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Draft USCDI V6

Record of vaccine administration.

Immunizations

Vaccine product administered, planned, or reported.

Both standards are required:

  • CVX – Vaccines Administered, updates through December 16, 2024
  • National Drug Code (NDC), updates through January 14, 2025
Draft USCDI V6

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

Tests

Analysis of specimens derived from humans which provide information for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment of disease, or assessment of health.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.78
Draft USCDI V6

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

Values/Results

Documented findings of a tested specimen including structured and unstructured components.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
Draft USCDI V6

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

Medications

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

  • RxNorm® Full Monthly Release, December 2, 2024

Optional:

  • National Drug Code (NDC), January 14, 2025
Draft USCDI V6

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

First Name
Draft USCDI V6

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

Last Name
Draft USCDI V6

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

Previous Name
Draft USCDI V6

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

Middle Name (Including middle initial)
Draft USCDI V6

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

Name component following family name that may be used to describe a person's position in a family.

Draft USCDI V6

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

Documentation of a specific instance of sex.

Both values must be supported:

  • SNOMED CT U.S. Edition: 248152002 (Female)
  • SNOMED CT U.S. Edition: 248153007 (Male)
Draft USCDI V6

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

Date of Birth

Known or estimated year, month, and day of the patient’s birth.

Draft USCDI V6

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 1.3 (November 2024)
Draft USCDI V6

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 1.3 (November 2024)
Draft USCDI V6

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

Preferred Language
  • IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Request for Comment (RFC) 5646, “Tags for Identifying Languages”, September 2009

Adopted at 45 CFR 170.207(g)(2)

Draft USCDI V6

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

Current Address

Place where a person is located or may be contacted.

Usage note: If the address pattern is not supported in the standard, implementations should align as closely as possible and avoid truncating any values.

  • Project US@ Technical Specification for Patient Addresses, Final Version 1.0
Draft USCDI V6

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

Phone Number

Numbers and symbols to contact an individual when using a phone.

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)

Draft USCDI V6

Condition, diagnosis, or reason for seeking medical attention.

Problems

Condition, diagnosis, or reason for seeking medical attention.

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
  • International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) 2025
Draft USCDI V6

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

Procedures

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

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2024 Release
  • Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2025, as maintained and distributed by the American Medical Association, for physician services and other healthcare services, and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), as maintained and distributed by HHS
  • Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) 2025, maintained and distributed by the American Dental Association

Optional:

  • 2025 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (2025 ICD-10-PCS)
Draft USCDI V6

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

Date and time of author action.

Draft USCDI V6

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

Author Organization

Organization associated with author.