Quality Measure Implementation Guide
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Quality Measure Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.1-cibuild built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-cqm/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Extension: CQM Applies To

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-appliesTo Version: 1.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Active as of 2026-03-03 Maturity Level: 4 Computable Name: CQMAppliesTo
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.61.42.2

Indicates the population that this stratifier should apply to. If no appliesTo extension is present, the stratifier is calculated based on the result of the population calculation (e.g. the calculated numerator for a proportion scoring).

Context of Use

Usage info

Usages:

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Formal Views of Extension Content

Description Differentials, Snapshots, and other representations.

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 1..* Extension Which population does this stratifier apply to?
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-appliesTo"
... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: MeasurePopulationType (extensible): Indicates the population

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base extensible MeasurePopulationType 📦2.0.0 THO v6.5
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 1..* Extension Which population does this stratifier apply to?
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-appliesTo"

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base extensible MeasurePopulationType 📦2.0.0 THO v6.5

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
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()

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Indicates the population that this stratifier should apply to. If no appliesTo extension is present, the stratifier is calculated based on the result of the population calculation (e.g. the calculated numerator for a proportion scoring).

Maturity: 4

Differential ViewDifferential View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 1..* Extension Which population does this stratifier apply to?
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-appliesTo"
... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: MeasurePopulationType (extensible): Indicates the population

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base extensible MeasurePopulationType 📦2.0.0 THO v6.5

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 1..* Extension Which population does this stratifier apply to?
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-appliesTo"

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base extensible MeasurePopulationType 📦2.0.0 THO v6.5

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
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()

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Indicates the population that this stratifier should apply to. If no appliesTo extension is present, the stratifier is calculated based on the result of the population calculation (e.g. the calculated numerator for a proportion scoring).

Maturity: 4

 

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