STK 2 and STK 3 Denominator Exclusion Criteria

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    • Type: Hosp Inpt eCQMs - Hospital Inpatient eCQMs
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      Thank you for your question regarding CMS 71, Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and CMS104, Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy. If the patient is discharged to organ procurement, then the patient would satisfy the denominator exclusion, “inpatient hospitalizations for patients who expired”.
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      Thank you for your question regarding CMS 71, Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and CMS104, Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy. If the patient is discharged to organ procurement, then the patient would satisfy the denominator exclusion, “inpatient hospitalizations for patients who expired”.
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    • We are acute care hospitals with patients discharged to Organ Procurement with no discharged medications prescribed.

      We are acute care hospitals with patients discharged to Organ Procurement, so no discharge medications were prescribed. We feel they should be excluded from the denominator for the Stroke 2 and 3 measures. However, we couldn't find a valid VSAC code that we can use to map these cases for exclusion. 

      We found the following exclusion codes allowed on the VSAC list, which code could we use to map the discharge disposition of Organ Procurement, or if there is another code that we should use? 

      • Discharged to Acute Care Hospital (SNOMED 434781000124105)
      • Discharged to Health Care Facility for Hospice Care (SNOMED 428371000124100)
      • Discharged to Home for Hospice Care (SNOMED 428361000124107)
      • Left against medical advice (SNOMED 445060000)
      • Patient Expired (SNOMED (SNOMEDCT 371828006)

      Thank you so much,
      Elaine

            Assignee:
            Augustine Weber
            Reporter:
            Elaine Chen
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