- Description:
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Clinical Focus: This value set contains medications that are commonly used to reduce blood pressure in patients that have a diagnosis of hypertension.
Data Element Scope:
Inclusion Criteria: Included are medications and dosages commonly prescribed for the treatment of hypertension.
Exclusion Criteria:
ObjectTypeCode constrained to codes in the Anti-Hypertensive Pharmacologic Therapy valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1476).
- QDM Datatype:
Medication
Medication represents clinical drugs or chemical substances intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease. Medications are defined as direct referenced values or value sets containing values derived from code systems such as RxNorm.