2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide
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Example Procedure: Procedure example

US Quality Core Not Done Recorded: 2013-04-05 09:35:00-0400

partOf: Inpatient appendicitis surgical care

status: Completed

statusReason: Appendectomy completed after surgical confirmation of acute appendicitis

code: Excision of appendix (procedure)

subject: Jim Chalmers Male, DoB: 1974-12-25 ( Social Security number (use: usual, period: 2001-05-06 --> (ongoing)))

encounter: Encounter: identifier = http://example.org/encounters#ENC-20130404-appendicitis; status = finished; class = inpatient encounter (v3 Code System ActCode#IMP); type = Initial hospital inpatient or observation care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and high level of medical decision making. When using total time on the date of the encounter for code selection, 75 minutes must be met or exceeded.; period = 2013-04-04 18:00:00-0400 --> 2013-04-06 11:00:00-0400

performed: 2013-04-05 09:20:00-0400 --> 2013-04-05 10:30:00-0400

Performers

-Actor
*Dr Cecil Surgeon

reasonCode: Abdominal pain (finding)

reasonReference: Condition Appendicitis (disorder)

bodySite: Appendix structure

report: Diagnostic Report for 'CBC panel - Blood by Automated count' for '->Peter Chalmers'