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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Mortality Rate

CBE ID
0730
1.5 Project
Cardiovascular
Endorsement Status
Endorsement Removed
1.0 New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Spring 2019
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
Outcome
1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
No
1.8 Level of Analysis
Facility
1.9 Care Setting
Hospital
1.20 Types of 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
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
[email protected]
Steward Organization Copyright

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

Risk Adjustment
No risk adjustment or risk stratification
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