Clinical Focus: This grouping of value sets identifies patients who have had a stroke caused by ischemia, where the blood supply is restricted to an area of the brain by something like thrombosis or an embolism.
Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify patients who have a diagnosis of ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by ischemia. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element would map to the Principal Diagnosis attribute for the Encounter category or to the Diagnosis Category.
Inclusion Criteria: Only use codes which represent a diagnosis of ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by ischemia. This is a grouping of ICD10CM and SNOMED-CT codes and concepts.
Exclusion Criteria: None.