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facilityLocation

A QDM attribute provides specific detail about a QDM datatype.

Performance/Reporting Period
2019
QDM Definition (QDM Version 5.3):
The particular locations in a facility in which the diagnostic study or encounter occurs or occurred. Examples include, but are not limited to, intensive care units (ICUs), non- ICUs, burn critical-care unit, neonatal ICU, and respiratory-care unit. Each Encounter, Performed may have 1 or more locations. For example, a patient treated in multiple locations during an individual encounter might be expressed as: Encounter, Performed: Inpatient Admission, ICU (location period), Non-ICU Admission (location period), Rehab (location period). Facility Location (singular) is used for Adverse Event; Diagnostic Study, Performed; Encounter, Order; Encounter, Recommended.
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2021