ecqm.dataelement

Referral To Alternative Provider Primary Care Provider

Description:

Clinical Focus: This set of values incorporates that a referral to another physician or practitioner, service, or clinic is documented by the primary care provider.

Data Element Scope:

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

ActivityCode constrained to codes in the Referral to Alternative Provider / Primary Care Provider valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1475).

QDM Datatype: Intervention

Intervention represents a course of action intended to achieve a result in the care of persons with health problems that does not involve direct physical contact with a patient. Examples include patient education and therapeutic communication.

QDM Attributes

ActivityCode.CodeableConcept

Defined in Activity

Value Set

Constrained in ReferralToAlternativeProviderPrimaryCareProvider

https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1475/expansion (REQUIRED)