Nimodipine Administration Date

Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2016B1)

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Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2016B1

Data Element Name:

Nimodipine Administration Date

Collected For:

CSTK-06,

Definition:

The month, date, and year that the first dose of nimodipine was administered to a patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage at this hospital. Nimodipine inhibits calcium transport into vascular smooth muscle cells, thereby preventing or limiting cerebral vasospasm.

Suggested Data Collection Question:

What is the date that nimodipine was first administered to this patient at this hospital?

Format:

Length:	10-MM-DD-YYYY (includes dashes) or UTD
Type:	Date
Occurs:	1

Allowable Values:

MM = Month (01-12)
DD = Day (01-31)
YYYY = Year (2012-Current Year)
UTD = Unable to Determine

Notes for Abstraction:

Use the date at which administration of nimodipine was first documented. If a discrepancy exists in date documentation from different sources, choose the earliest date. If there are two or more different nimodipine administration dates (either different nimodipine episodes or corresponding with the same episode), enter the earliest date.
If the date nimodipine treatment was administered is unable to be determined from medical record documentation, select UTD.
The medical record must be abstracted as documented (taken at face value). When the date documented is obviously in error (not a valid date/format) and no other documentation is found that provides this information, the abstractor should select UTD.
Example:
Documentation indicates the nimodipine administration date was 03-42-20xx. No other documentation in the medical record provides a valid date. Since the nimodipine administration date is outside of the range listed in the Allowable Values for Day, it is not a valid date and the abstractor should select UTD.
Note: Transmission of a case with an invalid date as described above will be rejected from the Joint Commissions Data Warehouse. Use of UTD for Nimodipine Administration Date allows the case to be accepted into the warehouse.

Suggested Data Sources:

Emergency department record
Nursing flow sheet
Progress notes
Medication administration record (MAR)
Medical transport records
Medical reconciliation form

Additional Notes:

Guidelines for Abstraction:

Inclusion	Exclusion
None	None

Nimodipine Administration Date

Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2016B1)
Discharges 01-01-17 (1Q17) through 06-30-17 (2Q17)