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relevantPeriod

A QDM attribute provides specific detail about a QDM datatype.

Performance/Reporting Period
2026
QDM Datatype (QDM Version 5.6):

relevantPeriod addresses the time between the start of an action to the end of an action. Each QDM datatype using relevantPeriod defines specific definitions for the start and stop time for the action listed.

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

Used By:
"Assessment, Performed"
"Care Goal"
"Diagnostic Study, Performed"
"Encounter, Performed"
"Intervention, Performed"
"Laboratory Test, Performed"
"Medication, Active"
"Medication, Administered"
"Medication, Dispensed"
"Medication, Order"
"Patient Characteristic, Clinical Trial Participant"
"Patient Characteristic, Payer"
"Physical Exam, Performed"
"Procedure, Performed"
"Substance, Administered"
"Substance, Order"
["Assessment, Performed": "History of Atrial Ablation"]
["Assessment, Performed": "Malnutrition Risk Screening"]
["Assessment, Performed": "Nutrition Assessment"]
["Assessment, Performed": "Standardized Tools Score for Assessment of Cognition"]
["Diagnostic Study, Performed": "Cup to Disc Ratio"]
["Diagnostic Study, Performed": "Optic Disc Exam for Structural Abnormalities"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Annual Wellness Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Audiology Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Behavioral or Neuropsych Assessment"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Care Services in Long Term Residential Facility"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Clinical Oral Evaluation"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Detoxification Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Discharge Services Hospital Inpatient Same Day Discharge"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Discharge Services Hospital Inpatient"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Discharge Services Nursing Facility"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Elective Inpatient Encounter"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Emergency Department Evaluation and Management Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Emergency Department Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter Inpatient"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter to Document Medications"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter to Evaluate BMI"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter to Screen for Blood Pressure"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter to Screen for Depression"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Home Healthcare Services"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Initial Hospital Inpatient Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Medical Disability Exam"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Nonelective Inpatient Encounter"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Nursing Facility Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Observation Services"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Occupational Therapy Evaluation"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Office Visit"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Ophthalmological Services"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Outpatient Consultation"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Outpatient Encounter"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Outpatient Surgery Service"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Patient Provider Interaction"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Physical Therapy Evaluation"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services Established Office Visit, 18 and Up"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services Group Counseling"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services Individual Counseling"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services Initial Office Visit, 18 and Up"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services, Initial Office Visit, 0 to 17"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care, Established Office Visit, 0 to 17"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Psych Visit Diagnostic Evaluation"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Psych Visit Psychotherapy"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Telephone Visits"]
["Encounter, Performed": "Virtual Encounter"]
["Intervention, Performed": "Cognitive Assessment"]
["Intervention, Performed": "Comfort Measures"]
["Intervention, Performed": "Dietitian Referral"]
["Intervention, Performed": "Nutrition Care Plan"]
["Intervention, Performed": "Opioid Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)"]
["Intervention, Performed": "Palliative or Hospice Care"]
["Laboratory Test, Performed": "Glucose Lab Test Mass Per Volume"]
["Medication, Active": "Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)"]
["Medication, Administered": "Antithrombotic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke"]
["Medication, Administered": "Hypoglycemics Severe Hypoglycemia"]
["Medication, Administered": "Hypoglycemics Treatment Medications"]
["Medication, Administered": "Opioid Antagonist"]
["Medication, Administered": "Opioids, All"]
["Medication, Administered": "Pharmacological Contraindications For Antithrombotic Therapy"]
["Medication, Administered": "Thrombolytic tPA Therapy"]
["Medication, Order": "Antithrombotic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke"]
["Medication, Order": "Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)"]
["Procedure, Performed": "Atrial Ablation"]
["Procedure, Performed": "Intravenous or Intraarterial Thrombolytic tPA Therapy"]