ecqm.measure

CMS161v7 - Adult Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide Risk Assessment

Rationale:

Adult Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide Risk Assessment. Research has shown that more than 90% of people who kill themselves have depression or another diagnosable mental or substance abuse disorder. Depression is the cause of over two-thirds of the reported suicides in the U.S. each year. The intent of this measure is for a clinician to assess suicide risk at initial intake or at the visit in which depression was diagnosed. As the guidelines state, it is important to assess for additional factors which may increase or decrease suicide risk, such as presence of additional symptoms (eg, psychosis, severe anxiety, hopelessness, severe chronic pain); presence of substance abuse, history and seriousness of previous attempts, particularly, recent suicidal behavior, current stressors and potential protective factors (eg, positive reasons for living, strong social support), family history of suicide or mental illness or recent exposure to suicide, impulsivity and potential for risk to others, including history of violence or violent or homicidal ideas, plans, or intentions, and putting one's affairs in order (eg, giving away possessions, writing a will). In addition, although the measure focuses on the initial visit, it is critical that suicide risk be monitored especially for the 90 days following the initial visit and throughout MDD treatment.

Data Elements

EmergencyDepartmentVisit1Performed

Clinical Focus: Under Development

Data Element Scope: Under Development

Inclusion Criteria: Under Development

Exclusion Criteria: Under Development

Subject constrained to the Emergency Department Visit1

EncounterPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

DataType

Cardinality

EmergencyDepartmentVisit1Performed

0..*

OfficeVisit1Performed

Clinical Focus: This value set identifies patients who have had an office or other outpatient visit.

Data Element Scope: This value set was intended to map to the QDM data type of encounter.

Inclusion Criteria: Includes comprehensive history, evaluation, and management of a patient in an office or outpatient facility. Patient can be presenting with problems that are minor to high severity.

Exclusion Criteria: Excludes non-office visits, including telehealth services.

Subject constrained to the Office Visit1

EncounterPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

DataType

Cardinality

OfficeVisit1Performed

0..*

MajorDepressiveDisorderActiveDiagnoses

Clinical Focus: Under Development

Data Element Scope: Under Development

Inclusion Criteria: Under Development

Exclusion Criteria: Under Development

Diagnoses: Coded diagnoses/problems addressed during the encounter. The diagnoses attribute is intended to capture ALL diagnoses, including principal diagnosis. Use of the Encounter, Performed: diagnoses attribute and the Diagnosis datatype is redundant for relating the diagnosis to the Encounter, Performed. The Encounter, Performed: diagnoses syntax is preferred. Referencing the same diagnosis using Encounter, Performed (diagnoses attribute) and Diagnosis (datatype) should only occur if the measure must define a specified length of a prevalence period, e.g., The measure must assure that the diagnoseis have been present for at least some defined time period before the encounter, and were addressed during the Encounter

DataType

Cardinality

MajorDepressiveDisorderActiveDiagnoses

0..*

OutpatientConsultationPerformed

Clinical Focus: This value set indentifies patients who have had an outpatient interaction at an office with a member of their medical care team.

Data Element Scope: This value set was intended to map to the QDM data type of encounter.

Inclusion Criteria: Includes comprehensive history, evaluation, and management of a patient in an office or outpatient facility. Patient can be presenting with problems that are minor to high severity.

Exclusion Criteria: Excludes non-office visits, including telehealth services.

Subject constrained to the Outpatient Consultation

EncounterPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

DataType

Cardinality

OutpatientConsultationPerformed

0..*

PsychoanalysisPerformed

Clinical Focus: Under Development

Data Element Scope: Under Development

Inclusion Criteria: Under Development

Exclusion Criteria: Under Development

Subject constrained to the Psychoanalysis

EncounterPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

DataType

Cardinality

PsychoanalysisPerformed

0..*

PsychVisitDiagnosticEvaluationPerformed

Clinical Focus: Under Development

Data Element Scope: Under Development

Inclusion Criteria: Under Development

Exclusion Criteria: Under Development

Subject constrained to the Psych Visit - Diagnostic Evaluation

EncounterPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

DataType

Cardinality

PsychVisitDiagnosticEvaluationPerformed

0..*

PsychVisitPsychotherapyPerformed

Clinical Focus: Under Development

Data Element Scope: Under Development

Inclusion Criteria: Under Development

Exclusion Criteria: Under Development

Subject constrained to the Psych Visit - Psychotherapy

EncounterPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the encounter indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is in progress or has been completed. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the encounter began (admission time) stopTime – The time the encounter ended (discharge time). The Author dateTime addresses when an Encounter is documented. Documentation can occur at the beginning, during, at the end or subsequent to the end of an Encounter. The Author dateTime should be used only if the Relevant Period cannot be obtained. The Location Period is an attribute of the attribute facility location addresses: startTime = the time the patient arrived at the location; stopTime = the time the patient departed from the location

DataType

Cardinality

PsychVisitPsychotherapyPerformed

0..*

SuicideRiskAssessmentProcedurePerformed

InterventionPerformed: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document the completion of the intervention indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The time the intervention begins stopTime – The time the intervention ends NOTE - timing refers to a single instance of an intervention. If a measure seeks to evaluate multiple interventions over a period of time, the measure developer should use CQL logic to represent the query request.

DataType

Cardinality

SuicideRiskAssessmentProcedurePerformed

0..*

EthnicityPatientCharacteristicEthnicity

Clinical Focus:

Data Element Scope:

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

ResultValue constrained to codes in the Ethnicity valueset (2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.837)

PatientCharacteristicEthnicity: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the patient has one or more of the ethnicities indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set. Timing: Ethnicity does not have a specific timing. Measures using Patient Characteristic, Ethnicity should address the most recent entry in the clinical record.

DataType

Cardinality

EthnicityPatientCharacteristicEthnicity

0..*

OncAdministrativeSexPatientCharacteristicGender

Clinical Focus: Gender identity restricted to only Male and Female used in administrative situations requiring a restriction to these two categories.

Data Element Scope: Gender

Inclusion Criteria: Male and Female only.

Exclusion Criteria: Any gender identity that is not male or female.

ResultValue constrained to codes in the ONC Administrative Sex valueset (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1)

PatientCharacteristicGender: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the patient's sex matches the QDM category and its corresponding value set. Timing: Birth (administrative) sex does not have a specific timing.

DataType

Cardinality

OncAdministrativeSexPatientCharacteristicGender

0..*

PayerPatientCharacteristicPayer

Clinical Focus: Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system

Data Element Scope: @code in CCDA r2.1 template Planned Coverage [act: identifier urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.129 (open)] DYNAMIC

Inclusion Criteria: All codes in the code system

Exclusion Criteria: none

ResultValue constrained to codes in the Payer valueset (2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591)

PatientCharacteristicPayer: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the patient has one or more of the payers indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime – The first day of insurance coverage with the referenced payer stopTime – The last day of insurance coverage with the referenced payer

DataType

Cardinality

PayerPatientCharacteristicPayer

0..*

RacePatientCharacteristicRace

Clinical Focus:

Data Element Scope:

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

ResultValue constrained to codes in the Race valueset (2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.836)

PatientCharacteristicRace: Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document the patient’s race. Timing: Race does not have a specific timing. Measures using Patient Characteristic, Race should address the most recent entry in the clinical record.

DataType

Cardinality

RacePatientCharacteristicRace

0..*