DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Falls Screening

Description:
Clinical Focus: This value set contains codes to identify a falls screening tool.
Data Element Scope: This value set was intended to identify patients who were assessed using a Falls Screening tool.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes codes that indicate the patient was asked about falls.
Exclusion Criteria: Excludes questions about children falling, falling in an inpatient setting, and information about falls that would be on a care plan.
ObservableCode constrained to codes in the Falls Screening valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.118.12.1028).
QDM Datatype: Assessment

Assessment is a resource used to define specific observations that clinicians use to guide treatment of the patient. An assessment can be a single question, or observable entity with an expected response, an organized collection of questions intended to solicit information from patients, providers or other individuals, or a single observable entity that is part of such a collection of questions.