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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Mortality Rate (IQI #18)

CBE ID
2065
Project
Patient Safety
Endorsed
New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Endorsement and Maintenance (E&M) Cycle
Fall 2017
Is Under Review
No
Measure Description

In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with gastrointestinal hemorrhage as a principal diagnosis for patients age 18 years and older. Excludes obstetric discharges and transfers to another hospital.

[NOTE: The software provides the rate per hospital discharge. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 discharges. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report in-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges.]

  • Measure Type
    Outcome
    Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
    No
    Level Of Analysis
    Facility
    Care Setting
    Inpatient/Hospital
    Numerator

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

    Denominator

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

    Exclusions

    Exclude cases:
    •transferring to another short-term hospital (DISP=2)
    •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)

    Testing Data Sources
    Claims Data
  • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
    Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Fall Cycle 2017
    Initial Endorsement
    Endorsement Status
    Endorsement Removed
    Last Updated
    Removal Date