Hypertension: Blood Pressure Measurement (NQF 0013)
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Initial Patient Population =
- AND:
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Nursing Facility"
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Outpatient"
- during "Measurement period"
- AND: "Patient Characteristic: birth date" >= 18 year(s) starts before start of "Measurement period"
- AND: "Diagnosis, Active: Hypertension" starts before or during "Measurement period"
- AND: Count >= 2 of:
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Nursing Facility"
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Outpatient"
- during "Measurement period"
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Denominator =
- AND: "Initial Patient Population"
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Denominator Exclusions =
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Numerator =
- AND: "Physical Exam, Finding: Systolic Blood Pressure (result)" during
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Nursing Facility"
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Outpatient"
- during "Measurement period"
- AND: "Physical Exam, Finding: Diastolic Blood Pressure (result)" during
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Nursing Facility"
- OR: "Encounter: Encounter Outpatient"
- during "Measurement period"
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Denominator Exceptions =
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"Diagnosis, Active: Hypertension" using "Hypertension Value Set GROUPING (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.03.388)"
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"Encounter: Encounter Nursing Facility" using "Encounter Nursing Facility CPT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.02.28)"
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"Encounter: Encounter Outpatient" using "Encounter Outpatient CPT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.02.26)"
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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 (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.02.138)"
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"Physical Exam, Finding: Systolic Blood Pressure" using "Systolic Blood Pressure SNOMED-CT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.02.137)"
- "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)"