| eCQM Title | Timely Treatment of Severe Hypertension |
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| CMS ID | 1321 | eCQM Version Number | 1.0.000 |
| CBE Number | Not Applicable | GUID | 0f43a36b-747d-43fe-8c7a-52347f66479c |
| Measurement Period | January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 | ||
| Measure Steward | Joint Commission | ||
| Measure Developer | Joint Commission | ||
| Endorsed By | None | ||
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"Pregnant Encounter 20 Plus Weeks Gestation Or Postpartum Encounter"
"Encounter With First Severe Hypertension Sustained Within 60 Minutes"
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"Encounter With Antihypertensive Treatment 60 Minutes Or Less After First Severe Hypertension Blood Pressure Reading"
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"Encounter With First Severe Hypertension Sustained Within 60 Minutes"
["Physical Exam, Performed": "Diastolic blood pressure"]
"Encounter With First Severe Hypertension Sustained Within 60 Minutes" QualifyingEncounter
let FirstHypertensionTime: "SevereHTNTimings"(QualifyingEncounter).HTNReadingTime[0]
with ["Medication, Administered": "Maternal Antihypertensive"] Antihypertensive
such that Global."EarliestOf" ( Antihypertensive.relevantDatetime, Antihypertensive.relevantPeriod ) 60 minutes or less after FirstHypertensionTime
PCMaternal."Encounter With Age Range" EncounterWithAge
where "CalculatedGestationalAgeAtArrival" ( EncounterWithAge ) >= 20
PCMaternal."Encounter With Age Range" EncounterWithAge
where "CalculatedGestationalAgeAtArrival" ( EncounterWithAge ) is null
and "EstimatedGestationalAgeAtArrival" ( EncounterWithAge ) >= 20 weeks
"Pregnant Encounter 20 Plus Weeks Gestation Or Postpartum Encounter" PPEncounter
let FirstHypertensionTime: "SevereHTNTimings"(PPEncounter).HTNReadingTime[0],
LastBPIn15Mins: "LastBPReadingIn15Mins"(PPEncounter, FirstHypertensionTime),
SystolicReading: singleton from ("Systolic BP" SystolicBP
where Global."EarliestOf"(SystolicBP.relevantDatetime, SystolicBP.relevantPeriod) same as LastBPIn15Mins.Timing),
DiastolicReading: singleton from ("Diastolic BP" DiastolicBP
where Global."EarliestOf"(DiastolicBP.relevantDatetime, DiastolicBP.relevantPeriod) same as LastBPIn15Mins.Timing),
AllBPExams: ("Systolic BP" union "Diastolic BP") AllBPs where Global."EarliestOf"(AllBPs.relevantDatetime, AllBPs.relevantPeriod) during PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(PPEncounter)
where FirstHypertensionTime is not null
and (
(SystolicReading.result.value >= 160 or DiastolicReading.result.value >= 110 )
or
(not (exists (AllBPExams) AnyBPExam
let AnyBPExamTiming: Global."EarliestOf"(AnyBPExam.relevantDatetime, AnyBPExam.relevantPeriod)
where AnyBPExam.result is not null
and AnyBPExamTiming 15 minutes or less after minute of FirstHypertensionTime
)
)
or
(SystolicReading.result.value < 160 and DiastolicReading.result.value < 110
and (
exists ( ("SevereHTNTimings"(PPEncounter)) SevereBPReadingTime
where (difference in minutes between FirstHypertensionTime and SevereBPReadingTime.HTNReadingTime) in Interval [16,60]
)
or
(not (exists (AllBPExams) AnyBPExam
let AnyBPExamTiming: Global."EarliestOf"(AnyBPExam.relevantDatetime, AnyBPExam.relevantPeriod)
where AnyBPExam.result is not null
and ( difference in minutes between FirstHypertensionTime and AnyBPExamTiming ) in Interval [16,60]
)
)
)
)
)
PCMaternal."Encounter With Age Range" EncounterWithAge
let CGA: "CalculatedGestationalAgeAtArrival" ( EncounterWithAge ),
