USCDI Export for the Public

Classification Level Sort descending Data Class Data Class Description Data Element Data Element Description Applicable Standards Submitter Name Submitter Organization Submission Date
USCDI V1 Clinical Notes

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. 
Procedure Note

Encompasses non-operative procedures including interventional cardiology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, osteopathic manipulation, and other specialty’s procedures.

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67

  • Procedure Note (LOINC® code 28570-0)
USCDI V1 Vital Signs

Physiologic measurements of a patient that indicate the status of the body’s life sustaining functions.

Respiratory Rate
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V1 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Preferred Language

Request for Comment (RFC) 5646, “Tags for Identifying Languages”, September 2009

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(g)

USCDI V1 Vital Signs

Physiologic measurements of a patient that indicate the status of the body’s life sustaining functions.

Heart Rate
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V1 Laboratory

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

Values/Results

Documented findings of the analysis of a tested specimen. Includes both structured and unstructured (narrative) components.

USCDI V1 Immunizations

Record of vaccine administration.

Immunizations
  • CDC IIS: Current HL7 Standard Code Set, CVX -- Vaccines Administered, updates through January 31, 2020
  • CDC National Drug Code (NDC) Directory – Vaccine NDC Linker Table, updates through January 31, 2020
USCDI V1 Smoking Status

Representing a patient’s smoking behavior.

Smoking Status

Representing a patient’s smoking behaviors.

  • SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2019 Release
USCDI V1 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Ethnicity

Both standards are required

  • The Office of Management and Budget Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997
  • CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0 (March 2000)

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(f)

USCDI V1 Vital Signs

Physiologic measurements of a patient that indicate the status of the body’s life sustaining functions.

Diastolic Blood Pressure

Both standards are required.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V1 Vital Signs

Physiologic measurements of a patient that indicate the status of the body’s life sustaining functions.

Body Temperature
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V1 Assessment and Plan of Treatment

Health professional’s conclusions and working assumptions that will guide treatment of the patient.

Assessment and Plan of Treatment
USCDI V1 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Date of Birth
USCDI V1 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Birth Sex

Birth sex must be coded in accordance with HL7 Version 3 (V3) Standard, Value Sets for AdministrativeGender and NullFlavor attributed as follows:

  • Female. F
  • Male. M
  • Unknown. nullFlavor UNK

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(n) 

USCDI V1 Clinical Notes

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. 
Consultation Note

Contains the response to request from a clinician for an opinion or advice from another clinician.

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67

  • Consult Note (LOINC® code 11488-4)
USCDI V1 Vital Signs

Physiologic measurements of a patient that indicate the status of the body’s life sustaining functions.

BMI Percentile (2 - 20 years)
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.67
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V1 Provenance

The metadata, or extra information about data, regarding who created the data and when it was created.

Author Time Stamp
USCDI V1 Medications

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

Medications
  • RxNorm®, January 6, 2020 Full Release Update
USCDI V1 Procedures

Activity performed for or on a patient as part of the provision of care.

Procedures
  • Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
  • Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (CPT-4)
  • Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2019 Release

Optional:

  • USCDI v1 - International Classification of Diseases ICD-10-PCS 2020

Optional for technology which records dental procedures:

  • Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT), maintained and distributed by the American Dental Association, for dental services.
USCDI V1 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Suffix
USCDI V1 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Race

Both standards are required

  • The Office of Management and Budget Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997
  • CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.0 (March 2000)

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(f)