Performance/Reporting Period
2026
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: Malnutrition assessment of a patient based upon clinically relevant criteria indicates that an individual is moderately malnourished.
Data Element Scope: This set of values indicates that an individual is moderately malnourished.
Inclusion Criteria: Terms related to moderately malnourished are included.
Exclusion Criteria: Nutrition screening data and/or data indicating that an individual is not, mildly, or severely malnourished.
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: