["Result": "Visual Acuity 20/40 Or Better"]

Performance/Reporting Period

2021

Value Set Description from VSAC

Clinical Focus: This value set contains concepts that represent visual acuity findings that are 20/40 or better.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use the Quality Data Model (QDM) attribute related to Result.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes only relevant concepts associated with distance vision findings of 20/40 or better.
Exclusion Criteria: No exclusions.

Constrained to codes in the Result: Visual Acuity 20/40 Or Better value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1483)

QDM Attribute and Definition (QDM Version 5.5 Guidance Update)

result

The final consequences or data collected from the datatype. results can be used in four ways to express:

That a result is present in the electronic record but any entry is acceptable
A numerical result is reported directly as a value. Values may be integers or decimal numbers without units, or as a quantity with a value and units - examples:
- 100mg/dL for a lab test
- 140 mmHg for blood pressure
- as a percentage (actually as a quantity with % as units)
- as a titer or ratio (e.g., 1:4, 1:80)
A result that matches one of a specific set of coded concepts in a value set or a code that matches a direct reference code
A result as a dateTime ("Assessment, Performed" and components)

eCQMs using this data element:

CMS133v9 - Cataracts: 20/40 or Better Visual Acuity within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery