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["Procedure, Performed": "Cancer staging (tumor staging)"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2020
Direct Reference Code

Constrained to 'Cancer staging (tumor staging)' SNOMEDCT code

QDM Datatype and Definition (QDM Version 5.4)

"Procedure, Performed"

Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document the completion of the procedure indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set.

A QDM Known Issue has been identified related to this datatype. To see this QDM known Issue, please click here.

Timing: The Relevant Period addresses:

  • startTime -the time the procedure begins,
  • stopTime -the time the procedure is completed

NOTE:

  1. Timing refers to a single instance of a procedure. If a measure seeks to evaluate multiple procedures over a period of time, the measure developer should use CQL logic to represent the query request.
  2. The Incision dateTime is a single point in time available from the Operating Room and/or Anesthesia Record.
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021