ecqm.dataelement

Principal Ordinality

Description:

Clinical Focus: This set of values contains the qualifier value used to identify the term principal.

Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify and define the qualifier value principal. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element would map to the ordinality attribute.

Inclusion Criteria: Include SNOMEDCT codes that define the principal qualifier value.

Exclusion Criteria: Exclude codes that do not meet the inclusion criteria.

Based On: Ordinality

The scale in which different procedures are ordered in terms of the qualitative value, as opposed to a ranking performed strictly numerically or quantitatively.

Used By:

• CMS108v7,
• CMS190v7

QDM Attributes

ResultValue

Defined in Observation

DataType

Constrained in Ordinality

CodeableConcept

ResultValue.CodeableConcept

Defined in Observation

Value Set

Constrained in PrincipalOrdinality

https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.14/expansion (REQUIRED)