Controlling High Blood Pressure (NQF 0018)
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Initial Patient Population =
- AND: "Patient Characteristic: birth date" >= 17 year(s) starts before start of "Measurement period"
- AND: "Patient Characteristic: birth date" <= 84 year(s) starts before start of "Measurement period"
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Denominator =
- AND: "Initial Patient Population"
- AND: "Diagnosis, Active: hypertension" <= 6 month(s) starts after start of "Measurement period"
- AND: "Encounter: Encounter outpatient" during "Measurement period"
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Denominator Exclusions =
- AND:
- OR: "Diagnosis, Active: ESRD"
- OR: "Procedure, Performed: Procedures indicative of ESRD"
- OR: "Diagnosis, Active: pregnancy"
- during "Measurement period"
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Numerator =
- AND:
- AND: Minimum of:"Physical Exam, Finding: diastolic blood pressure (result < 90 mmHg)"
- AND: Minimum of:"Physical Exam, Finding: systolic blood pressure (result < 140 mmHg)"
- during (MOST RECENT:"Encounter: Encounter outpatient" during "Measurement period")
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Denominator Exceptions =
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"Diagnosis, Active: ESRD" using "ESRD Value Set GROUPING (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.52)"
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"Diagnosis, Active: hypertension" using "hypertension Value Set GROUPING (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.79)"
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"Diagnosis, Active: pregnancy" using "pregnancy Value Set GROUPING (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.102)"
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"Encounter: Encounter outpatient" using "Encounter outpatient Value Set GROUPING (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.49)"
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"Patient Characteristic: birth date" using "birth date LOINC Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.560.100.4)"
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"Physical Exam, Finding: diastolic blood pressure" using "diastolic blood pressure SNOMED-CT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.41)"
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"Physical Exam, Finding: systolic blood pressure" using "systolic blood pressure SNOMED-CT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.118)"
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"Procedure, Performed: Procedures indicative of ESRD" using "Procedures indicative of ESRD Value Set GROUPING (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.0001.107)"
- "Patient Characteristic: Gender" using "Gender HL7 Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.1)"
- "Patient Characteristic: Race" using "Race CDC Value Set (2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.836)"
- "Patient Characteristic: Ethnicity" using "Ethnicity CDC Value Set (2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.837)"
- "Patient Characteristic: Payer" using "Payer Source of Payment Typology Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.221.5)"