2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids Implementation Guide
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2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids Implementation Guide, published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2022.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/cqframework/opioid-cds-r4/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

PlanDefinition: PlanDefinition - 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain: Recommendation #11 (patient-view) (Experimental)

Official URL: http://fhir.org/guides/cdc/opioid-cds/PlanDefinition/opioidcds-11-patient-view Version: 2022.1.0
Draft as of 2023-05-01 Realm: United States of America flag Computable Name: PlanDefinition_Recommendation_11_Patient_View
Other Identifiers: cdc-opioid-guidance (use: OFFICIAL)

Usage:Clinical Focus: Medication requested (situation), Clinical Focus: Chronic pain (finding)

Copyright/Legal: © CDC 2016+.

Concurrently prescribing opioid medications with benzodiazepines increases the risk of harm for the patient.

The 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain is intended to improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose. The Guideline is not intended for patients who are in active cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care.

Id: opioidcds-11-patient-view
Url: PlanDefinition - 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain: Recommendation #11 (patient-view)
Version: 2022.1.0
Identifier:

value: cdc-opioid-guidance

Name: PlanDefinition_Recommendation_11_Patient_View
Title: PlanDefinition - 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain: Recommendation #11 (patient-view)
Status: draft
Experimental: true
Type:

system: PlanDefinitionType

code: eca-rule

display: ECA Rule

Date: 2023-05-01
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Description: Concurrently prescribing opioid medications with benzodiazepines increases the risk of harm for the patient.
Logic Definitions:
Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC11PatientView Get Summary 0
define "Get Summary":
  if "Is Recommendation Applicable?"
    then 'Patient has active prescriptions for opioid pain medication and benzodiazepines'
  else null


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Active Ambulatory Benzodiazepine Rx 1
define "Active Ambulatory Benzodiazepine Rx":
    if Config."Can the implementing EHR support queries for past medications by date range?" then
      (
        "Get MedicationRequest Medication as Code"("Get Active Ambulatory Medication Requests"([MedicationRequest]))
      ) Rx
        where date from Rx.authoredOn 2 years or less on or before Today()
          and Rx.medication in "Benzodiazepine medications"
    else
         List<FHIR.MedicationRequest>{}


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Active Ambulatory Opioid Rx 2
define "Active Ambulatory Opioid Rx":
    if Config."Can the implementing EHR support queries for past medications by date range?" then
      (
        "Get MedicationRequest Medication as Code"("Get Active Ambulatory Medication Requests"([MedicationRequest]))
      ) Rx
        where date from Rx.authoredOn 2 years or less on or before Today()
          and Rx.medication in "Opioid analgesics with ambulatory misuse potential"
    else
        List<FHIR.MedicationRequest>{}


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Patient Age Less Than 18 3
define "Patient Age Less Than 18":
  if (Config."Age Less than 18 Years Is Enabled") then
    AgeInYearsAt(Today()) < 18
  else
    false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Patient Age Less Than 18 4
define "Patient Age Less Than 18":
  if (Config."Age Less than 18 Years Is Enabled") then
    AgeInYearsAt(Today()) < 18
  else
    false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Condition Positive for Sickle Cell 5
define "Condition Positive for Sickle Cell":
      if (Config."Sickle Cell Check Enabled") then
        exists(
            Common."Positive Sickle Cell Condition"
        )  else
        false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon US Core-Categorized Conditions 6
// 3. Medications indicating end of life
    /* or exists (
      "Medications Indicating End of Life"
    ) */
define "US Core-Categorized Conditions":
  [Condition: category in "Encounter Diagnosis Condition Category"]
    union [Condition: category in "Problem List Condition Category"]
    union [Condition: category in "US Core Health Concern Condition Category"]


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Conditions Indicating End Of Life Present 7
define "Conditions Indicating End Of Life Present":
  exists (
    Common."US Core-Categorized Conditions" LLEC
      where LLEC.code in Common."Limited life expectancy conditions"
        and LLEC.clinicalStatus in Common."Active Condition"
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Service Requests 8
define "Service Requests":
   [ServiceRequest] SR
    return SR


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Palliative Care Lookback Period 9
/*
**  Routine #1
**  Opioid Review Useful Routine
**
**  Definition              | Answer to Proceed   | Details                                      | Data (Terminology) Requirement
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Age < 18 years?         | No                  | Calculate age from date of birth; exclude    | Date of birth
**                          |                     | patients with age less than 18 years at the  |
**                          |                     | time of the prescription                     |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Evidence of             | No                  | Look for documented findings consistent      | Sickle cell disease conditions
**  sickle cell disease?    |                     | with those listed in the sickle cell         |
**                          |                     | value set                                    |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Limited life            | No                  | Look for documented findings consistent      | Limited life expectancy conditions
**  expectancy conditions   |                     | with those listed in the limited life        |
**  present?                |                     | expectancy value set (terminal illness, bad  |
**                          |                     | prognosis, pre-terminal)                     |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Order for therapies     | No                  | Look for patients with an existing order for | Therapies indicating end of life care
**  indicating end of life  |                     | therapies indicating end of life care        |
**  care in past 90 days?   |                     | written within past 90 days                  |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Active cancer           | No                  | See sub-routine 3                            | See sub-routine 3
**  treatment?              |                     |                                              |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Conditions Likely       | No                  | Look for patients with active conditions in  | Conditions likely terminal for opioid
**  Terminal for opioid     |                     | the value set end-of-life-conditions         | prescribing
**  prescribing present?    |                     |                                              |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**
*/
define "Palliative Care Lookback Period":
  Interval[Today() - 90 days, Today()]


