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["Result": "Malnutrition Screening At Risk Result"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2024
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: This set of values indicates that a patient was found to be at risk for malnutrition after completing a malnutrition screening done by the health care professional.
Data Element Scope: Data included in this set represent that an individual has been evaluated to be at risk for malnutrition.
Inclusion Criteria: Malnutrition At Risk criteria from the SNOMED-CT terminology are included.
Exclusion Criteria: Malnutrition At Risk criteria from other terminologies than SNOMED-CT.

Constrained to codes in the Malnutrition Screening At Risk Result value set (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1095.38)

QDM Attribute and Definition

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:
Last Updated: Jun 29, 2023