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USCDI V3 Laboratory

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

Specimen Type

Substance being sampled or tested. (e.g., nasopharyngeal swab, whole blood, serum, urine, wound swab).

  • SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2022 Release
Nedra Garrett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
USCDI V3 Procedures

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

Reason for Referral

Explanation or justification for a referral or consultation.

Adam Bazer, MPD Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise USA (IHE USA)
USCDI V3 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Related Person's Relationship

Relationship of a person to a patient. (e.g., parent, next-of-kin, guardian, custodian)

USCDI V3 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Related Person's Name

Name of a person with a legal or familial relationship to a patient.

Nedra Garrett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
USCDI V3 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Date of Death

Known or estimated year, month, and day of the patient's death.

Jeff Lyall Cigna
USCDI V3 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 V3 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

  • SNOMED International, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2022 Release  
A. Taylor ONC
USCDI V3 Health Insurance Information

Data related to an individual’s insurance coverage for healthcare.

Member Identifier

Sequence of characters used to uniquely refer to an individual with respect to their insurance.

Robert C Dieterle On behalf of the Da Vinci Project
USCDI V3 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 Result/Report

Findings of clinical tests.

Melissa Ayres SSA
USCDI V3 Health Status Assessments

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

Functional Status

Assessment of a patient’s capabilities, or their risks of development or worsening of a condition or problem. (e.g., fall risk, pressure ulcer risk, alcohol use)

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.72
Holly Miller, MD MedAllies
USCDI V3 Health Status Assessments

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

Disability Status

Assessments of a patient’s physical, cognitive, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities. (e.g., vision, hearing, memory, activities of daily living)

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.72
Grace Cordovano Enlightening Results
USCDI V3 Patient Demographics/Information

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. (e.g., U.S. Army, cement manufacturing, children and youth services)

  • Occupational Data for Health, version 20201030
Nedra Garrett CDC
USCDI V3 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Occupation

Type of work of a person. (e.g., infantry, business analyst, social worker)

  • Occupational Data for Health, version 20201030
Nedra Garrett CDC
USCDI V3 Health Insurance Information

Data related to an individual’s insurance coverage for healthcare.

Relationship to Subscriber

Relationship of a patient to the primary insured person.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
USCDI V3 Health Insurance Information

Data related to an individual’s insurance coverage for healthcare.

Coverage Status

Presence or absence of health care insurance.

Mark Roberts Leavitt Partners
USCDI V3 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Tribal Affiliation

Tribe or band with which an individual associates.

Laura Conn
USCDI V6 Care Plans

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

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

USCDI V6 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. 

Narrative summary of care provided in response to a request from a clinician for an opinion, advice, or service.

Examples include but are not limited to dermatology, dentistry, and acupuncture.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.80
    • At minimum: Consult note (LOINC code 11488-4)
USCDI V6 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. 

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

Usage note: Must contain admission and discharge dates and locations, discharge instructions, and reason(s) for hospitalization.

Examples include but are not limited to dermatology discharge summary, hematology discharge summary, and neurology discharge summary.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.80
    • At minimum: Discharge summary (LOINC code 18842-5)
USCDI V6 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. 
History & Physical

Narrative summary of current and past conditions and observations used to inform an episode of care.

Examples include but are not limited to admission, surgery, and other procedure.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.80
    • At minimum: History and physical note (LOINC code 34117-2)