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 V2 Vital Signs

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

Inhaled Oxygen Concentration
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.70
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V2 Diagnostic Imaging

Tests that result in visual images requiring interpretation by a credentialed professional.

Diagnostic Imaging Report

Interpreted results of imaging test that includes the study performed, reason, findings, and impressions. Includes both structured and unstructured (narrative) components.

Swapna Abhyankar Regenstrief Institute, LOINC Document Ontology Subcommittee
USCDI V2 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. 
Discharge Summary Note

A synopsis of a patient’s admission and course in a hospital or post-acute care setting.

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.70

  • Discharge Summary (LOINC® code 18842-5)
USCDI V2 Procedures

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

SDOH Interventions

A service offered to a patient to address identified Social Determinants of Health concerns, problems, or diagnoses (e.g., Education about Meals on Wheels Program, Referral to transportation support programs). SDOH data relate to conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play and their effects on health risks and outcomes.

  • SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2021 Release
  • Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2021, as maintained and distributed by the American Medical Association, for physician services and other health care services
  • Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II, as maintained and distributed by HHS
Mark Savage for Gravity Project Gravity Project
USCDI V2 Goals

Desired state to be achieved by a patient.

SDOH Goals

Identifies a future desired condition or change in condition related to an SDOH risk in any domain and is established by the patient or provider. (e.g., Has adequate quality meals and snacks, Transportation security-able to access health and social needs). SDOH data relate to conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play and their effects on health risks and outcomes.

  • SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2021 Release
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.70
Mark Savage for Gravity Project Gravity Project
USCDI V2 Problems

Condition, diagnosis, or reason for seeking medical attention.

Problems
  • Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2021 Release
  • International Classification of Diseases ICD-10-CM 2021
USCDI V2 Clinical Tests

Non-imaging and non-laboratory tests performed that result in structured or unstructured findings specific to the patient to facilitate the diagnosis and management of conditions.

Clinical Test

The name of the non-imaging or non-laboratory test performed on a patient.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.70
Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
USCDI V2 Problems

Condition, diagnosis, or reason for seeking medical attention.

SDOH Problems/Health Concerns

An identified Social Determinants of Health-related condition (e.g., Homelessness (finding), Lack of adequate food Z59.41, Transport too expensive (finding)). SDOH data relate to conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play and their effects on health risks and outcomes.

  • ​​​​SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2021 Release
  • International Classification of Diseases ICD-10-CM 2021
Mark Savage for Gravity Project Gravity Project
USCDI V2 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 2.70
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V2 Assessment and Plan of Treatment

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

SDOH Assessment

Structured evaluation of risk (e.g., PRAPARE, Hunger Vital Sign, AHC-HRSN screening tool) for any Social Determinants of Health domain such as food, housing, or transportation security. SDOH data relate to conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play and their effects on health risks and outcomes.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.70
  • SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2021 Release
Mark Savage for Gravity Project Gravity Project
USCDI V2 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Phone Number

Both standards are required

  • ITU-T E.123, Series E: Overall Network Operation, Telephone Service, Service Operation and Human Factors, International operation - General provisions concerning users: Notation for national and international telephone numbers, email addresses and web addresses, February 2001
  • ITU-T E.164, Series E: Overall Network Operation, Telephone Service, Service Operation and Human Factors, International operation - Numbering plan of the international telephone service, The international public telecommunication numbering plan, November 2010

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(q)(1)

USCDI V2 Problems

Condition, diagnosis, or reason for seeking medical attention.

Date of Resolution

Date of subsiding or termination of a symptom, problem, or condition.

Steven Lane Sutter Health
USCDI V2 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 V2 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)

USCDI V2 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Sexual Orientation

A person’s identification of their emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction to another person

Sexual orientation must be coded in accordance with SNOMED CT® and HL7 Version 3 Standard, Value Sets for AdministrativeGender and NullFlavor, attributed as follows:

  • Lesbian, gay or homosexual. 38628009
  • Straight or heterosexual. 20430005
  • Bisexual. 42035005
  • Something else, please describe. nullFlavor OTH
  • Don't know. nullFlavor UNK
  • Choose not to disclose. nullFlavor ASKU

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(o)(1)

A. Taylor ONC
USCDI V2 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Gender Identity

A person’s internal sense of being a man, woman, both, or neither.

Gender Identify must be coded in accordance with SNOMED CT® and HL7 Version 3 Standard, Value Sets for AdministrativeGender and NullFlavor, attributed as follows:

  • Male. 446151000124109
  • Female. 446141000124107
  • Female-to-Male (FTM)/Transgender Male/Trans Man. 407377005
  • Male-to-Female (MTF)/Transgender Female/Trans Woman. 407376001
  • Genderqueer, neither exclusively male nor female. 446131000124102
  • Additional gender category or other, please specify. nullFlavor OTH
  • Choose not to disclose. nullFlavor ASKU

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(o)(2)

A. Taylor ONC
USCDI V2 Provenance

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

Author Organization

Organization associated with author.

USCDI V2 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 V2 Vital Signs

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

Head Occipital-frontal Circumference Percentile (Birth - 36 Months)
  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.70
  • The Unified Code of Units for Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.1
USCDI V2 Encounter Information

Information related to interactions between healthcare providers and a patient.

Encounter Type Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)