QI-Core Implementation Guide
5.0.0 - STU5
QI-Core Implementation Guide
5.0.0 - STU5
This page is part of the Quality Improvement Core Framework (v5.0.0: STU5 (v5.0.0)) based on FHIR R4. The current version which supercedes this version is 4.1.1. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-coverage | Version: 5.0.0 | |||
| Active as of 2018-08-22 | Computable Name: QICoreCoverage | |||
Profile of Coverage for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors.
define "SDE Payer":
[Coverage: type in "Payer"] Payer
return {
code: Payer.type,
period: Payer.period
}
| General Person Primary Coverage Example |
| General Subscriber ID Coverage Example |
Usage:
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.
This structure is derived from Coverage
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Coverage | 0..* | Coverage | Insurance or medical plan or a payment agreement | |
  type | S | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coverage category such as medical or accident Binding: https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 (required): Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system |
 policyHolder | S | 0..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Owner of the policy |
| subscriberId | S | 0..1 | string | ID assigned to the subscriber |
| beneficiary | S | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient) | Plan beneficiary |
| period | S | 0..1 | Period | Coverage start and end dates |
| payor | S | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Issuer of the policy |
| order | S | 0..1 | positiveInt | Relative order of the coverage |
 contract | S | 0..* | Reference(Contract) | Contract details |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet |
| Coverage.type | required | https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 |
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 0..* | Coverage | Insurance or medical plan or a payment agreement | |
 implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
 modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
| status | ?!Σ | 1..1 | code | active | cancelled | draft | entered-in-error Binding: FinancialResourceStatusCodes (required): A code specifying the state of the resource instance. |
 type | SΣ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coverage category such as medical or accident Binding: https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 (required): Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system |
| policyHolder | SΣ | 0..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Owner of the policy |
| subscriberId | SΣ | 0..1 | string | ID assigned to the subscriber |
| beneficiary | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient) | Plan beneficiary |
| period | SΣ | 0..1 | Period | Coverage start and end dates |
| payor | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Issuer of the policy |
| order | SΣ | 0..1 | positiveInt | Relative order of the coverage |
| contract | S | 0..* | Reference(Contract) | Contract details |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet |
| Coverage.status | required | FinancialResourceStatusCodes |
| Coverage.type | required | https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| dom-2 | error | Coverage | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources : contained.contained.empty() | |
| dom-3 | error | Coverage | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource : contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty() | |
| dom-4 | error | Coverage | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated : contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty() | |
| dom-5 | error | Coverage | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label : contained.meta.security.empty() | |
| dom-6 | best practice | Coverage | A resource should have narrative for robust management : text.`div`.exists() | |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 0..* | Coverage | Insurance or medical plan or a payment agreement | |||||
| id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | ||||
| meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | ||||
| implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | ||||
| language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language.
| |||||
| text | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation | |||||
| contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |||||
 extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | ||||
| identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | Business Identifier for the coverage | ||||
| status | ?!Σ | 1..1 | code | active | cancelled | draft | entered-in-error Binding: FinancialResourceStatusCodes (required): A code specifying the state of the resource instance. | ||||
| type | SΣ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coverage category such as medical or accident Binding: https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 (required): Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system | ||||
| policyHolder | SΣ | 0..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Owner of the policy | ||||
| subscriber | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson) | Subscriber to the policy | ||||
| subscriberId | SΣ | 0..1 | string | ID assigned to the subscriber | ||||
| beneficiary | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient) | Plan beneficiary | ||||
| dependent | Σ | 0..1 | string | Dependent number | ||||
| relationship | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Beneficiary relationship to the subscriber Binding: SubscriberRelationshipCodes (extensible): The relationship between the Subscriber and the Beneficiary (insured/covered party/patient). | |||||
| period | SΣ | 0..1 | Period | Coverage start and end dates | ||||
| payor | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Issuer of the policy | ||||
 class | 0..* | BackboneElement | Additional coverage classifications | |||||
 id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
| type | Σ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Type of class such as 'group' or 'plan' Binding: CoverageClassCodes (extensible): The policy classifications, eg. Group, Plan, Class, etc. | ||||
| value | Σ | 1..1 | string | Value associated with the type | ||||
| name | Σ | 0..1 | string | Human readable description of the type and value | ||||
| order | SΣ | 0..1 | positiveInt | Relative order of the coverage | ||||
| network | Σ | 0..1 | string | Insurer network | ||||
| costToBeneficiary | 0..* | BackboneElement | Patient payments for services/products | |||||
| id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
| type | Σ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Cost category Binding: CoverageCopayTypeCodes (extensible): The types of services to which patient copayments are specified. | ||||
 value[x] | Σ | 1..1 | The amount or percentage due from the beneficiary | |||||
| valueQuantity | Quantity(SimpleQuantity) | |||||||
| valueMoney | Money | |||||||
 exception | 0..* | BackboneElement | Exceptions for patient payments | |||||
 id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
| type | Σ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Exception category Binding: ExampleCoverageFinancialExceptionCodes (example): The types of exceptions from the part or full value of financial obligations such as copays. | ||||
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period | The effective period of the exception | ||||
| subrogation | 0..1 | boolean | Reimbursement to insurer | |||||
| contract | S | 0..* | Reference(Contract) | Contract details | ||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | ||||
| Coverage.language | preferred | CommonLanguages
| ||||
| Coverage.status | required | FinancialResourceStatusCodes | ||||
| Coverage.type | required | https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 | ||||
| Coverage.relationship | extensible | SubscriberRelationshipCodes | ||||
| Coverage.class.type | extensible | CoverageClassCodes | ||||
