ecqm.dataelement

Warfarin

Description:

Clinical Focus: This set of values contains Warfarin medications that are administered to patients to reduce the risk of blood clot formation.

Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify patients who are prescribed warfarin therapy at discharge following acute myocardial infarction. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element would map to the Medication category.

Inclusion Criteria: Drug forms that are consistent with oral administration should be included: tablets. Only single ingredient.

Exclusion Criteria: None.

ObjectTypeCode constrained to codes in the Warfarin valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.232).

QDM Datatype: Medication

Medication represents clinical drugs or chemical substances intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease. Medications are defined as direct referenced values or value sets containing values derived from code systems such as RxNorm.

QDM Attributes

ObjectTypeCode.CodeableConcept

Defined in ObjectPresentOrAbsent

Value Set

Constrained in Warfarin

https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.232/expansion (REQUIRED)