DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Statin Allergen Allergy Intolerance

Description:
Clinical Focus: Identifies patients with an allergy to statin medications.
Data Element Scope: Statin Allergens as structured in RXNORM
Inclusion Criteria: Only includes codes that use the IN term type for statins.
Exclusion Criteria: Does not include non-statin medications.
ResultValue constrained to codes in the Statin Allergen valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.423)
QDM Datatype: AllergyIntolerance

Allergy is used to address immune-mediated reactions to a substance such as type 1 hypersensitivity reactions, other allergy-like reactions, including pseudo-allergy. Intolerance is a record of a clinical assessment of a propensity, or a potential risk to an individual, to have a non-immune mediated adverse reaction on future exposure to the specified substance, or class of substance.

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