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eCQM Tools filtered by: NLM

eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Feb 12, 2024)
The value set Binding Parameter Specification (BPS) is generated by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and is a record of the value set metadata information defining the code lists specified by current CMS electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). eCQM implementers and vendors use the BPS…
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(Last updated: May 24, 2023)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC), with support from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is pleased to announce the launch of several new functionalities within VSAC. VSAC Comparison Tool The Comparison Tool allows you to compare many…
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(Last updated: May 24, 2023)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) and hybrid specifications for measures proposed for inclusion in the 2024 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals (EH) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Hospital Inpatient…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Feb 14, 2024)
The Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) is a set of files and software bringing together health and biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability between computer systems. The UMLS integrates and distributes key terminology, classification and coding standards, and…
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(Last updated: Mar 05, 2022)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has updated the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) with several additional provisional terminology codes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 4/23/2020, the following standard terminologies (CPT®, LOINC®, and SNOMED CT®) have added provisional codes in…
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(Last updated: May 24, 2023)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) has updated VSAC with the most recent provisional terminology codes published by Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS), Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), and SNOMED CT, in response to the…
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(Last updated: May 24, 2023)
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Feb 14, 2024)
The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) is a value set authoring and repository for value sets. It is the source of truth for value sets for CMS's electronic clinical quality measures. The National Library of Medicine maintains the VSAC and provides downloadable access to the value sets and the…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Feb 14, 2024)
The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) Collaboration Tool provides a central site where value set authors can post value sets for collaborative discussion. Teams can share threaded discussions about the value sets, view recent value set expansions posted by other value set authors, organize their…