Draft dQM CMS Content Implementation Guide
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Library: PalliativeCare

Official URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Library/PalliativeCare Version: 2.1.000
Active as of 2025-08-20 Responsible: National Committee for Quality Assurance Computable Name: PalliativeCare

This library contains a definition used to exclude patients receiving palliative care for any part of the measurement period.

Metadata
Title PalliativeCare
Version 2.1.000
Topic FHIR
Topic CQL
Steward (Publisher) National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description

This library contains a definition used to exclude patients receiving palliative care for any part of the measurement period.
Type http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/library-type#logic-library
Parameters
Parameter None
Library Content
CQL Content 
/*
NOTE: For use by March 2026 US Realm Connectathon participants for internal use only. Not for use or distribution in commercial products.
*/
library PalliativeCare version '2.1.000'

using USQualityCore version '0.1.0-cibuild'
using USCore version '6.1.0-derived'
using FHIR version '4.0.1'

include hl7.fhir.uv.cql.FHIRHelpers version '4.0.1' called FHIRHelpers
include hl7.fhir.uv.cql.FHIRCommon version '2.0.0' called FHIRCommon

include Status version '2.1.000' called Status

codesystem "LOINC": 'http://loinc.org'

valueset "Palliative Care Encounter": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.101.12.1090'
valueset "Palliative Care Intervention": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.198.12.1135'
valueset "Palliative Care Diagnosis": 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.1167'

code "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Palliative Care Questionnaire (FACIT-Pal)": '71007-9' from "LOINC" display 'Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Palliative Care Questionnaire (FACIT-Pal)'

parameter "Measurement Period" Interval<DateTime>

context Patient

define "Has Palliative Care in the Measurement Period":
  // TODO: Shouldn't need to specify a code path here (see https://jira.hl7.org/browse/FHIR-53941)
  exists ((([USQualityCore.ObservationScreeningAssessment: code ~ "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Palliative Care Questionnaire (FACIT-Pal)"]).isAssessmentPerformed()) PalliativeAssessment
      where PalliativeAssessment.effective.toInterval() overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
  )
    // TODO: Consider whether to keep this as the union of the problems and encounter diagnosis list? Anything enforced by the profiles that is expected but isn't stated here?
    or exists ((([FHIR.Condition: "Palliative Care Diagnosis"]).verified()) PalliativeDiagnosis
        where PalliativeDiagnosis.prevalenceInterval() overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
    or exists ((([USQualityCore.Encounter: "Palliative Care Encounter"]).isEncounterPerformed()) PalliativeEncounter
        where PalliativeEncounter.period overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
    or exists ((([USQualityCore.Procedure: "Palliative Care Intervention"]).isInterventionPerformed()) PalliativeIntervention
        where PalliativeIntervention.performed.toInterval() overlaps day of "Measurement Period"
    )
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