CMS FHIR Quality Measure Development IG
1.0.0-cibuild - CI Build
CMS FHIR Quality Measure Development IG
1.0.0-cibuild - CI Build
CMS FHIR Quality Measure Development IG, published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-cibuild built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/cqframework/cms-qmd/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://ecqi.healthit.gov/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cms-type | Version: 1.0.0-cibuild | |||
| Active as of 2026-06-04 | Computable Name: CMSType | |||
Indicates the type of quality measure based on the observation value.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s):
Usage info
Usages:
You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..* | Extension | Extension | |
  url |
1..1 | uri | "http://ecqi.healthit.gov/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cms-type" | |
  value[x] |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ObservationMeasureType (extensible): Indicates the type of quality measure based on the observation value. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Extension | |
| 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://ecqi.healthit.gov/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cms-type" | |
| value[x] |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ObservationMeasureType (extensible): Indicates the type of quality measure based on the observation value. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Extension | |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://ecqi.healthit.gov/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cms-type" | |
| value[x] |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ObservationMeasureType (extensible): Indicates the type of quality measure based on the observation value. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Extension | |
| 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://ecqi.healthit.gov/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cms-type" | |
| value[x] |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ObservationMeasureType (extensible): Indicates the type of quality measure based on the observation value. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| Extension.value[x] | Base | extensible | ObservationMeasureType | 📦3.0.0 | THO v7.1 |
| 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()
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