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eCQM 68v13 Inclusion Codes

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      Thank you so much for your question about CMS68v13 (Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record). Note that the purpose statement value set provides context on what is included/excluded and why. The encounter types listed in the “Encounter to Document Medications” value set (OID# 2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1.1834) do not mean that medications were reviewed. Instead, they are the encounters where medications should be reviewed. In the context of the specification logic, these are considered a “QualifyingEncounter”. The determination of whether the medications have been reviewed during one of those qualifying encounters is based on the presence of code "Documentation of current medications (procedure)", which is SNOMED-CT 428191000124101. We will consider updating the Inclusion Criteria statement to make this clearer during the next annual update.
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      Thank you so much for your question about CMS68v13 (Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record). Note that the purpose statement value set provides context on what is included/excluded and why. The encounter types listed in the “Encounter to Document Medications” value set (OID# 2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1.1834) do not mean that medications were reviewed. Instead, they are the encounters where medications should be reviewed. In the context of the specification logic, these are considered a “QualifyingEncounter”. The determination of whether the medications have been reviewed during one of those qualifying encounters is based on the presence of code "Documentation of current medications (procedure)", which is SNOMED-CT 428191000124101. We will consider updating the Inclusion Criteria statement to make this clearer during the next annual update.
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      In the value set for eCQM 68v13 (2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1.1834), the Clinical Focus states, "The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts for encounters that include documentation of current medications." The Inclusion Criteria states, "Includes concepts that identify an encounter that includes documentation of medications reviewed, updated or transcribed as the current medication list." The wording suggests that if the code is on the patient chart, the medications have been reviewed. Therefore, all included encounters under these codes would be Met. Is that the intent of this wording and coding?

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            jdchang Jennifer Chang
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