Quality Measure Implementation Guide
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## Measure: Terminology FHIR (Experimental)

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/Measure/Terminology-FHIR | Version: 1.0.0 | Highlight text changes?
Standards status: Informative Active as of 2025-08-13 | Computable Name: Terminology_FHIR
Other Identifiers: http://example.org/fhir/cqi/ecqm/Measure/Identifier/exm#Terminology_FHIR (use: official, ), OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.61.29.19

This example illustrates the use of risk adjustment variables within a measure represented as a FHIR eCQM

Metadata
Title | Terminology FHIR
Version | 1.0.0
Identifier | Terminology_FHIR
Identifier | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.61.29.19
Effective Period | 2018-01-01 through 2018-12-31
Approval Date | 2019-03-08
Last Review Date | 2019-03-08
Experimental | true
Jurisdiction | 001 from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm
Topic | Health Quality Measure Document
Steward (Publisher) | HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information
Description | This example illustrates the use of risk adjustment variables within a measure represented as a FHIR eCQM
Measure Basis | Encounter
Measure Scoring | Cohort
Improvement Notation | Decreased score indicates improvement
Measure Type | process from http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-type
Measure Group (Rate) (ID: primary)
Measure Logic
Primary Library | Terminology Library
Contents | Population Criteria Logic Definitions Terminology Dependencies Data Requirements Parameters
Population Criteria
Measure Group (Rate) (ID: primary)
Logic Definitions
Logic Definition | Library Name: Terminology
    define "Inpatient Encounter":
      ["Encounter": type in "Encounter Inpatient SNOMEDCT Value Set"] E
        where E.status = 'finished'
Logic Definition | Library Name: Terminology
    define "Initial Population":
      "Inpatient Encounter"
Logic Definition | Library Name: FHIRHelpers
    define function ToString(value EncounterStatus): value.value
Terminology
Value Set | Description: Value set Encounter Inpatient SNOMEDCT Value Set Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307|20260210 Canonical URL: `http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307|20260210`
Dependencies
Dependency | Description: FHIR model information Resource: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cql/Library/FHIR-ModelInfo|4.0.1 Canonical URL: `http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cql/Library/FHIR-ModelInfo|4.0.1`
Dependency | Description: Library FHIRHelpers Resource: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cql/Library/FHIRHelpers|4.0.1 Canonical URL: `http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cql/Library/FHIRHelpers|4.0.1`
Data Requirements
Data Requirement | Type: Encounter Profile(s): Encounter Must Support Elements: type, status Code Filter(s): Path: type ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307|20260210
Parameters
Name | Use | Card. | Type | Documentation
Initial Population | Out | 0..* | Encounter |
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