ICD 10 code for outpatient vte prophylaxis.

This measure takes into account the number of patients who received VTE prophylaxis and the day after hospital admission or surgery end date for surgeries.

Inpatient hospitalizations for patients with comfort measures documented anytime between the day of arrival and day after admission.

Patients with comfort measures documented by the day after surgery can be hospitalized.

Inpatient hospitalizations for patients who are admitted directly to the intensive care unit (ICU) or transferred to it the day or day after the hospital admission have a length of stay greater than or equal to one day.

Patients with a principal procedure of the surgical care improvement project can be hospitalized.

The day of or the day after surgery is the end date.

Inpatient hospitalizations for patients who have documentation of a reason why no VTE prophylaxis was given.

The end date is the day after the surgery or hospital admission.

The intended administration route for low dose unfractionated heparin is on the skin.

The reasons for no VTE prophylaxis must be documented by the MD/APN/PA.There is more than one reason for not administering VTE prophylactics.In order for ambulation/patient ambulating to be considered as an acceptable reason, explicit documentation is needed.

QDM version 5.5 is used in this version of the eCQM.Refer to the eCQI resource center for more information.

The 'Assessment, Performed' attribute was replaced with 'authorDatetime' and a new variable was added.

Renamed the 'In Low Risk for VTE or On Anticoagulant' definition and revised logic for clarification consistent with the Clinical Quality Language Style Guide.

Rivaroxaban and Betroxban were approved by the FDA for VTE prophylaxis.

Interventions in the ED or Observation setting prior to admission count toward the numerator.

The 'Encounter, Performed' diagnosis attribute has been modified to reference diagnosis codes in value sets specified in the logic.

The'relevantDatetime' attribute has been added to QDM datatypes.'RelevantDatetime' is the time when the action occurred while 'authorDateTime' indicates when it was recorded.

The CQL expression has been updated to conform with the standard.

For clarification, the names of CQL definitions, functions, and/or aliases have been changed.

The measure authoring tool has a new version number.

One new function related to calculating the length of hospital stays with observation stays has been added to the common functions library.

For downloads of current value sets, please visit the VSAC, it is the source of truth.

There is a value set for low dose unfractionated heparin.

The value set Unfractionated Heparin was deleted based on terminology update.

The value set General Surgery added two SNOMEDCT codes and deleted seven.

There is a value set for Gynecological Surgery.

The value set was deleted based on terminology update.

3 ICD-10-CM codes were added based on terminology update.

The hip replacement surgery is a value set.

A value set Knee Replacement Surgery has been added and deleted.

There were 17 SNOMED CT codes added and 27 deleted from the value set.

There is a value set Ischemic Stroke.

2 SNOMEDCT codes were deleted based on clinical/coding expert feedback.

Rivaroxaban and Betrixaban were added to the value set due to FDA approval.

The value set principal has been removed due to standards updates.