DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Anticoagulant Therapy

Description:
Clinical Focus: This set of values contains medications that are prescribed for anticoagulant therapy at hospital discharge for patients following acute ischemic stroke.
Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify patients who are prescribed anticoagulant therapy at discharge following acute ischemic stroke. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element would map to the Medication category.
Inclusion Criteria: Include oral and injectable drug forms. Include Warfarin, heparins and direct thrombin inhibitors.
Exclusion Criteria: Exclude enoxaparin and heparin codes generally given for VTE prophylaxis.
ObjectTypeCode constrained to codes in the Anticoagulant Therapy valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.200).
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.