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["Facility Locations": "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2023
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts for locations to identify neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Encounter.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that represent a location to identify neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
Exclusion Criteria: No exclusions.

Constrained to codes in the Facility Locations: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) value set (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1029.205)

QDM Attribute and Definition

facilityLocations

The particular locations in a facility in which the diagnostic study or encounter occurs or occurred. Examples include intensive care units (ICUs), non-ICUs, burn critical care unit, neonatal ICU, and respiratory care unit. Each "Encounter, Performed" may have one or more locations. For example, a patient treated in multiple locations during an individual encounter might be expressed as:
  • "Encounter, Performed": Inpatient Admission, facility locations
    • ICU (locationPeriod)
    • Non-ICU Admission (locationPeriod)
    • Rehab (locationPeriod)
eCQMs using this data element:
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Last Updated: Jul 15, 2022