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Order For Palliative Care In Past 90 Days 10
define "Order For Palliative Care In Past 90 Days":
  exists (
    Common."Service Requests" SR
    where SR.status in { 'active', 'completed'}
      and SR.intent in {'proposal', 'plan,', 'directive', 'order', 'original-order', 'reflex-order', 'filler-order', 'instance-order'}
      and FHIRHelpers.ToDateTime(SR.authoredOn) during day of "Palliative Care Lookback Period"
      and SR.code in Common."Therapies indicating end of life care"
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Is Active Cancer Treatment? 11
define "Is Active Cancer Treatment?":
  if (Config."Active Cancer Treatment Encounters Condition Is Enabled") then
      "Has Two or More Encounters with Cancer Diagnosis During Encounter Period"
    else
      false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Conditions Including Cancer To Exclude Opioid Management Indicating End-Stage Disease Present 12
define "Conditions Including Cancer To Exclude Opioid Management Indicating End-Stage Disease Present":
  if (Config."End-Stage Disease Criteria Enabled") then
    exists (
      Common."US Core-Categorized Conditions" EOLC
        where EOLC.code in Common."Conditions likely terminal for opioid prescribing"
          and EOLC.clinicalStatus in Common."Active Condition"
    )
  else
    false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Is Opioid Review Useful? 13
define "Is Opioid Review Useful?":
  not "Patient Age Less Than 18"
    and not "Condition Positive for Sickle Cell"
    and not "Conditions Indicating End Of Life Present"
    and not "Order For Palliative Care In Past 90 Days"
    and not "Is Active Cancer Treatment?"
    and not "Conditions Including Cancer To Exclude Opioid Management Indicating End-Stage Disease Present"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC11PatientView Inclusion Criteria 14
define "Inclusion Criteria":
  (
    exists (Common."Active Ambulatory Benzodiazepine Rx")
      and exists (Common."Active Ambulatory Opioid Rx")
  )
    and not Common."Patient Age Less Than 18"
    and Routines."Is Opioid Review Useful?"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Conditions Indicating End of Life or With Limited Life Expectancy 15
define "Conditions Indicating End of Life or With Limited Life Expectancy":
  (
    "US Core-Categorized Conditions" C
      where C.code in "Conditions likely terminal for opioid prescribing"
        and C.clinicalStatus in "Active Condition"
  )
  union
  (
    "US Core-Categorized Conditions" C
      where C.code in "Limited life expectancy conditions"
        and C.clinicalStatus in "Active Condition"
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Admitted/Referred/Discharged to Hospice Care 16
define "Admitted/Referred/Discharged to Hospice Care":
  (
    [Procedure: code in "Hospice Procedure Codes"] P
      where P.status.value in { 'in-progress', 'completed' }
  )
  union
  (
    "Service Requests" SR
      where SR.code in "Hospice Procedure Codes"
        and SR.status.value in { 'active', 'completed' }
  )
  union
  (
    if (Config."Hospice Findings Exclusion Enabled") then
      [Observation: code in "Hospice Finding Codes"] O
        where not (O.status.value in { 'unknown', 'entered-in-error', 'cancelled' })
    else
      {}
  )
  union
  (
    [Encounter] E
      where date from E.period.start 1 year or less on or before Today()
        and (
          if E.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition.coding is null
              or not exists (E.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition.coding)
            then false
          else E.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition in "Hospice Disposition"
        )
        and E.status.value in { 'planned', 'arrived', 'in-progress', 'finished', 'onleave' }
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon End of Life Assessment 17
define "End of Life Assessment":
    // 1. Conditions indicating end of life or with limited life expectancy
    exists (
      "Conditions Indicating End of Life or With Limited Life Expectancy"
    )
    // 2. Admitted/referred/discharged to hospice care
    or exists (
      "Admitted/Referred/Discharged to Hospice Care"
    )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC11PatientView Exclusion Criteria 18
define "Exclusion Criteria":
  Common."End of Life Assessment"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC11PatientView Is Recommendation Applicable? 19
define "Is Recommendation Applicable?":
  "Inclusion Criteria"
    and not "Exclusion Criteria"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC11PatientView Get Detail 20
define "Get Detail":
  if "Is Recommendation Applicable?"
    then 'Avoid prescribing opioid pain medication and benzodiazepines concurrently whenever possible'
  else null


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC11PatientView Get Indicator 21
define "Get Indicator":
  if "Is Recommendation Applicable?"
    then 'warning'
  else null


Knowledge Capability: shareable computable executable publishable
Use Context:
codevaluedisplay
focus 182888003 Medication requested (situation)
focus 82423001 Chronic pain (finding)
Jurisdiction: US
Purpose:

The 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain is intended to improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose. The Guideline is not intended for patients who are in active cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care.

Usage: Clinicians should avoid prescribing opioid pain medication and benzodiazepines or other central nervous system depressant concurrently whenever possible.
Copyright:

© CDC 2016+.

Libraries:
Library - Recommendation #11 Patient View - Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
Actions:
Existing patient has concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions.: Checking if the trigger prescription meets the inclusion criteria for recommendation #11 workflow.
When: named-event: patient-view
If: applicability: Check whether the existing patient is using opioids concurrently with benzodiazepines. (Is Recommendation Applicable?)
Then:
: Will revise
Then:
: Benefits outweigh risks, snooze 3 months
Then:
: N/A - see comment, snooze 3 months
Then: