Build a Problem List

The Condition resource is populated with problems/diagnoses from multiple HIEBus sources, including medical claims, electronic medical records, clinical documents, ADT messages, and pharmacy fills. A Problem List can be built by querying the Condition resource directly or by compiling Condition resources included with Encounters and CodeableConcept resources included with ExplanationOfBenefits. Problems/diagnoses can be grouped and categorized using ValueSets developed by AHRQ.

Querying for Problems Directly

• Query the Condition resource.

Querying from Encounters & EOBs

• For Encounters, diagnoses are included as references to Condition resources in Encounter.diagnosis.
• For ExplanationOfBenefit diagnoses are CodeableConcept resources in ExplanationOfBenefit.diagnosis (in accordance with the CARIN BB profile).

Summarizing Conditions/Diagnoses into a Problem List

Many clinical use cases require a single list with each problem listed once. It can also be helpful for most clinical use cases to categorize problems into chronic (ongoing) and acute (usually limited time period) and/or to display a higher-level diagnosis than some of those in the most detailed ICD-10 codes (e.g., ‘Obesity’ from ‘Obesity, unspecified E66.9’, ‘Body mass index [BMI] 38.0-38.9, adult Z68.38’, and ‘Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories E66.01’).

• To identify diagnoses as chronic or acute use Chronic Condition Indicator value sets defined by AHRQ via the $classify operation with version=CCI and a comma-delimited list of ICD-10-CM codes.
• To aggregate diagnoses into higher level conditions use Clinical Classification (CCSR) value sets defined by AHRQ via the $classify operation with version=CCSR Category and a comma-delimited list of ICD-10-CM codes.

For example, for /ValueSet/$classify?code=I21.4,I21.09,I21.3,S90.32XA,I10,G89.29&system=http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/icd-10-cm:

&version=CCI

&version=CCSR Category

Real-World Data Considerations

• Code Mapping - Diagnoses or Problems in source data may be coded in standard code systems such as ICD-10-CM or SNOMED, but often is missing a code or uses proprietary code systems and descriptions. HIEBus uses a term mapping system called Rosetta to map source data to Reference code systems whenever possible. A code with userselected=false and a system= one of those listed at https://[YOUR_FHIR_ENDPOINT]/documentation?prefix=fhir-r4#coding-systems indicates it is mapped code, rather than a source code.
• Verification Status - Note that the default for Condition.verficationstatus is unconfirmed unless specifically indicated otherwise by the source system (which is rare)
• Stage, Evidence, BodySite, Severity – These fields are not populated by HIEBus as they are not available in source data.
• Condition Category and ‘Primary’ Conditions
  • HIEBus maps Condition.category to several reference code systems where possible (e.g. HL7 FHIR Condition Category, CARIN Claim Diagnosis Type, LOINC , and SNOMED). Source data, particularly from EMRs, has a large amount of variation.
  • The concept of a ‘primary’ condition is more relevant in the context of a specific encounter or claim, than in a problem list. Rather than using ‘primary’ to prioritize problems in a list, it is typically useful to use recency, freqency, or chronic vs. acute.