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Family History

A QDM category consists of a single clinical concept identified by a value set.

Performance/Reporting Period
2021
QDM Category (QDM Version 5.5 Guidance Update):
Family History represents a diagnosis or problem experienced by a family member of the patient. Typically, a family history will not contain very much detail, but the simple identification of a diagnosis or problem in the patient's family history may be relevant to the care of the patient. If a relationship is specified, codes from the HL7 Personal Relationship Role Type value set (2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.19563) should be used to ensure compatibility with Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) reporting constraints.
Data Elements defined by this QDM Datatype:
Last Updated: Jun 08, 2020