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Draft USCDI V6

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Directions for administering or taking a medication.

Usage note: May include route, quantity, timing/frequency, and special instructions (PRN, sliding scale, taper).

Examples include but are not limited to prescription directions for taking a medication, and package instructions for over-the-counter medications.

Shelly Spiro Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
Draft USCDI V6

Data used to categorize individuals for identification, records matching, and other purposes.

Occupation Industry

Type of business that compensates for work or assigns work to an unpaid worker or volunteer.

Examples include but are not limited to U.S. Army, cement manufacturing, and children and youth services.

  • Occupational Data for Health, version 20201030
Nedra Garrett CDC
Draft USCDI V6

Data used to categorize individuals for identification, records matching, and other purposes.

Occupation

Type of work of a person.

Examples include but are not limited to infantry, business analyst, and social worker.

  • Occupational Data for Health, version 20201030
Nedra Garrett CDC
Draft USCDI V6

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Statement of whether a medication has been consumed according to instructions.

Examples include but are not limited to taking as directed, taking less than directed, and not taking.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
Shelly Spiro Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
Draft USCDI V6

Data related to an individual’s insurance coverage for health care.

Relationship to Subscriber

Relationship of a patient to the primary insured person.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
Draft USCDI V6

Data related to an individual’s insurance coverage for health care.

Coverage Status

Presence or absence of healthcare insurance.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
Draft USCDI V6

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

 Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Provider-authored request for end-of-life or life-sustaining care for a person who has a serious life-limiting medical condition.

Usage note: These are meant to follow a person regardless of when and where such an order might be needed (e.g., hospital, care facility, community, home). There are variations in requirements and names for portable medical orders based on jurisdiction.

Examples include but are not limited to POLST (Portable Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment), MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment), and out-of-hospital DNR (do-not-resuscitate).

Grace Glennon on behalf of Joel Andress and CMS-CCSQ On behalf of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V6

Data used to categorize individuals for identification, records matching, and other purposes.

Tribal Affiliation

Tribe or band with which an individual associates.

Laura Conn
Draft USCDI V6

Analysis of clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient.

Categorical assessment of a laboratory value, often in relation to a test's reference range.

Examples include but are not limited to high, low, critical high, and normal.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
  • Health Level 7® (HL7) Code System ObservationInterpretation
Riki Merrick Association of Public Health Laboratories
Draft USCDI V6

Analysis of clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient.

Specimen Identifier

Sequence of characters assigned by a laboratory for an individual specimen. 

Example includes but is not limited to accession number.

Riki Merrick Association of Public Health Laboratories
Draft USCDI V6

Assessments of a health-related matter of interest, importance, or worry to a patient, patient’s family, or patient’s healthcare provider that could identify a need, problem, or condition.

Alcohol Use

Evaluation of a patient's consumption of alcohol.

Examples include but are not limited to history of alcohol use, alcohol use disorder identification test, and alcohol intake assessment.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.78
Clem McDonald National Library of Medicine
Draft USCDI V6

Narrative patient data relevant to the context identified by note types.

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  • Usage note: Clinical Notes data elements are content exchange standard agnostic. They should not be interpreted or associated with the structured document templates that may share the same name. 
Operative Note

Narrative summary of a surgical procedure.

Usage note: May include procedures performed, operative and anesthesia times, findings observed, fluids administered, specimens obtained, and complications identified.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) version 2.78
    • At minimum: Surgical operation note (LOINC code 11504-8)
Leslie Kelly Hall Engaging Patient Strategy
Draft USCDI V6

Findings or other clinical data collected about a patient during care.

Information about a patient or provider authored document indicating its location, content, type, and verification status.

Usage note: May include structured or unstructured data, whether a person has one or more advance directive documents, the type of advance directive, the location of the document, and whether it has been verified. Such documents may be used should a person be unable to communicate their wishes, preferences, or priorities to their provider.

Examples include but are not limited to an indication that a living will is on file, a reference to the location of durable medical power of attorney, and the validating provider.

Rachel Eager New York eHealth Collaborative
Draft USCDI V6

Information that guides treatment of the patient and recommendations for future treatment.

Care Plan

Shared plan informed by members of a coordinated care team that details conditions, needs, and goals along with strategies for addressing them.

Usage notes: Includes prioritized problems, health concerns, assessments, goals, and interventions from across care settings.

Examples include nursing care plan, diabetic care plan, multiple chronic conditions care plan, and long term services and support care plan.

Julia Skapik NACHC
Draft USCDI V6

Analysis of clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient.

Information regarding a specimen, including the container, that does not meet a laboratory’s criteria for acceptability.

Usage note: This may include information about the contents of the container, the container, and the label.

Examples include but are not limited to hemolyzed, clotted, container leaking, and missing patient name.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
  • Health Level 7® (HL7) Code System SpecimenCondition
Han Tran College of American Pathologists (CAP)
Draft USCDI V6

Analysis of clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient.

Upper and lower limit of quantitative test values expected for a designated population of individuals.

Usage note: Reference range values may differ by patient characteristics, laboratory test manufacturer, and laboratory test performer.

  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure, Revision 2.2
Nedra Y Garrett CDC
Draft USCDI V6

Analysis of clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient.

Unit of measurement to report quantitative laboratory test results.

  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure, Revision 2.2
Nedra Y Garrett CDC
Draft USCDI V6

Assessments of a health-related matter of interest, importance, or worry to a patient, patient’s family, or patient’s healthcare provider that could identify a need, problem, or condition.

Evaluation of a patient's current or usual exercise.

Examples include but are not limited to frequency of muscle-strengthening physical activity, days per week with moderate to strenuous physical activity, and minutes per day of moderate to strenuous physical activity.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.78
Laurie P. Whitsel American Heart Association/Physical Activity Alliance
Draft USCDI V6

Narrative patient data relevant to the context identified by note types.

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  • Usage note: Clinical Notes data elements are content exchange standard agnostic. They should not be interpreted or associated with the structured document templates that may share the same name. 
Emergency Department Note

Narrative summary of care delivered in an emergency department.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) version 2.78
    • At minimum: Emergency Department Note (LOINC code 34111-5)
Smitha Vellanky, on behalf of Joel Andress and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) On behalf of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V6

Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Physiological administration path of a therapeutic agent into or onto a patient.

Examples include but are not limited to oral, topical, and intravenous.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
  • National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (NCIt) v24.10d, FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Terminology
Smitha Vellanky, on behalf of Joel Andress and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) On behalf of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)