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 3.0.0-ballot 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 Scoring Unit - JSON Profile

Page standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 4

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  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "cqm-scoringUnit",
  "language" : "en",
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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition cqm-scoringUnit</b></p><a name=\"cqm-scoringUnit\"> </a><a name=\"hccqm-scoringUnit\"> </a><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"xhtTableBorder0\"><tr class=\"xhtRowBorder1\"><th scope=\"col\" style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th scope=\"col\" style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th scope=\"col\" style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th scope=\"col\" style=\"; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th scope=\"col\" style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr class=\"xhtRowBorder0 xhtRowEven\"><td style=\"background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0 xhtCellNoWrap\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-cqm-scoringUnit-definitions.html#Extension\" title=\"Defines the expected units of measure for the measure score.\">Extension</a><a name=\"Extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\">0..1</td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension\">Extension(4.0.1)</a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\">What units?</td></tr>\r\n<tr class=\"xhtRowBorder0 xhtRowOdd\"><td style=\"background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0 xhtCellNoWrap\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_primitive.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <span style=\"position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0\" class=\"sr-only\">Extension.</span><a href=\"StructureDefinition-cqm-scoringUnit-definitions.html#Extension.url\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">1</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">..</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">1</span></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDarkGreen\">&quot;http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-scoringUnit&quot;</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr class=\"xhtRowBorder0 xhtRowEven\"><td style=\"background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0 xhtCellNoWrap\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <span style=\"position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0\" class=\"sr-only\">Extension.</span><a href=\"StructureDefinition-cqm-scoringUnit-definitions.html#Extension.value[x]\">value[x]</a><a name=\"Extension.value_x_\"> </a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">0</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">..</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">1</span></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">Value of extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode" : "cqi"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger" : 4,
      "_valueInteger" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.cqm"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode" : "trial-use",
      "_valueCode" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.cqm"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-scoringUnit",
  "identifier" : [
    {
      "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
      "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.61.42.29"
    }
  ],
  "version" : "3.0.0-ballot",
  "name" : "CQMScoringUnit",
  "title" : "CQM Scoring Unit",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-10-25T18:19:23+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Defines the expected units of measure for the measure score.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code" : "001"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "purpose" : "A computable measure must be able to specify the expected units of measure of the result. In many cases the units are directly inferred from the types of the expressions involved in the calculation. However, because the final calculation is generally performed on the results of aggregate operations, if the calculated result does not match the expected units defined by this element, a unit conversion SHALL be performed to provide the correct result.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [
    {
      "type" : "element",
      "expression" : "Measure"
    },
    {
      "type" : "element",
      "expression" : "Measure.group"
    }
  ],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "snapshot" : {
    "extension" : [
      {
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
        "valueString" : "4.0.1"
      }
    ],
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Extension",
        "path" : "Extension",
        "short" : "What units?",
        "definition" : "Defines the expected units of measure for the measure score.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Extension",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "*"
        },
        "condition" : [
          "ele-1"
        ],
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "ele-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
            "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
            "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
            "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element|4.0.1"
          },
          {
            "key" : "ext-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
            "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
            "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
            "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier" : false
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.id",
        "path" : "Extension.id",
        "representation" : [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
        "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Element.id",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "extension" : [
              {
                "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                "valueUrl" : "string"
              }
            ],
            "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier" : false,
        "isSummary" : false,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.extension",
        "path" : "Extension.extension",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "value",
              "path" : "url"
            }
          ],
          "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
          "rules" : "open"
        },
        "short" : "Additional content defined by implementations",
        "definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
        "comment" : "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
        "alias" : [
          "extensions",
          "user content"
        ],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Element.extension",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "*"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension"
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        ],
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "ele-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
            "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
            "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
            "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element|4.0.1"
          },
          {
            "key" : "ext-1",
            "severity" : "error",
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            "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
            "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
            "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1"
          }
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        "isModifier" : false,
        "isSummary" : false,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.url",
        "path" : "Extension.url",
        "representation" : [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Extension.url",
          "min" : 1,
          "max" : "1"
        },
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        ],
        "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-scoringUnit",
        "isModifier" : false,
        "isSummary" : false,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "N/A"
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
        "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
        "short" : "Value of extension",
        "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
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          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
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        ],
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "ele-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
            "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
            "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
            "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element|4.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier" : false,
        "isSummary" : false,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "N/A"
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  "differential" : {
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      {
        "id" : "Extension",
        "path" : "Extension",
        "short" : "What units?",
        "definition" : "Defines the expected units of measure for the measure score.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.url",
        "path" : "Extension.url",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-scoringUnit"
      },
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        "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
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          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
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}