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.]
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.8 Level Of Analysis1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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1.14 Numerator
Number of deaths (DISP=20) among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator.
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1.15 Denominator
Discharges, for patients ages 18 years and older, with a principal ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
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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)
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Most Recent Endorsement ActivityMeasure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Fall Cycle 2017Initial EndorsementLast UpdatedRemoval Date
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Steward Organization EmailSteward Organization Copyright
Not applicable
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Risk Adjustment
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