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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Mortality Rate

CBE ID
0730
1.4 Project
Cardiovascular
Endorsed
Endorsement Status
Endorsement Removed
1.1 New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Cycle / Most Recent Endorsement Activity
Spring 2019
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. Excludes cases in hospice care at admission, obstetric discharges, and transfers to another hospital.

    • 1.5 Measure Type
      Outcome
      1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
      No
      1.8 Level Of Analysis
      Facility
      1.9 Care Setting
      Hospital
      1.20 Testing Data Sources
      Claims Data
    • 1.14 Numerator

      Number of deaths (DISP=20) among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator

      1.14a Numerator Details
    • 1.15 Denominator

      Discharges, for patients ages 18 years and older, with a principal ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for AMI

      1.15a Denominator Details
    • Exclusions

      Exclude cases transferring to another short-term hospital (DISP=2); cases in hospice care at admission (PointOFOriginUB04=F); MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium); with missing discharge disposition (DISP=missing), gender (SEX=missing), age (AGE=missing), quarter (DQTR=missing), year (YEAR=missing), or principal diagnosis (DX1=missing).

    • 1.18 Calculation of Measure Score
    • Most Recent Endorsement Activity - OLD
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Cardiovascular Spring Cycle 2019
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
    • Steward
      Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      Steward Organization Email
      [email protected]
      Steward Organization Copyright

      The AHRQ QI software is publicly available. We have no copyright disclaimers.