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Type:
Annual Update
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Resolution: Fixed
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Priority:
Minor
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Component/s: ValueSet
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Harmonization between the codes in the two inpatient encounter value sets, 2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.424 and 2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.625, was completed during the April 2014 measure annual update.
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We are getting incorrect results because the value sets are not aligned
Below you will see that STK and ED-3 measures use different value sets for Inpatient Encounter which is causing an issue.
STK uses the following value to determine Inpatient Encounter:
"Encounter, Performed: Non-Elective Inpatient Encounter" using "Non-Elective Inpatient Encounter SNOMED-CT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.424)"
ED-3 uses the following value to determine Inpatient Encounter::
"Encounter, Performed: Hospital Measures-Encounter Inpatient" using "Hospital Measures-Encounter Inpatient SNOMED-CT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.625)"
Our patient has an ED visit and within 2 hours has an Inpatient visit identified with the SNOMED CT code - 30854004 (Inpatient stay) which is in the Non-Elective Inpatient Encounter SNOMED-CT Value Set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.424) but not in the other value set. Because of this the patient meets the STK Initial Patient Population Criteria, but also meets the ED-3 measure population criteria because the following logic in the measure population for ED-3 returns true when it should actually return false -
â—¦AND NOT: "Encounter, Performed: Hospital Measures-Encounter Inpatient" <= 6 hour(s) starts after end of "Occurrence A of Encounter, Performed: Emergency Department Visit"
The reason it should be false is that this patient from ED was admitted to the inpatient within 2 hours and hence should not be in the ED-3 population (which is for patients discharged from ED).
The reason the above ED3 logic returns false is that the SNOMED Code 30854004 (Inpatient stay) is not in the Encounter, Performed: Hospital Measures-Encounter Inpatient value set, even though this is an inpatient encounter code.
Summary:
A patient admitted from ED to the inpatient in less than 6 hours is incorrectly making it in the measure population for the ED-3 measure when it should not.
I'm looking for guidance on how this should be addressed.