Clinical Focus: The intent of this value set is to capture outpatient encounters.
Data Element Scope: Appropriate for use with data elements in QDM Categories or Attributes represented by encounter codes.
Inclusion Criteria: Included are evaluation and management of a new or established patient through an encounter for annual visit, preventative evaluation, follow-up, or periodic re-evaluations that would occur in the outpatient setting.
Exclusion Criteria: Any encounters that do not meet the inclusion criteria are excluded.
Subject constrained to the Outpatient Encounters for Preventive Care