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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Mortality Rate

CBE ID
0730
1.5 Project
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 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.

    Measure Specs
      General Information
      1.7 Measure Type
      1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
      1.8 Level of Analysis
      1.9 Care Setting
      1.20 Types of Data Sources
      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
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Cardiovascular Spring Cycle 2019
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
      Steward Organization
      Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      Steward POC email
      Steward Organization Copyright

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

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