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  2. QRDA-56

Are these 'optional' nodes required in QRDA XML file for QRDA CAT 3?

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      QRDA Cat III standard is a U.S. realm implementation guide, it is not program specific. Supplemental data elements are optional in the QRDA Cat III IG; however, it is a requirement of CMS that these 4 supplemental data elements (sex, ethnicity, race, and payer) should be reported.
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      QRDA Cat III standard is a U.S. realm implementation guide, it is not program specific. Supplemental data elements are optional in the QRDA Cat III IG; however, it is a requirement of CMS that these 4 supplemental data elements (sex, ethnicity, race, and payer) should be reported.

      In CMS specs for the QRDA Cat 3, it says 'Meausre Data' node (templateId 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.27.3.5) may contain zero or more entryRelationship for Sex/Ethnicity/Race/Payer Supplemental Data Element. According to the specs Keywords explanation, 'May' is truly optional. Therefore, I was assuming we can omit those supplemental Data Elements in XML file for QRDA CAT3. When validating the xml file through Cypress tools, however, I still got errors which requires that supplemental information.

      Does Anybody have any thoughts on this?

      Thanks in advance!

            yanheras Yan Heras
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