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["Anatomical Location Site": "Left"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2019
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: This value set contains concepts that represent the left side of the body.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use the Quality Data Model (QDM) attribute related to Anatomical Location Site.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes only relevant concepts associated with the left side of the body. This is a grouping of SNOMED CT codes.
Exclusion Criteria: Excludes concepts representing the right side of the body.

Constrained to codes in the Anatomical Location Site: Left value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.122.12.1036)

QDM Attribute and Definition (QDM Version 5.3)

anatomicalLocationSite

The anatomical site or structure where the diagnosis/problem manifests itself (a). The anatomical site or structure that is the focus of the action represented by the datatype (b).
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021