Date

(November and December preballot review)

Attendees

Attendee

Name

Affiliation


ONC Public Health Analyst (COR)


HL7 US Realm Senior Advisor


Director, Standards Division


HL7 US Realm PM


ONC - Branch Chief, Terminology and Content Delivery


ONC - Medical Informatics Officer

Goals

USCDI v4 QA Table

  
QA - ONC Assessment of Ballot Design in US Core

QA - ONC Assessment of Ballot Design in C-CDA

CategoryFields

USCDI Terminology Present?

(Do Terminology bindings agree with what is declared in USCDI)

Design covers USCDI Definition?

USCDI Terminology Present?

(Do Terminology bindings agree with what is declared in USCDI)

Design covers USCDI Definition?
Allergies and Intolerances





Substance (Non-Medication)YesYesYesYes
Encounter Information





Encounter IdentifieryesyesNo terminology required in USCDIYes
Facility Information





Facility IdentifieryesyesNo terminology required in USCDIYes

Facility TypeyesyesNo terminology required in USCDIYes

Facility NameyesyesNo terminology required in USCDIYes
Goals and Preferences





Treatment Intervention Preference

IG notes that the 'treatment-intervention-preference' will be added to LOINC. I assume this means the 'system' value under .code is a placeholder and will be fixed to LOINC when the code is available?

GD Comments:

  • "75773-2" Goals, preferences, and priorities for medical treatment Should be used at Category.code in US Core (used in C-CDA and the AD Guides)
  • Observation value MS text and codable concept
  • Confirmed on and found in meeting notes that 2023-08-15+Meeting+notes that the recommendation of LOINC is associated with the category or question. Other codes systems are allowed (for example) SNOMED as the answers 
  • Treatment Intervention Prefences (if found in the EHR) are often text (and not often encoded in EHRs) and in US Core should (start) to be queried for by looking for "75773-2" Goals, preferences, and priorities for medical treatment category code
  • The actual Preference would be found most likely in text at observation.value


The IG also notes that implementers can include additional codes where appropriate (in .code or .category), however it is unclear where these codes would go. The system and code elements of the coding are fixed, is the intent that any additional codes would go in the text element of the codeableConcept?


Goal obs SHOULD use LOINC

GD Comments: 

  • Generic (aka) Patient Goals (including SDOH goals):
    • USCDI Requires SNOMED OR LOINC
    • US Core and C-CDA reuse Gravity which uses SNOMED for Goals
    • Goals are often text (and not often encoded in EHRs) and should be queried for by looking for MoodCode GOL or "8689-2 "History of Social function" @observation.code (which is LOINC)
  • Treatment Intervention Preference
    • LOINC is used at Observation.code "75773-2" Goals, preferences, and priorities for medical treatment
    • Confirmed on and found in meeting notes that 2023-08-15+Meeting+notes that the recommendation of LOINC is associated with the category or question. Other codes systems are allowed (for example) SNOMED as the answers 
    • Treatment Intervention Prefences (if found in the EHR) are often text (and not often encoded in EHRs) and in C-CDA should (start) to be queried for by looking for "75773-2" Goals, preferences, and priorities for medical treatment
    • The actual Preference would be found most likely in text at observation.value
unclear

Care Experience PreferenceSimilar issue as above: The IG notes that implementers can include additional codes where appropriate (in .code or .category), however it is unclear where these codes would go. The system and code elements of the coding are fixed, is the intent that any additional codes would go in the text element of the codeableConcept?

Goal obs SHOULD use LOINC

  • Generic (aka) Patient Goals (including SDOH goals):
    • USCDI Requires SNOMED OR LOINC
    • US Core and C-CDA reuse Gravity which uses SNOMED for Goals
    • Goals are often text (and not often encoded in EHRs) and should be queried for by looking for MoodCode GOL or "8689-2 "History of Social function" @observation.code (which is LOINC)
  • Care Experience Preference
    • LOINC is used at Observation.code "95541-9" Care Experience Preference
    • Confirmed on and found in meeting notes that 2023-08-15+Meeting+notes that the recommendation of LOINC is associated with the category or question. Other codes systems are allowed (for example) SNOMED as the answers 
    • Care Experience Prefences (if found in the EHR) are often text (and not often encoded in EHRs) and in C-CDA should (start) to be queried for by looking for "95541-9" Care Experience Preference
unclear
Health Status Assessments





Alcohol Use

yesyes

Substance Use

yesyes

Physical Activity

yesyes
Laboratory





Result Unit of MeasureThe IG provides guidance about "Using UCUM codes in the Quantity datatype". The guidance begins by saying some quantity types are bound to UCUM, however the quantity type in this profile is not bound to UCUM. Should it be bound to UCUM? Does the guidance still apply in cases where a quantity type is not bound to UCUM?
yesyes

Result Reference RangeProfile doesn't appear to have any guidance indicating that implementers should use UCUM for this element.
Template doesn't appear to have any guidance indicating that implementers should use UCUM for this element.yes

Result Interpretationyesyesyesyes

Specimen Source SiteyesyesyesMembers of Specimen type 2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1099.54 concatenate Specimen Type and Specimen Source Site

Specimen IdentifieryesyesNo terminology required in USCDI

Specimen Condition Acceptabilityyesyesyesyes
Medications





Medication InstructionsyesyesNo terminology required in USCDIyes

Medication Adherence

no?no?
Procedures





Performance TimeyesUSCDI definition references medication administration...should the USCDI table point to an appropriate profile?No terminology required in USCDIyes
Vital Signs


yesyes

Average Blood Pressure



Action items

  •