DER Reference Model Version 1.0.0
ecqm.dataelement

Transabdominal Cerclage

Description:
Clinical Focus: This set of values contains cervical cerclage procedures performed by the abdominal approach.
Data Element Scope: The intent of this value set is to identify patients who have had a transabdominal cerclage.
Inclusion Criteria: Cervical cerclage procedures performed by the abdominal approach should be included.
Exclusion Criteria: None
ObservableCode constrained to codes in the Transabdominal Cerclage valueset (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1110.18).
QDM Datatype: Procedure

Procedure is derived directly from HL7 and Canada Health Infoway: “An Act whose immediate and primary outcome (post-condition) is the alteration of the physical condition of the subject. ... Procedure is but one among several types of clinical activities such as observation, substance- administrations, and communicative interactions ... Procedure does not comprise all acts of [sic] whose intent is intervention or treatment.”17 A procedure may be a surgery or other type of physical manipulation of a person’s body in whole or in part for purposes of making observations and diagnoses or providing treatment