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Classification Level Sort descending Data Class Data Class Description Data Element Data Element Description Applicable Standards Submitter Name Submitter Organization Submission Date
Level 0 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. 
Cause of Death

Cause of death information includes the sequence of events leading to death as well as other conditions significantly contributing to death. The underlying cause of death may be different than the terminal condition. This may include summary of death note, and/or death information that may be captured within the discharge summary note or other cause of death documentation within the clinical notes section.

LOINC: Summary of death note: 47046-8: https://loinc.org/47046-8/ Physician Summary of death note: 83796-3: https://loinc.org/83796-3/ Nurse Summary of death note: 84273-2: https://loinc.org/84273-2/ US Standard Certificate of Death: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/DEATH11-03final-ACC.pdf Hepatitis C Case Report Form: https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/pdfs/HepatitisCaseRprtForm.pdf Supporting Links: PHINVADS Value Set: https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vads/ViewValueSet.action?oid=2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3593

Maria Michaels CDC
Level 0 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. 
Summarization of encounter note narrative

A clinical note which narratively summarizes the patient encounter. LOINC code = 67781-5.

LOINC https://loinc.org/67781-5/ https://loinc.org/28636-9/ https;//loinc.org/34108-1/

Nedra Garrett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Level 0 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. 
Initial evaluation note

Initial evaluation note, LOINC code = 28636-9, and any LOINC LongName Note which has Initial Evaluation Note as a component.

LOINC https://loinc.org/67781-5/ https://loinc.org/28636-9/ https;//loinc.org/34108-1/

Nedra Garrett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

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.

HHS Disability Status - Cognitive

According to the HHS implementation guide there are six-item set of questions used on ACS and other major surveys to gauge disability is the data standard for survey questions on disability. (HHS Implementation Guidance on Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status | ASPE). https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/hhs-implementation-guidance-data-collection-standards-race-ethnicity-sex-primary-language-disability-0 The prompt for this data element should be consistent with HHS implementation guide: “Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?”

HL7 FHIR: US Public Health Disability Status HL7 CDA: Disability Status Observation VSAC Value Set: Disability Status (LOINC)

Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Pregnancy Information Number of Prenatal Visits

The total number of prenatal visits for the mother.

LOINC codes exist for each of the proposed data elements:

68493-6: Prenatal visits for this pregnancy #

69044-6: Date first prenatal visit

69461-2 Mother's body weight --at delivery

73772-6 The number of fetal deaths this delivery

73773-4 - Number of infants in this delivery delivered alive

57722-1 - Birth plurality of Pregnancy

Adam Bazer, MPD Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise USA (IHE USA)
Level 0 Pregnancy Information Mother’s Delivery Weight

The weight of the mother at the time of birth/delivery.

LOINC codes exist for each of the proposed data elements:

68493-6: Prenatal visits for this pregnancy #

69044-6: Date first prenatal visit

69461-2 Mother's body weight --at delivery

73772-6 The number of fetal deaths this delivery

73773-4 - Number of infants in this delivery delivered alive

57722-1 - Birth plurality of Pregnancy

Adam Bazer, MPD Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise USA (IHE USA)
Level 0 Pregnancy Information Mother’s Prepregnancy Weight

The weight of the mother before becoming pregnant.

LOINC codes exist for each of the proposed data elements: Last menstrual period start date: 8665-2 Delivery date Estimated: 11778-8 Body weight --pre current pregnancy: 56077-1

Adam Bazer, MPD Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise USA (IHE USA)
Level 0 Pregnancy Information Plurality

The number of fetuses delivered live or dead at any time in the pregnancy regardless of gestational age, or if the fetuses were delivered at different dates in the pregnancy. (“Reabsorbed” fetuses, those which are not “delivered” (expulsed or extracted from the mother) should not be counted.) Include all live births and fetal losses resulting from this pregnancy.

