eCQM Content CMS Implementation Guide
            
            2025.7.1 - CI Build
            
          
eCQM Content CMS Implementation Guide, published by cqframework. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2025.7.1 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/cqframework/ecqm-content-cms-2025/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Measure/NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation | Version: 0.0.001 | |||
| Active as of 2025-07-09 |  Responsible: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Computable Name: NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation | ||
| Other Identifiers: Short Name: NHSNHypoglycemia (use: usual, ), UUID:0d555fb6-f654-418c-a2b3-2dd0c3f0e7b4 (use: official, ), UUID:50ceef3e-0a14-4f4f-8797-ffae8cce7237 (use: official, ) | ||||
| Copyright/Legal: Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for user convenience. Users of proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of the code sets. | ||||
All inpatient encounters (including ED/Observation visits that end within 1 hour of the start of the inpatient encounter) for patients of all ages where at least one diabetes medication was ordered or administered during the encounter that is during the measurement period.
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| Title | NHSN Glycemic Control Hypoglycemia Initial Population | 
| Version | 0.0.001 | 
| Short Name | NHSNHypoglycemia | 
| GUID (Version Independent) | urn:uuid:0d555fb6-f654-418c-a2b3-2dd0c3f0e7b4 | 
| GUID (Version Specific) | urn:uuid:50ceef3e-0a14-4f4f-8797-ffae8cce7237 | 
| Effective Period | 2026-01-01 through 2026-12-31 | 
| Steward (Publisher) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 
| Developer | Lantana Consulting Group | 
| Description | All inpatient encounters (including ED/Observation visits that end within 1 hour of the start of the inpatient encounter) for patients of all ages where at least one diabetes medication was ordered or administered during the encounter that is during the measurement period. | 
| Copyright | Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for user convenience. Users of proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of the code sets. | 
| Disclaimer | Disclaimer This performance measure is not a clinical guideline, does not establish a standard of medical care and has not been tested for all potential applications. THE MEASURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. This measure and specifications are subject to further revisions. | 
| Rationale | The NHSN Glycemic Control module supports an electronic health record (EHR)- and vendor-neutral standard for reporting patient-level, linked medication and blood glucose data for inpatients. These data support calculation of inpatient medication-related hypoglycemia events by the NHSN application, which are then returned as reports to the facility. Inpatient hyperglycemia measurement is being incorporated into a future version of the NHSN Glycemic Control module. The primary objective of the NHSN Glycemic Control Module is to support U.S. hospitals in glycemic control measurement to improve glycemic management and patient safety. As additional data are collected by NHSN, an additional objective will be to facilitate inter-facility benchmarking of glycemic control metrics across U.S. hospitals and evaluate national-level trends of glycemic control metrics over time. The IP dQM provides the initial population, FHIR line-level and supplement data necessary for calculating the module metrics. | 
| Measure Group (Rate) (ID: Group_1) | |
| Basis | Encounter | 
| Scoring | Cohort | 
| Type | Process | 
| Initial Population | ID: InitialPopulation_1 Description: All inpatient encounters, as well as ED and OBS encounters that end within 1 hour of the start of the inpatient encounter, for patients of all ages where at least one diabetes medication was ordered or administered during the encounter that is during the measurement period.Logic Definition: Initial Population | 
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| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-encounter-locations Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Encounter Locations Logic Definition: SDE Encounter Locations | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-location Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Location Logic Definition: SDE Location | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-medication Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Medication Logic Definition: SDE Medication | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-blood-glucose-observation Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Blood Glucose Observation Logic Definition: SDE Blood Glucose Observation | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-chief-complaint Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Chief Complaint Logic Definition: SDE Chief Complaint | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-condition Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Condition Logic Definition: SDE Condition | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-coverage Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Coverage Logic Definition: SDE Coverage | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-initial-population-encounters Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Initial Population Encounters Logic Definition: SDE Initial Population Encounters | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-medication-administration Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Medication Administration Logic Definition: SDE Medication Administration | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-medication-request Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Medication Request Logic Definition: SDE Medication Request | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-minimal-patient Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Minimal Patient Logic Definition: SDE Minimal Patient | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-service-request Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Service Request Logic Definition: SDE Service Request | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-ethnicity Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Ethnicity Logic Definition: SDE Ethnicity | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-payer Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Payer Logic Definition: SDE Payer | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-race Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Race Logic Definition: SDE Race | 
| Supplemental Data Element | ID: sde-sex Usage Code: Supplemental Data Description: SDE Sex Logic Definition: SDE Sex | 
| Measure Logic | |
| Primary Library | NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation | 
| Contents | Population Criteria Logic Definitions Terminology Dependencies Data Requirements | 
| Population Criteria | |
| Measure Group (Rate) (ID: Group_1) | |
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| Logic Definitions | |
| Logic Definition | Library Name: SupplementalDataElements | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: SupplementalDataElements | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: CQMCommon | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: CQMCommon | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: FHIRHelpers | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: FHIRHelpers | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: FHIRHelpers | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: NHSNGlycemicControlHypoglycemiaInitialPopulation | 
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| Logic Definition | Library Name: QICoreCommon | 
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| Terminology | |
| Code System | Description: Code system ActCode Resource: ActCode Canonical URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode | 
| Code System | Description: Code system SNOMEDCT Resource: SNOMED CT (all versions) Canonical URL: http://snomed.info/sct | 
| Code System | Description: Code system ConditionClinicalStatusCodes Resource: Condition Clinical Status Codes Canonical URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical | 
