ecqm.dataelement

Medications Encounter Code Set Performed

Description:

Clinical Focus: This set of values contains encounters where a medication list would be reviewed, updated, or transcribed as a current medication list.

Data Element Scope:

Inclusion Criteria: Included are specific encounters from multiple specialty physicians, primary care physicians, as well as therapist and nutritionists; this value set also includes assessments and tasks that would prompt documentation of current medications.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subject constrained to the Medications Encounter Code Set

QDM Datatype: EncounterPerformed

Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

Used By:

• CMS68v8

QDM Attributes

Subject.Statement

Defined in Activity

DataType

Constrained in MedicationsEncounterCodeSetPerformed

MedicationsEncounterCodeSet

RelevantPeriod

Relevant Period addresses the time between the start of an action to the end of an action. Each datatype using relevant period defines specific definitions for the start and stop time for the action listed.