DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Depression Diagnosis Diagnosis

Description:
Clinical Focus: This set of values includes diagnoses of depression, indicating that there is a current diagnosis of a depressed state or actual depressive disorder whether recurrent, chronic, or diagnosed as moderate, major, or severe.
Data Element Scope:
Inclusion Criteria: Included are depression diagnoses as well as depression as indicated as depressed mood or features, a single episode, or type of psychosis, or a reaction as related to depression.
Exclusion Criteria:
ResultValue constrained to codes in the Depression diagnosis valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.145)
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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