| Code System | Description: Code system Diagnosis Role Resource: Diagnosis Role Canonical URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Encounter Inpatient Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307 | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Inpatient, Emergency, and Observation Locations Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1046.265Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1046.265 | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Diabetes Medications Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1190.58Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1190.58 | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Observation Services Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1111.143Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1111.143 | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Emergency Department Visit Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.292Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.292 | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Blood Glucose Laboratory and Point of Care Tests Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1190.38Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1190.38 | 
| Value Set | Description: Value set Payer Type Resource: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591Canonical URL: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: inpatient non-acute Code: NONAC System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: short stay Code: SS System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: inpatient acute Code: ACUTE System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: inpatient encounter Code: IMP System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: Male (finding) Code: 248153007 System: http://snomed.info/sct | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: Female (finding) Code: 248152002 System: http://snomed.info/sct | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: Active Code: active System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: Recurrence Code: recurrence System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: Relapse Code: relapse System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical | 
| Direct Reference Code | Display: Chief complaint Code: CC System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role | 
| Dependencies | |
| Dependency | Description: Library FHIRHelpers Resource: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000Canonical URL: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library QICoreCommon Resource: Library/QICoreCommon|4.0.000Canonical URL: Library/QICoreCommon|4.0.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library CQMCommon Resource: Library/CQMCommon|4.1.000Canonical URL: Library/CQMCommon|4.1.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library QICoreCommon Resource: Library/QICoreCommon|4.0.000Canonical URL: Library/QICoreCommon|4.0.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library FHIRHelpers Resource: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000Canonical URL: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library SDE Resource: Library/SupplementalDataElements|5.1.000Canonical URL: Library/SupplementalDataElements|5.1.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library FHIRHelpers Resource: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000Canonical URL: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000 | 
| Dependency | Description: Library FHIRHelpers Resource: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000Canonical URL: Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000 | 
| Data Requirements | |
| Data Requirement | Type: Location Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-location | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Encounter Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounterMust Support Elements: type, status, status.value, period Code Filter(s): Path: type ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1111.143 | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Encounter Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounterMust Support Elements: type, status, status.value, period Code Filter(s): Path: type ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.292 | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Coverage Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-coverageMust Support Elements: period, id, id.value, meta, status, status.value, type, policyHolder, subscriber, subscriberId, subscriberId.value, beneficiary, dependent, dependent.value, relationship, payor, class, order, order.value, network, network.value, subrogation, subrogation.value, contract | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Observation Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-observation-labMust Support Elements: code, effective, issued, issued.value, id, id.value, extension, text, referenceRange, component, basedOn, partOf, category, status, status.value, subject, focus, encounter, performer, value, dataAbsentReason, interpretation, note, bodySite, method, specimen, device, hasMember, derivedFrom Code Filter(s): Path: code ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1190.38 | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Patient Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Condition Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-condition-problems-health-concernsMust Support Elements: id, id.value, meta, clinicalStatus, verificationStatus, category, severity, code, bodySite, subject, encounter, encounter.reference, encounter.reference.value, onset, stage, evidence, note | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Encounter Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounterMust Support Elements: type, period, class Code Filter(s): Path: type ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307 | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Encounter Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounterMust Support Elements: type, period, class, location Code Filter(s): Path: type ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113883.3.666.5.307 | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Patient Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patientMust Support Elements: url | 
| Data Requirement | Type: ServiceRequest Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-servicerequestMust Support Elements: authoredOn, authoredOn.value, id, id.value, meta, instantiatesCanonical, instantiatesUri, basedOn, replaces, requisition, status, status.value, intent, intent.value, category, priority, priority.value, doNotPerform, doNotPerform.value, code, orderDetail, quantity, subject, encounter, occurrence, asNeeded, requester, performerType, performer, locationCode, reasonCode, reasonReference, insurance, bodySite, note, patientInstruction, patientInstruction.value | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Patient Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patientMust Support Elements: id, id.value, meta, extension, identifier, active, active.value, name, telecom, gender, gender.value, birthDate, birthDate.value, deceased, address, maritalStatus, multipleBirth, photo, contact, communication, generalPractitioner, managingOrganization, link | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Medication Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-medication | 
| Data Requirement | Type: MedicationRequest Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-medicationrequest | 
| Data Requirement | Type: MedicationAdministration Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-medicationadministration | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Coverage Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-coverageMust Support Elements: type, period Code Filter(s): Path: type ValueSet: http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591 | 
| Data Requirement | Type: Patient Profile(s): http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patientMust Support Elements: url, extension | 
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