ecqm.dataelement

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Hiv Laboratory Test Codes Ab And Ag

Description:

Clinical Focus: Screening for HIV infection

Data Element Scope: Laboratory tests used for HIV screening. The scope of the value set is to include some secondary HIV tests that may be present in an EHR to assure a measure of screening does not miss patients who are tested and avoid unnecessary retesting to meet the expectations of a quality measure.

Inclusion Criteria: Laboratory tests for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies or antigens.

Exclusion Criteria: Home HIV testing, HIV genotyping tests, HIV RNA tests, HIV cultures, clinical codes used to document care provided to HIV-infected patients.

ObservableCode constrained to codes in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Laboratory Test Codes (Ab and Ag) valueset (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1056.50).

QDM Datatype: LaboratoryTest

LaboratoryTLaboratory Test represents a medical procedure that involves testing a sample of blood, urine, or other substance from the body. Tests can help determine a diagnosis, plan treatment, check to see if treatment is working, or monitor the disease over time.14 This QDM data category for Laboratory Test is only used for information about the subject of record.est

QDM Attributes

ObservableCode.CodeableConcept

Defined in Observation

Value Set

Constrained in HumanImmunodeficiencyVirusHivLaboratoryTestCodesAbAndAg

https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1056.50/expansion (REQUIRED)