Opioid Prescribing Support Implementation Guide
2016.4.0 - CI Build

Opioid Prescribing Support Implementation Guide, published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2016.4.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/cqframework/opioid-cds-r4/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

PlanDefinition: PlanDefinition - CDC 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline Recommendation #4 (Experimental)

Official URL: http://fhir.org/guides/cdc/opioid-cds/PlanDefinition/opioidcds-04 Version: 2016.4.0
Draft as of 2022-12-13 Computable Name: CDC_opioid_04
Other Identifiers: cdc-opioid-guidance (use: official, )

Usage:Clinical Focus: Medication requested (situation), Clinical Focus: Chronic pain (finding)

Copyright/Legal: © CDC 2016+.

When starting opioid therapy for chronic pain, clinicians should prescribe immediate-release opioids instead of extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids.

CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain is intended to improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose. The Guideline is not intended for patients who are in active cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care.

Id: opioidcds-04
Url: PlanDefinition - CDC 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline Recommendation #4
Version: 2016.4.0
Identifier:

value: cdc-opioid-guidance

Name: CDC_opioid_04
Title: PlanDefinition - CDC 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline Recommendation #4
Status: draft
Experimental: true
Type:

system: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/plan-definition-type

code: eca-rule

display: ECA Rule

Date: 2022-12-13
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Description: When starting opioid therapy for chronic pain, clinicians should prescribe immediate-release opioids instead of extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids.
Logic Definitions:
Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Get Summary 0
define "Get Summary":
  if "Is Recommendation Applicable?"
    then 'Recommend use of immediate-release opioids instead of extended release/long acting opioids when starting patient on opioids.'
  else null


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Chronic Pain Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential Prescriptions 1
define "Chronic Pain Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential Prescriptions":
  ( Common."Is Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential?"( ContextPrescriptions ) ) AmbulatoryOpioidPrescription
    where Routines."Is Chronic Pain Prescription?"( AmbulatoryOpioidPrescription )
      and AmbulatoryOpioidPrescription.medication in Common."Extended release opioid with ambulatory misuse potential"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Patient Is Being Prescribed Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential 2
define "Patient Is Being Prescribed Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential":
  exists( "Chronic Pain Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential Prescriptions" )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Patient Age Less Than 18 3
define "Patient Age Less Than 18":
  if (Config."Age Less than 18 Years Is Enabled") then
    AgeInYearsAt(Today()) < 18
  else
    false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon US Core-Categorized Conditions 4
// 3. Medications indicating end of life
    /* or exists (
      "Medications Indicating End of Life"
    ) */
define "US Core-Categorized Conditions":
  [Condition: category in "Encounter Diagnosis Condition Category"]
    union [Condition: category in "Problem List Condition Category"]
    union [Condition: category in "US Core Health Concern Condition Category"]


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Conditions Indicating End Of Life Present 5
/* define "Patient Age Less Than 18":
  if (Config."Age Less than 18 Years Is Enabled") then
    AgeInYearsAt(Today()) < 18
  else
    false */
define "Conditions Indicating End Of Life Present":
  exists (
    Common."US Core-Categorized Conditions" LLEC
      where LLEC.code in Common."Limited life expectancy conditions"
        and LLEC.clinicalStatus in Common."Active Condition"
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Service Requests 6
define "Service Requests":
   [ServiceRequest] SR
    return SR


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Palliative Care Lookback Period 7
/*
**  Routine #1
**  Opioid Review Useful Routine
**
**  Definition              | Answer to Proceed   | Details                                      | Data (Terminology) Requirement
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Age < 18 years?         | No                  | Calculate age from date of birth; exclude    | Date of birth
**                          |                     | patients with age less than 18 years at the  |
**                          |                     | time of the prescription                     |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Limited life            | No                  | Look for documented findings consistent      | Limited life expectancy conditions
**  expectancy conditions   |                     | with those listed in the limited life        |
**  present?                |                     | expectancy value set (terminal illness, bad  |
**                          |                     | prognosis, pre-terminal)                     |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Order for therapies     | No                  | Look for patients with an existing order for | Therapies indicating end of life care
**  indicating end of life  |                     | therapies indicating end of life care        |
**  care in past 90 days?   |                     | written within past 90 days                  |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Active cancer           | No                  | See sub-routine 3                            | See sub-routine 3
**  treatment?              |                     |                                              |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**  Conditions Likely       | No                  | Look for patients with active conditions in  | Conditions likely terminal for opioid
**  Terminal for opioid     |                     | the value set end-of-life-conditions         | prescribing
**  prescribing present?    |                     |                                              |
**  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**
*/
define "Palliative Care Lookback Period":
  Interval[Today() - 90 days, Today()]


