Submitted by hantran on 2022-09-30
CAP Comment on Test Interpretation (Abnormal Flag) Data Element
Data Element: Test Interpretation (Abnormal Flag)- Corresponding CLIA Reporting Requirement: Test result interpretation
- Description: The College of American Pathologists (CAP) supports this data element as written and urges that it be brought up to Level 2 and ideally included in USCDI v4. The CAP supports this data element to align with CLIA’s test result interpretation reporting requirement. The CLIA-defined reporting requirements are required for laboratory reporting and should be used as the basis for laboratory and public health reporting standards. Because laboratories already communicate test result interpretations along with reference ranges to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), this data element is already in wide usage and should be classified Level 2 at a minimum.
Submitted by Riki Merrick on 2022-09-30
APHL Comments on ISA 2022
APHL still supports inclusion of this data element in the Laboratory class of USCDI V4. - see also https://www.healthit.gov/isa/comment/4711 - which applies to this data element as a specialization of observation interpretation.