Asthma

Work Group Chair
William E. Golden, MD, Chair

Asthma Measurement Set (summary document, including the evidence base for the measures) (PDF, 242KB)

Measure specifications
The Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (Consortium) provides specifications for obtaining the required data elements for its clinical performance measures based on the selected data source.  More detailed specification information (PDF, 14KB) for electronic medical records, paper medical records, and use of administrative data is available.

Specifications for electronic medical records

• Algorithm for measures calculation (PDF, 78KB) [Version 3.0.1; 7/07 - Posted 5/8/8]
• Release notes (PDF, 26KB) [Version 3.0.1; 7/07 - Posted 5/8/8]
• Coding specifications (CPT® Category I, CPT® Category II, ICD-9, SNOMED CT®, LOINC®, NDC) (Excel, 820KB) [Version 3.0.1; 7/07 - Posted 5/8/8]

Specifications for paper medical records

• Prospective data abstraction tool to be added at a later date.
• Retrospective data abstraction tool (PDF, 25KB) [Version 2.0; 7/06 - Posted 9/6/06]
• Data abstraction definitions (including synonyms) (PDF, 53KB) [Version 2.0; 7/06 - Posted 9/6/06]
• Algorithm for measures calculation (PDF, 39KB) [Version 2.0; 7/06 - Posted 9/6/06]
• Medication table (PDF, 33KB) [Version 2.0; 7/06 - Posted 9/6/06]