EGA: "EstimatedGestationalAgeAtArrival" ( EncounterWithAge )
where CGA is null
and EGA is null
and exists ( EncounterWithAge.diagnoses EncounterDiagnoses
where EncounterDiagnoses.code in "20 to 42 Plus Weeks Gestation"
)
["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter Inpatient"] EncounterInpatient
where EncounterInpatient.relevantPeriod ends during day of "Measurement Period"
"Pregnant Encounter 20 Plus Weeks Gestation Or Postpartum Encounter"
"Encounter With Antihypertensive Treatment 60 Minutes Or Less After First Severe Hypertension Blood Pressure Reading"
"Encounter With Age Range" EncounterWithAge
with ["Procedure, Performed": "Delivery Procedures"] DeliveryProcedure
such that Global."NormalizeInterval" ( DeliveryProcedure.relevantDatetime, DeliveryProcedure.relevantPeriod ) starts during "HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(EncounterWithAge)
Global."Inpatient Encounter" InpatientEncounter
where AgeInYearsAt(date from start of InpatientEncounter.relevantPeriod) >= 8
and AgeInYearsAt(date from start of InpatientEncounter.relevantPeriod) < 65
(PCMaternal."Encounter With Age Range"
except PCMaternal."Delivery Encounter With Age Range" ) EncounterWithoutDelivery
let AssessedPostpartum: "IsInFirstPostpartum" (EncounterWithoutDelivery).result,
CalculatedPostpartum: "CalculatedWeeksPostPartumAtArrival" (EncounterWithoutDelivery)
where ( (AssessedPostpartum ~ "Yes (qualifier value)"
or CalculatedPostpartum between 0 and 6)
or
(AssessedPostpartum is null
and CalculatedPostpartum is null
and exists (EncounterWithoutDelivery.diagnoses EncounterDiagnoses
where EncounterDiagnoses.code in "Postpartum Hypertension")
)
)
"Pregnant Encounter With Gestational Age Greater Than Or Equal To 20 Weeks"
union "Postpartum Encounter"
"Encounter With Calculated Gestational Age Greater Than Or Equal To 20 Weeks"
union "Encounter With Estimated Gestational Age Greater Than Or Equal To 20 Weeks"
union "Encounter With Gestational Age Greater Than Or Equal To 20 Weeks Based On Coding"
["Patient Characteristic Ethnicity": "Ethnicity"]
["Patient Characteristic Payer": "Payer Type"]
["Patient Characteristic Race": "Race"]
["Patient Characteristic Sex": "Federal Administrative Sex"]
["Physical Exam, Performed": "Systolic blood pressure"]
(
["Physical Exam, Performed": "Systolic blood pressure"] S
where S.result.unit = 'mm[Hg]'
and Global."EarliestOf"(S.relevantDatetime, S.relevantPeriod) during PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(Encounter)
return {
Timing: Global."EarliestOf"(S.relevantDatetime, S.relevantPeriod)
}
)
union
(
["Physical Exam, Performed": "Diastolic blood pressure"] D
where D.result.unit = 'mm[Hg]'
and Global."EarliestOf"(D.relevantDatetime, D.relevantPeriod) during PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(Encounter)
return {
Timing: Global."EarliestOf"(D.relevantDatetime, D.relevantPeriod)
}
)
Last(["Assessment, Performed": "Delivery date Estimated"] EstimatedDateOfDelivery
where Global."EarliestOf"(EstimatedDateOfDelivery.relevantDatetime, EstimatedDateOfDelivery.relevantPeriod)during day of PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation" (Encounter)
and EstimatedDateOfDelivery.result is not null
sort by Global."EarliestOf"(relevantDatetime, relevantPeriod)
).result as DateTime
( 280 - ( difference in days between start of PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation" (Encounter) and "AssessedEstimatedDeliveryDate"(Encounter) ) ) div 7
