Performance/Reporting Period
2024
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: This set of values indicates that a patient was found not to be at risk for malnutrition after completing a malnutrition screening done by the health care professional.
Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to document individuals not at risk for malnutrition.
Inclusion Criteria: Malnutrition screening which indicates an individual is at risk as indicated by SNOMED-CT.
Exclusion Criteria: Any malnutrition related term which indicates a patient is at risk for malnutrition from other terminology sets than SNOMED-CT.
QDM Datatype and Definition
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: