DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Atherosclerosis And Peripheral Arterial Disease Diagnosis

Description:
Clinical Focus: This set of values is intended to capture that a patient has a diagnosis, condition, or disorder of Atherosclerosis or Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
Data Element Scope: Appropriate for use with data elements in QDM Categories or Attributes represented by diagnosis codes.
Inclusion Criteria: Conditions that indicate arterial blood flow is restricted putting patients at higher risk for heart disease are included.
Exclusion Criteria: Other vascular conditions that are not diagnosed as part of Atherosclerosis and Peripheral Artery Disease are excluded.
ResultValue constrained to codes in the Atherosclerosis and Peripheral Arterial Disease valueset (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1047.21)
QDM Datatype: Diagnosis

Condition/Diagnosis/Problem represents a practitioner’s identification of a patient’s disease, illness, injury, or condition. This category contains a single datatype to represent all of these concepts: Diagnosis. A practitioner determines the diagnosis by means of examination, diagnostic test results, patient history, and/or family history. Diagnoses are usually considered unfavorable, but may also represent neutral or favorable conditions that affect a patient’s plan of care (e.g., pregnancy). The QDM does not prescribe the source of diagnosis data in the EHR. Diagnoses may be found in a patient’s problem list, encounter diagnosis list, claims data, or other sources within the EHR. The preferred terminology for diagnoses is SNOMED-CT, but diagnoses may also be encoded using ICD-9/10. The Diagnosis datatype should not be used for differential diagnoses or rule-out diagnoses (neither of which are currently supported by the QDM).

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