| Coverage.costToBeneficiary.type | extensible | CoverageCopayTypeCodes | ||||
| Coverage.costToBeneficiary.exception.type | example | ExampleCoverageFinancialExceptionCodes |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
This structure is derived from Coverage
Differential View
This structure is derived from Coverage
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 0..* | Coverage | Insurance or medical plan or a payment agreement | |
| type | S | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coverage category such as medical or accident Binding: https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 (required): Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system |
| policyHolder | S | 0..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Owner of the policy |
| subscriberId | S | 0..1 | string | ID assigned to the subscriber |
| beneficiary | S | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient) | Plan beneficiary |
| period | S | 0..1 | Period | Coverage start and end dates |
| payor | S | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Issuer of the policy |
| order | S | 0..1 | positiveInt | Relative order of the coverage |
| contract | S | 0..* | Reference(Contract) | Contract details |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet |
| Coverage.type | required | https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 |
Key Elements View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 0..* | Coverage | Insurance or medical plan or a payment agreement | |
| implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
| status | ?!Σ | 1..1 | code | active | cancelled | draft | entered-in-error Binding: FinancialResourceStatusCodes (required): A code specifying the state of the resource instance. |
| type | SΣ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coverage category such as medical or accident Binding: https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 (required): Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system |
| policyHolder | SΣ | 0..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Owner of the policy |
| subscriberId | SΣ | 0..1 | string | ID assigned to the subscriber |
| beneficiary | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient) | Plan beneficiary |
| period | SΣ | 0..1 | Period | Coverage start and end dates |
| payor | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Issuer of the policy |
| order | SΣ | 0..1 | positiveInt | Relative order of the coverage |
| contract | S | 0..* | Reference(Contract) | Contract details |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet |
| Coverage.status | required | FinancialResourceStatusCodes |
| Coverage.type | required | https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| dom-2 | error | Coverage | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources : contained.contained.empty() | |
| dom-3 | error | Coverage | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource : contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty() | |
| dom-4 | error | Coverage | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated : contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty() | |
| dom-5 | error | Coverage | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label : contained.meta.security.empty() | |
| dom-6 | best practice | Coverage | A resource should have narrative for robust management : text.`div`.exists() | |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | 0..* | Coverage | Insurance or medical plan or a payment agreement | |||||
| id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | ||||
| meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | ||||
| implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | ||||
| language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language.
| |||||
| text | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation | |||||
| contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | ||||
| identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | Business Identifier for the coverage | ||||
| status | ?!Σ | 1..1 | code | active | cancelled | draft | entered-in-error Binding: FinancialResourceStatusCodes (required): A code specifying the state of the resource instance. | ||||
| type | SΣ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coverage category such as medical or accident Binding: https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 (required): Categories of types of health care payor entities as defined by the US Public Health Data Consortium SOP code system | ||||
| policyHolder | SΣ | 0..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Owner of the policy | ||||
| subscriber | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson) | Subscriber to the policy | ||||
| subscriberId | SΣ | 0..1 | string | ID assigned to the subscriber | ||||
| beneficiary | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient) | Plan beneficiary | ||||
| dependent | Σ | 0..1 | string | Dependent number | ||||
| relationship | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Beneficiary relationship to the subscriber Binding: SubscriberRelationshipCodes (extensible): The relationship between the Subscriber and the Beneficiary (insured/covered party/patient). | |||||
| period | SΣ | 0..1 | Period | Coverage start and end dates | ||||
| payor | SΣ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore Patient | QICore Organization | QICore RelatedPerson) | Issuer of the policy | ||||
| class | 0..* | BackboneElement | Additional coverage classifications | |||||
| id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
| type | Σ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Type of class such as 'group' or 'plan' Binding: CoverageClassCodes (extensible): The policy classifications, eg. Group, Plan, Class, etc. | ||||
| value | Σ | 1..1 | string | Value associated with the type | ||||
| name | Σ | 0..1 | string | Human readable description of the type and value | ||||
| order | SΣ | 0..1 | positiveInt | Relative order of the coverage | ||||
| network | Σ | 0..1 | string | Insurer network | ||||
| costToBeneficiary | 0..* | BackboneElement | Patient payments for services/products | |||||
| id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
| type | Σ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Cost category Binding: CoverageCopayTypeCodes (extensible): The types of services to which patient copayments are specified. | ||||
| value[x] | Σ | 1..1 | The amount or percentage due from the beneficiary | |||||
| valueQuantity | Quantity(SimpleQuantity) | |||||||
| valueMoney | Money | |||||||
| exception | 0..* | BackboneElement | Exceptions for patient payments | |||||
| id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
| type | Σ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Exception category Binding: ExampleCoverageFinancialExceptionCodes (example): The types of exceptions from the part or full value of financial obligations such as copays. | ||||
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period | The effective period of the exception | ||||
| subrogation | 0..1 | boolean | Reimbursement to insurer | |||||
| contract | S | 0..* | Reference(Contract) | Contract details | ||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | ||||
| Coverage.language | preferred | CommonLanguages
| ||||
| Coverage.status | required | FinancialResourceStatusCodes | ||||
| Coverage.type | required | https://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 | ||||
| Coverage.relationship | extensible | SubscriberRelationshipCodes | ||||
| Coverage.class.type | extensible | CoverageClassCodes | ||||
| Coverage.costToBeneficiary.type | extensible | CoverageCopayTypeCodes | ||||
| Coverage.costToBeneficiary.exception.type | example | ExampleCoverageFinancialExceptionCodes |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
This structure is derived from Coverage
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
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