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["Intervention, Order": "Referral to Primary Care or Alternate Provider"]

Performance/Reporting Period
2026
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts for referrals to an alternate or primary care provider.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Intervention.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that describe an intervention of a referral to an alternate or primary care provider.
Exclusion Criteria: No exclusions.

Constrained to codes in the Referral to Primary Care or Alternate Provider value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1580)

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.

Last Updated: Jul 15, 2025