, writing
• Memory — immediate recall, recent, remote
• Higher intellectual function—general knowledge,
abstraction, judgment, insight, reasoning
• Mood and affect

• Mental status
• Cranial nerves
• Motor system
• Reflexes
• Sensory system
• Coordination
• Station and gait
Performed: Bilaterally

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Evaluation of gross neurologic function

Criteria

• Normal gait
• Normal coordination
• Normal strength
• Normal reflexes

Measurement

LOINC Code

Scale/Grading

selection range; grade - LOINC ID
Option - Value option selection range; grade - LOINC IDPass ; Pass - Fail ; Fail -