( difference in days between "LastDateOfDelivery" (Encounter) and start of PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation" (Encounter) ) div 7
Last(["Assessment, Performed": "Estimated Gestational Age"] LastEGA
let EGATiming: Global."EarliestOf"(LastEGA.relevantDatetime, LastEGA.relevantPeriod)
where EGATiming on same day as start of PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(Encounter)
and LastEGA.result is not null
sort by Global."EarliestOf"(relevantDatetime, relevantPeriod)
).result as Quantity
if ( HasStart(period)) then start of period
else
end of period
Earliest(NormalizeInterval(pointInTime, period))
not ( start of period is null
or start of period = minimum DateTime
)
if pointInTime is not null then Interval[pointInTime, pointInTime]
else if period is not null then period
else null as Interval<DateTime>
First(["Assessment, Performed": "Patient is within 6 weeks postpartum"] Postpartum
where Postpartum.result is not null
and Global."EarliestOf"(Postpartum.relevantDatetime, Postpartum.relevantPeriod) during day of PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(Encounter)
sort by Global."EarliestOf"(relevantDatetime, relevantPeriod)
)
Last ( ("AllBloodPressureReadingsDuringEncounter"(Encounter)) AllBPReadings
where AllBPReadings.Timing > FirstHypertensionTime
and (difference in minutes between FirstHypertensionTime and AllBPReadings.Timing ) <= 15
sort by Timing
)
Last(["Assessment, Performed": "Date and time of obstetric delivery"] LastDelivery
where Global."EarliestOf"(LastDelivery.relevantDatetime, LastDelivery.relevantPeriod)during day of PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation" (Encounter)
and LastDelivery.result is not null
sort by Global."EarliestOf"(relevantDatetime, relevantPeriod)
).result as DateTime
//HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation returns the total interval from the start of any immediately prior emergency department visit or OB Triage visit through the observation visit to the discharge of the given encounter.
Encounter Visit
let ObsVisit: Last(["Encounter, Performed": "Observation Services"] LastObs
where LastObs.relevantPeriod ends 1 hour or less on or before start of Visit.relevantPeriod
sort by end of relevantPeriod
),
VisitStart: Coalesce(start of ObsVisit.relevantPeriod, start of Visit.relevantPeriod),
EDOBTriageVisit: Last(["Encounter, Performed": "ED Visit and OB Triage"] LastEDOBTriage
where LastEDOBTriage.relevantPeriod ends 1 hour or less on or before VisitStart
sort by end of relevantPeriod
)
return Interval[Coalesce(start of EDOBTriageVisit.relevantPeriod, VisitStart),
end of Visit.relevantPeriod]
( ( ["Physical Exam, Performed": "Systolic blood pressure"] SystolicBP
where SystolicBP.result.unit = 'mm[Hg]'
and SystolicBP.result.value >= 160
return {
HTNReadingTime: Global."EarliestOf" (SystolicBP.relevantDatetime, SystolicBP.relevantPeriod)
}
)
union (
["Physical Exam, Performed": "Diastolic blood pressure"] DiastolicBP
where DiastolicBP.result.unit = 'mm[Hg]'
and DiastolicBP.result.value >= 110
return {
HTNReadingTime: Global."EarliestOf" (DiastolicBP.relevantDatetime, DiastolicBP.relevantPeriod)
}
) ) SevereBPReadingTime
where SevereBPReadingTime.HTNReadingTime during PCMaternal."HospitalizationWithEDOBTriageObservation"(Encounter)
sort by HTNReadingTime
["Patient Characteristic Race": "Race"]
["Patient Characteristic Payer": "Payer Type"]
["Patient Characteristic Sex": "Federal Administrative Sex"]
["Patient Characteristic Ethnicity": "Ethnicity"]
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