Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010A1
| Data Element Name: | Cognitive Impairment |
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| Collected For: | TAM-01, TAM-02, TAM-03, TAM-05, TAM-06, TAM-07, |
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| Definition: | Cognition refers to mental activities associated with thinking, learning, and memory. Cognitive impairment for the purposes of this measure set related to documentation that the patient cannot be screened for tobacco and aclohol use due to the impairment (e.g., comatose, obtunded, confused, memory loss). |
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | Is there documentation in the medical record that indicates the patient is cognitively impaired? |
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| Format: | | Length: | 1 |
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| Type: | Alphanumeric |
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| Occurs: | 1 |
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| Allowable Values: |
Y (Yes) There is documentation in the medical record that the patient is cognitively impaired.
N (No) There is no documentation in the medical record that indicates the patient is cognitively impaired. |
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| Notes for Abstraction: | |
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
- Consultation notes
- History and physical
- Nursing admission assessment
- Progress notes
- Nursing notes
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| Additional Notes: |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion | Exclusion |
- Cognitive impairment
- Cognitively impaired
- Confused
- Memory loss
- Mentally retarded
- Obtunded
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- Temporary cognitive impairment due to acute substance use (e.g., overdose or acute intoxication)
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Cognitive Impairment
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures (2010A1)
Discharges 04-01-10 (2Q10) through 09-30-10 (3Q10)
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