DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Breastfeeding Diagnosis

Description:
Clinical Focus: The intent of this value set is to capture that a patient is planning to or actively breastfeeding.
Data Element Scope: Appropriate for use with data elements in QDM Categories or Attributes represented by diagnosis codes.
Inclusion Criteria: Included are codes to indicate lactation and the actual finding or intention of breastfeeding or nursing.
Exclusion Criteria: Excluded are codes that would not indicate the possibility of breastfeeding.
ResultValue constrained to codes in the Breastfeeding valueset (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1047.73)
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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