The Public Comment is now open through March 25, 2026 on the Draft 2027 CMS QRDA I Implementation Guide, Schematron, and Sample File for Hospital Quality Reporting
Yes, you can use return, it is an arbitrary expression. So, whatever you want to return from the “from,” you can.
For example
define "Encounter with Assessment Result":
from
"Valid Encounter" Encounter,
["Assessment, Performed": "Specified Assessment"] Assessment
where Assessment.result in "Specified Assessment Result Valueset"
and Assessment.relevantDatetime during Encounter.relevantPeriod
return Encounter