DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Office Visit1 Performed

Description:
Clinical Focus: This value set identifies patients who have had an office or other outpatient visit.
Data Element Scope: This value set was intended to map to the QDM data type of encounter.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes comprehensive history, evaluation, and management of a patient in an office or outpatient facility. Patient can be presenting with problems that are minor to high severity.
Exclusion Criteria: Excludes non-office visits, including telehealth services.
Subject constrained to the Office Visit1
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

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