Draft dQM CMS Content Implementation Guide
2025.1.0 - CI Build

Draft dQM CMS Content Implementation Guide, published by cqframework. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2025.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/cqframework/dqm-content-cms-2025/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Libraries

Libraries

LibraryDescription
AHAOverall

This version of the AHAOverall library is patterned after HFCommonDefinitionsQDM library version '3.0.000'

AdultOutpatientEncounters

This library contains a definition used to identify denominator qualifying encounters.

AdvancedIllnessandFrailty

This library contains definitions used to exclude patients 66 and older with an indication of frailty who also meet advanced illness criteria, and patients 66 and older who are living long term in a nursing home.

AlaraCommonFunctions

Provides common functions used in the Alara CT measures for determining qualifying scans and extracting noise and dose values.

CMS108FHIRVTEProphylaxis

CMS108FHIRVTEProphylaxis

CMS1206FHIRCTOQR

CMS1206FHIRCTOQR

CMS122FHIRDiabetesAssessGT9Pct

CMS122FHIRDiabetesAssessGT9Pct

CMS125FHIRBreastCancerScreen

CMS125FHIRBreastCancerScreen

CMS130FHIRColorectalCancerScrn

CMS130FHIRColorectalCancerScrn

CMS135FHIRACEIorARBorARNIforHF

CMS135FHIRACEIorARBorARNIforHF

CMS165FHIRControllingHighBP

CMS165FHIRControllingHighBP

CMS2FHIRPCSDepScreenAndFollowUp

CMS2FHIRPCSDepScreenAndFollowUp

CMS986FHIRMalnutritionScore

CMS986FHIRMalnutritionScore

CQMCommon

This library contains declarations that are commonly used in eCQMs and shared across the logic of multiple measures, such as the Encounter Inpatient value set, and the Inpatient Encounter population criteria definition. This library also contains functions for calculating hospitalization duration as well as hospital arrival and departure times.

Hospice

This library contains a definition used to exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period.

NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation

NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation

PalliativeCare

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

Status

This library contains functions used to constrain FHIR resource elements for measures authored by NCQA, based on QICore 6.0.0 resources including IG and authoring patterns. The functions may appear similar to some QICoreCommon functions but differ in that they have constraints that are relevant for measures authored by NCQA.

SupplementalDataElements

This is the QI-Core 6.0.0-derived version of the Supplemental Data Elements library containing the CMS SDE definitions for Payer, Race, Ethnicity and Sex

TJCOverall

Common functions and definitions used by TJC measures

US Quality Core Common

Common terminologies and functions used in US Quality Core-based CQL artifacts

VTE

Definitions and functions used for VTE measures, including VTE Initial Population.