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Order For Palliative Care In Past 90 Days 8
define "Order For Palliative Care In Past 90 Days":
  exists (
    Common."Service Requests" SR
    where SR.status in { 'active', 'completed'}
      and SR.intent in {'proposal', 'plan,', 'directive', 'order', 'original-order', 'reflex-order', 'filler-order', 'instance-order'}
      and FHIRHelpers.ToDateTime(SR.authoredOn) during day of "Palliative Care Lookback Period"
      and SR.code in Common."Therapies indicating end of life care"
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Is Active Cancer Treatment? 9
define "Is Active Cancer Treatment?":
  if (Config."Active Cancer Treatment Encounters Condition Is Enabled") then
      "Has Two or More Encounters with Cancer Diagnosis During Encounter Period"
    else
      false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Conditions Including Cancer To Exclude Opioid Management Indicating End-Stage Disease Present 10
define "Conditions Including Cancer To Exclude Opioid Management Indicating End-Stage Disease Present":
  if (Config."End-Stage Disease Criteria Enabled") then
    exists (
      Common."US Core-Categorized Conditions" EOLC
        where EOLC.code in Common."Conditions likely terminal for opioid prescribing"
          and EOLC.clinicalStatus in Common."Active Condition"
    )
  else
    false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Is Opioid Review Useful? 11
define "Is Opioid Review Useful?":
  /* not "Patient Age Less Than 18" */
    not "Conditions Indicating End Of Life Present"
    and not "Order For Palliative Care In Past 90 Days"
    and not "Is Active Cancer Treatment?"
    and not "Conditions Including Cancer To Exclude Opioid Management Indicating End-Stage Disease Present"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Has Opioid RX with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days 12
define "Has Opioid RX with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days":
    if (Config."Opioid Naive Prescription Condition Is Enabled") then
      exists ("Opioid RX with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days")
    else
      false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Has Opioid Dispense with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days 13
define "Has Opioid Dispense with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days":
  if (Config."Opioid Naive Prescription Condition Is Enabled") then
    exists ("Opioid Dispense with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days")
  else
    false


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSRoutines Is Opioid Naive? 14
// NOTE: MedicationStatement-dependent logic comment out due to bug in Publisher not supporting MedicationStatement in AllTypes.
define "Is Opioid Naive?":
    not ("Has Opioid RX with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days")
    /* and not ("Has Report of Opioid with Ambulatory Care Abuse Potential Reported in Past 90 Days") */
    and not ("Has Opioid Dispense with Ambulatory Abuse Potential In Past 90 Days")


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Inclusion Criteria 15
define "Inclusion Criteria":
  "Patient Is Being Prescribed Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential"
    and not Common."Patient Age Less Than 18"
    and Routines."Is Opioid Review Useful?"
    and Routines."Is Opioid Naive?"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Conditions Indicating End of Life or With Limited Life Expectancy 16
define "Conditions Indicating End of Life or With Limited Life Expectancy":
  (
    "US Core-Categorized Conditions" C
      where C.code in "Conditions likely terminal for opioid prescribing"
        and C.clinicalStatus in "Active Condition"
  )
  union
  (
    "US Core-Categorized Conditions" C
      where C.code in "Limited life expectancy conditions"
        and C.clinicalStatus in "Active Condition"
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon Admitted/Referred/Discharged to Hospice Care 17
define "Admitted/Referred/Discharged to Hospice Care":
  (
    [Procedure: code in "Hospice Procedure Codes"] P
      where P.status.value in { 'in-progress', 'completed' }
  )
  union
  (
    "Service Requests" SR
      where SR.code in "Hospice Procedure Codes"
        and SR.status.value in { 'active', 'completed' }
  )
  union
  (
    if (Config."Hospice Findings Exclusion Enabled") then
      [Observation: code in "Hospice Finding Codes"] O
        where not (O.status.value in { 'unknown', 'entered-in-error', 'cancelled' })
    else
      {}
  )
  union
  (
    [Encounter] E
      where date from E.period.start 1 year or less on or before Today()
        and (
          if E.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition.coding is null
              or not exists (E.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition.coding)
            then false
          else E.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition in "Hospice Disposition"
        )
        and E.status.value in { 'planned', 'arrived', 'in-progress', 'finished', 'onleave' }
  )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSCommon End of Life Assessment 18
define "End of Life Assessment":
    // 1. Conditions indicating end of life or with limited life expectancy
    exists (
      "Conditions Indicating End of Life or With Limited Life Expectancy"
    )
    // 2. Admitted/referred/discharged to hospice care
    or exists (
      "Admitted/Referred/Discharged to Hospice Care"
    )


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Exclusion Criteria 19
define "Exclusion Criteria":
  Common."End of Life Assessment"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Is Recommendation Applicable? 20
define "Is Recommendation Applicable?":
  "Inclusion Criteria"
    and not "Exclusion Criteria"


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Get Detail 21
define "Get Detail":
  if "Is Recommendation Applicable?"
    then 'The following medication requests(s) release rates should be re-evaluated: '
      + Combine(("Chronic Pain Extended Release Opioid Analgesic with Ambulatory Misuse Potential Prescriptions" M
           return Coalesce(M.medication.text, '<Unable to determine medication name>')), ', ')
  else null


Library NameNamesequence
OpioidCDSREC04 Get Indicator 22
define "Get Indicator":
  if "Is Recommendation Applicable?"
    then 'warning'
  else null


Knowledge Capability: shareable computable executable publishable
Use Context:
codevaluedisplay
focus 182888003 Medication requested (situation)
focus 82423001 Chronic pain (finding)
Purpose:

CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain is intended to improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose. The Guideline is not intended for patients who are in active cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care.

Usage: Providers should use caution when prescribing extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids as they carry a higher risk and negligible benefit compared to immediate-release opioids.
Copyright:

© CDC 2016+.

Related Artifacts:

Documentation

Libraries:
Library - Recommendation #4 - Opioid Immediate Release Form When Starting Opioid Therapy
Actions:
Extended-release opioid prescription triggered.: Checking if the trigger prescription meets the inclusion criteria for recommendation #4 workflow.
When: Named Event: order-sign
If: Applicability: Check whether the opioid prescription for the existing patient is extended-release without any opioids-with-abuse-potential prescribed in the past 90 days. (Is Recommendation Applicable?)
Then:
: Will precribe immediate release
Then:
: Benefits outweigh risks, snooze 3 months
Then:
: N/A - see comment, snooze 3 months
Then: