USCDI Export for the Public

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Draft USCDI V7 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. 
Emergency Department Note

Narrative summary of care delivered in an emergency department.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)
    • At minimum: Emergency department note (LOINC® code 34111-5)
Smitha Vellanky, on behalf of Joel Andress and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) On behalf of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Medications

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

Route of Administration

Physiological administration path of a therapeutic agent into or onto a patient. 

Examples include but are not limited to oral, topical, and intravenous. 

  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition
  • National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (NCIt), FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Terminology
Smitha Vellanky, on behalf of Joel Andress and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) On behalf of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Allergies and Intolerances

Harmful or undesired physiological responses associated with exposure to a substance.

Allergy Intolerance Criticality

Estimate of the potential clinical harm, or seriousness, of a reaction to an identified substance.

Sandi Mitchell J P Systems, Inc.
Draft USCDI V7 Adverse Events

Unintended effects associated with clinical interventions.

Adverse Event Outcome

Result or impact of an adverse event.

Examples include but are not limited to hospitalized, recovered, recovered with sequelae, and death.

Sandi Mitchell J P Systems, Inc.
Draft USCDI V7 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.

Nutrition Assessment

Assessment of a person’s dietary intake.

Michelle Ashafa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Draft USCDI V7 Immunizations

Record of vaccine administration.

Immunization Lot Number

Sequence of characters representing a specific quantity of manufactured material within a batch of a vaccine product.

Sandi Mitchell J P Systems, Inc.
Draft USCDI V7 Laboratory

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

Specimen Collection Method

Technique or procedure used to obtain a specimen.

Examples include but are not limited to venipuncture, swab, biopsy, aspiration, and catheter collection.

Sanjeev Tandon on behalf of CDC CDC
Draft USCDI V7 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Interpreter Needed

Indication of whether a person needs language interpretation services.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)
  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition
Scott Stare CMS Office of Minority Health
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Laboratory Order

Provider-authored request for the performance of a laboratory test.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)
Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Medication Order

Provider-authored request for the dispensing of a therapeutic agent.

  • RxNorm®
Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Diagnostic Imaging Order

Provider-authored request for the performance of a diagnostic imaging study.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)
Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Procedure Order

Provider-authored request for the performance of a diagnostic or therapeutic intervention.

Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Clinical Test Order

Provider-authored request for the performance of a non-laboratory or non-imaging test.

  • Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)
Joel Andress Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
Draft USCDI V7 Medical Devices

Instrument, machine, appliance, implant, software, or similar device intended to be used for a medical purpose.

Unique Device Identifier (UDI)

Numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a medical device. 

Usage note: Contains a device identifier (DI) and may contain one or more production identifiers (PI).

  • FDA Unique Device Identification (UDI) System
Marti Velezis FDA/CDRH/Indira Konduri (FDA/CDRH/OPEQ/ORP/DRPIII)
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Medical Device Order

Provider-authored request for medical devices.

Examples include but are not limited to therapeutic footwear, insulin infusion pump, and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.

Grace Glennon, on behalf of NCQA NCQA
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Referral Order

Provider-authored request to another provider, specialist, or organization for care services. 

Examples include but are not limited to referral orders to a wound care specialist and to a podiatrist.

Grace Glennon, on behalf of NCQA NCQA
Draft USCDI V7 Orders

Provider-authored request for the delivery of patient care services.

Usage notes: Orders convey a provider’s intent to have a service performed on or for a patient, or to give instructions on future care.

Nutrition Order

Provider-authored request for therapeutic diet, nutrition support, and nutrition to promote and maintain health.

Examples include but are not limited to cardiac diet, Mediterranean diet, whole food diet, clear liquid diet, enteral nutrition, and nutritional supplement.

Michelle Ashafa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Draft USCDI V7 Patient Demographics/Information

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

Deceased Indicator

Indicates if the person is deceased or not.

Sarah Gaunt The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
Draft USCDI V7 Healthcare Information Attributes

Contextual information that provides supporting details for healthcare data.

Diagnostic Report Date

Date and time a report containing test results or clinical interpretation was made available to providers.

Sarah Gaunt The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
Draft USCDI V7 Encounter Information

Information related to interactions between healthcare providers and a patient.

Appointment

A planned healthcare event for a future date/time.

Usage note: Created, tracked and managed for planned participation. An appointment may be called a future encounter and may result in one or more Encounters.

Philip Lieberman Analog Informatics Corporation