["Intervention, Order": "Hospice Care Ambulatory"] (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1108.15)

Performance/Reporting Period

2026

Value Set Description from VSAC

Clinical Focus: The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts of interventions to identify patients receiving hospice care outside of a hospital or long term care facility.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Procedure or Intervention.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that represent a procedure or intervention for hospice care.
Exclusion Criteria: Excludes concepts that represent palliative care or comfort measures.

Constrained to codes in the Hospice Care Ambulatory value set (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1108.15)

QDM Datatype and Definition

"Intervention, Order"

Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document a request to perform the intervention indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set.

Timing: The time the order is signed; author dateTime.

Note: negation rationale indicates a one-time documentation of a reason an activity is not performed. Negation of QDM datatype-related actions for a reason always use the author dateTime attribute to reference timing and must not use relevantPeriod.

eCQMs using this data element:

CMS1173v1 - Diagnostic Delay of Venous Thromboembolism in Primary Care