ecqm.dataelement

Asthma1 Principal Diagnosis

Description:

Clinical Focus: This grouping value set contains codes indicative of a diagnosis of asthma.

Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify patients who have a diagnosis of asthma. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element will map to the Diagnosis attribute for the Encounter category.

Inclusion Criteria: Include codes representing any form of asthma. This is a grouping of ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM and SNOMED-CT codes.

Exclusion Criteria: None

Based On: PrincipalDiagnosis

The coded diagnosis/problem established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care.

Used By:

• CMS26v6

QDM Attributes

ResultValue

Defined in Observation

DataType

Constrained in PrincipalDiagnosis

CodeableConcept

ResultValue.CodeableConcept

Defined in Observation

Value Set

Constrained in Asthma1PrincipalDiagnosis

https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.271/expansion (REQUIRED)