Medication

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

Performance/Reporting Period

2022

QDM Category (QDM Version 5.5 Guidance Update):

Medication represents clinical drugs or chemical substances intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease. Medications are defined as directly referenced values or value sets containing values derived from code systems such as RxNorm.

QDM Datatypes based on this Category (QDM Version 5.5 Guidance Update)

"Medication, Active"

"Medication, Administered"

"Medication, Discharge"

"Medication, Dispensed"

"Medication, Order"