dQM QICore Content Implementation Guide
2025.0.0 - CI Build

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Library: Hospice

Official URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Library/Hospice Version: 6.18.000
Active as of 2025-08-20 Responsible: National Committee for Quality Assurance Computable Name: Hospice
Other Identifiers: https://madie.cms.gov/login#684c52bf0d70b65363c69ee2 (use: official, )

This library contains a definition used to exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period.

Metadata
Title Hospice
Version 6.18.000
Identifier 684c52bf0d70b65363c69ee2
Steward (Publisher) National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description

This library contains a definition used to exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period.
Type http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/library-type#logic-library
Data Requirement Type: Patient
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient
Data Requirement Type: Encounter
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounter
Must Support Elements: type, hospitalization, hospitalization.dischargeDisposition, period
Code Filter(s):
Path: type
ValueSet: Encounter Inpatient
Data Requirement Type: Encounter
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounter
Must Support Elements: type, period
Code Filter(s):
Path: type
ValueSet: Hospice Encounter
Data Requirement Type: Observation
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-observation-screening-assessment
Must Support Elements: code, value, effective
Code Filter(s):
Path: code
Code(s): LOINC: 45755-6 (Hospice care [Minimum Data Set])
Data Requirement Type: ServiceRequest
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-servicerequest
Must Support Elements: code, authoredOn, authoredOn.value
Code Filter(s):
Path: code
ValueSet: Hospice Care Ambulatory
Data Requirement Type: Procedure
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-procedure
Must Support Elements: code, performed
Code Filter(s):
Path: code
ValueSet: Hospice Care Ambulatory
Data Requirement Type: Condition
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-condition-problems-health-concerns
Must Support Elements: code
Code Filter(s):
Path: code
ValueSet: Hospice Diagnosis
Data Requirement Type: Condition
Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-condition-encounter-diagnosis
Must Support Elements: code
Code Filter(s):
Path: code
ValueSet: Hospice Diagnosis
Parameters
Name Use Card. Type Documentation
Measurement Period In 0..1 Period
Patient Out 0..1 Resource
Has Hospice Services Out 0..1 boolean
Library Content
CQL Content 
library Hospice version '6.18.000'

using QICore version '6.0.0'

include FHIRHelpers version '4.4.000' called FHIRHelpers
include QICoreCommon version '4.0.000' called QICoreCommon
include Status version '1.15.000' called Status

codesystem "LOINC": 'http://loinc.org'
codesystem "SNOMEDCT": 'http://snomed.info/sct'

valueset "Encounter Inpatient": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307'
valueset "Hospice Care Ambulatory": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1584'
valueset "Hospice Encounter": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.1003'
valueset "Hospice Diagnosis": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.1165'

code "Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure)": '428371000124100' from "SNOMEDCT" display 'Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure)'
code "Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure)": '428361000124107' from "SNOMEDCT" display 'Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure)'
code "Hospice care [Minimum Data Set]": '45755-6' from "LOINC" display 'Hospice care [Minimum Data Set]'
code "Yes (qualifier value)": '373066001' from "SNOMEDCT" display 'Yes (qualifier value)'

parameter "Measurement Period" Interval<DateTime>
  default Interval[@2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z, @2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z)

context Patient

define "Has Hospice Services":
  exists ((([Encounter: "Encounter Inpatient"]).isEncounterPerformed()) InpatientEncounter
      where (InpatientEncounter.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure)"
          or InpatientEncounter.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure)"
      )
        and InpatientEncounter.period ends during day of "Measurement Period"
  )
    or exists ((([Encounter: "Hospice Encounter"]).isEncounterPerformed()) HospiceEncounter
        where HospiceEncounter.period overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
    or exists ((([ObservationScreeningAssessment: "Hospice care [Minimum Data Set]"]).isAssessmentPerformed()) HospiceAssessment
        where HospiceAssessment.value ~ "Yes (qualifier value)"
          and HospiceAssessment.effective.toInterval() overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
    or exists ((([ServiceRequest: "Hospice Care Ambulatory"]).isInterventionOrder()) HospiceOrder
        where HospiceOrder.authoredOn during day of "Measurement Period"
    )
    or exists ((([Procedure: "Hospice Care Ambulatory"]).isInterventionPerformed()) HospicePerformed
        where HospicePerformed.performed.toInterval() overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
    or exists ((([ConditionProblemsHealthConcerns: "Hospice Diagnosis"]
        union [ConditionEncounterDiagnosis: "Hospice Diagnosis"]).verified()) HospiceCareDiagnosis
        where HospiceCareDiagnosis.prevalenceInterval() overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
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Citations and References
Dependency Description: Library FHIRHelpers
Resource: FHIRHelpers version: 4.4.000
Canonical URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000
Dependency Description: Library QICoreCommon
Resource: QICoreCommon version: 4.0.000
Canonical URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Library/QICoreCommon|4.0.000
Dependency Description: Library Status
Resource: Status version: 1.15.000
Canonical URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Library/Status|1.15.000
Dependency Description: Code system LOINC
Resource: Logical Observation Identifiers, Names and Codes (LOINC)
Canonical URL: http://loinc.org
Dependency Description: Code system SNOMEDCT
Resource: SNOMED CT (all versions)
Canonical URL: http://snomed.info/sct
Dependency Description: Value set Encounter Inpatient
Resource: Encounter Inpatient
Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307
Dependency Description: Value set Hospice Care Ambulatory
Resource: Hospice Care Ambulatory
Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1584
Dependency Description: Value set Hospice Encounter
Resource: Hospice Encounter
Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.1003
Dependency Description: Value set Hospice Diagnosis
Resource: Hospice Diagnosis
Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.1165
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