"Procedure, Performed"
Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document the completion of the procedure indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set.
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Timing: The Relevant Period addresses:
- startTime -the time the procedure begins,
- stopTime -the time the procedure is completed
NOTE:
- Timing refers to a single instance of a procedure. If a measure seeks to evaluate multiple procedures over a period of time, the measure developer should use CQL logic to represent the query request.
- The Incision dateTime is a single point in time available from the Operating Room and/or Anesthesia Record.
Procedure
Procedure is derived directly from HL7 and Canada Health Infoway: 'An Act whose immediate and primary outcome (post-condition) is the alteration of the physical condition of the subject. Procedure is but one among several types of clinical activities such as observation, substance- administrations, and communicative interactions. Procedure does not comprise all acts of [sic] whose intent is intervention or treatment.' A procedure may be a surgery or other type of physical manipulation of a person’s body in whole or in part for purposes of making observations and diagnoses or providing treatment.