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"Patient Characteristic Expired"

Performance/Reporting Period
2020
QDM Datatype (QDM Version 5.4):

The Patient Characteristic Expired data element should document that the patient is deceased. Timing: The Patient Characteristic, Expired is a single point in time representing the date and time of death. It does not have a start and stop time. Note: Patient Characteristic Expired is fixed to SNOMED-CT® code 419099009 (Dead) and therefore cannot be further qualified with a value set.

Data Elements defined by this QDM Datatype:
["Patient Characteristic, Expired": "Dead (finding)"]
QDM Attributes

cause

The recorded cause of death.
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021