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"Patient Characteristic Birthdate"

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

The Patient Characteristic Birthdate data element should document the patient’s date of birth. Timing: The Patient Characteristic, Birthdate is a single point in time representing the date and time of birth. It does not have a start and stop time. Note: Patient Characteristic Birthdate is fixed to LOINC code 21112-8 (Birth date) and therefore cannot be further qualified with a value set.

Data Elements defined by this QDM Datatype:
QDM Attributes

birthDateTime

The date and time that the patient was born.
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021