LOINC codes exist for each of the proposed data elements:

68493-6: Prenatal visits for this pregnancy #

69044-6: Date first prenatal visit

69461-2 Mother's body weight --at delivery

73772-6 The number of fetal deaths this delivery

73773-4 - Number of infants in this delivery delivered alive

57722-1 - Birth plurality of Pregnancy

Adam Bazer, MPD Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise USA (IHE USA)
Level 0 Work Information Job Supervisory Level or Pay Grade

A coded term that indicates the responsibilities of a person’s job for directing work and managing personnel, as reported by the person. Pay grade is used for a military position, since it distinguishes between officers and enlisted service members and conveys similar meaning across all branches of service.

Occupational Data for Health (Value Set -Job Supervisory Level or Pay Grade (ODH))

Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

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.

Incontinence

Lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation

LOINC

Holly Miller, MD MedAllies
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

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.

Accommodation

Provides information or details regarding modifications, tools, technologies, and/or other supports needed in order to address any barriers to care that an individual living with a disability(ies) may need in order to improve their care and life with a diagnosis.

Grace Cordovano Enlightening Results
Level 0 Laboratory

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

Specimen collection date/time Date/time when clinical specimen was collected from subject patient.

LOINC

Nedra Garrett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Level 0 Medical Devices

An instrument, machine, appliance, implant, software or other article intended to be used for a medical purpose.

Oxygen Delivery Device

Specification of the method of oxygen delivery.

Usage note: Provides critical context to understanding a patient's respiratory status, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which predominantly causes illness with pneumonia. 

Examples include but are not limited to nasal cannula, face mask, non-rebreather, BIPAP, CPAP, and ventilator. This would provide critical additional context to understanding a patient's respiratory status, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which predominantly causes illness with pneumonia.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2024 Release
Joshua D. Geleris, MD Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

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.

HHS Disability Status - Activities of Daily Living

According to the HHS implementation guide there are six-item set of questions used on ACS and other major surveys to gauge disability is the data standard for survey questions on disability. (HHS Implementation Guidance on Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status | ASPE). https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/hhs-implementation-guidance-data-collection-standards-race-ethnicity-sex-primary-language-disability-0 The prompt for this data element should be consistent with HHS implementation guide: “Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?”

HL7 FHIR: US Public Health Disability Status HL7 CDA: Disability Status Observation VSAC Value Set: Disability Status (LOINC)

Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Work Information Job Employer Address

The self-reported Employer Address; this is not necessarily the work location.

LOINC (r) 80429-4 Employer address

Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Medications

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

Medication Administration Status A code specifying the status of the Administration of a drug. This would clearly identify the current status of the drug administration. At any time, some codes may be ambiguous, such as “in-progress”, in that it is not currently clear if the administration process moved forward. Other codes will provide definitive states of the administration. For instance, “completed” shows the administration was completed, while “entered-on-error” indicates the prescription process was halted and the administration did not move forward

In FHIR R4, https://www.hl7.org/fhir/medicationadministration-definitions.html#MedicationAdministration.status

Scott Gordon Food and Drug Administration
Level 0 Work Information Job Start Date The date a person started working in a Job. Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Work Information Job End Date The last day a person worked in a Job. Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Work Information Job Employer Name

The company, organization, or individual that provides compensation for a job or that assigns work to a volunteer, as reported by the person. For a military position, this is the self-reported duty station (home base).

LOINC® 80427-8 Employer name

Nedra Garrett CDC
Level 0 Health Status Assessments

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.

HHS Disability Status - Mobility

According to the HHS implementation guide there are six-item set of questions used on ACS and other major surveys to gauge disability is the data standard for survey questions on disability. (HHS Implementation Guidance on Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status | ASPE). https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/hhs-implementation-guidance-data-collection-standards-race-ethnicity-sex-primary-language-disability-0 The prompt for this data element should be consistent with HHS implementation guide: “Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?” https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/hhs-implementation-guidance-data-collection-standards-race-ethnicity-sex-primary-language-disability-0

HL7 FHIR: US Public Health Disability Status HL7 CDA: Disability Status Observation VSAC Value Set: Disability Status (LOINC)

Nedra Garrett CDC