Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2020A2)
Posted: 10/30/2019

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Measure Information Form
Version 2020A2


Substance Use Measures (SUB)

Set Measures

Set Measure ID Measure Short Name
SUB-2 Alcohol Use Brief Intervention Provided or Offered
SUB-3 Alcohol & Other Drug Use Disorder Treatment Provided or Offered at Discharge

General Data Elements

Element Name Collected For
Admission Date All Records,
Birthdate All Records,
Discharge Date All Records, Not collected for HBIPS-2 and HBIPS-3
Hispanic Ethnicity All Records,
ICD-10-CM Other Diagnosis Codes All Records, Optional for HBIPS-2, HBIPS-3
ICD-10-CM Principal Diagnosis Code All Records, Optional for HBIPS-2, HBIPS-3
ICD-10-PCS Other Procedure Codes All Records, Optional for All HBIPS Records
ICD-10-PCS Other Procedure Dates All Records, Optional for All HBIPS Records
ICD-10-PCS Principal Procedure Code All Records, Optional for All HBIPS Records
ICD-10-PCS Principal Procedure Date All Records, Optional for All HBIPS Records
Measure Category Assignment All Records, Calculation, Transmission, Hospital Clinical Data File, Used in calculation of the Joint Commission's aggregate data and in the transmission of the Hospital Clinical Data file.
Payment Source All Records, Optional for HBIPS-2 and HBIPS-3
Race All Records,
Sex All Records,

Algorithm Output Data Elements

Element Name Collected For
Measure Category Assignment All Records, Calculation, Transmission, Hospital Clinical Data File

Measure Set Specific Data Elements

Element Name Collected For
Alcohol Use Status SUB-2, SUB-3
Brief Intervention SUB-2
Comfort Measures Only SUB-2, SUB-3
Discharge Disposition SUB-3
Prescription for Alcohol or Drug Disorder Medication SUB-3
Referral for Addictions Treatment SUB-3


  Document Name  
Acknowledgement  
Appendix A - Code Tables  
Appendix C - Medication Tables  
Appendix D - Glossary of Terms  
Appendix E - Overview of Measure Information Form and Flowchart Formats  
Appendix G - Resources  
Appendix H - Miscellaneous Tables  
Cover Page for the Joint Commission Manual  
Data Dictionary  
Global Initial Patient Population  
Introduction to the Manual  
Missing and Invalid Data  
Sampling  
Table of Contents  
Transmission Alpha Data Dictionary  
Transmission Data Processing Flow: Clinical  
Transmission Data Processing Flow: Population and Sampling  
Transmission of Data  
Using the The Joint Commission's National Measure Specifications Manual  

Substance Use (SUB) Initial Patient Population

Please refer to the GlobalInitialPatientPopulation for the SUB Initial Patient Population Processing definition and Flow.

Sample Size Requirements

Please refer to the GlobalInitialPatientPopulation for the sampling requirements for the Substance Use (SUB) Measures.


Measure Information Form SUB
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