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    11.15.2023 Excluding Laboratory Claims (Claims with POS Code 81) Will instructions to exclude laboratory claims (claims with POS code 81) be added to additional measures and value sets in the Technical Update memo?

    Yes. We anticipate the laboratory claim exclusion will be added to the following measures and value sets in the Technical Update memo:
    AMR:    Step 2 of the event/diagnosis (Asthma Value Set)
    GSD:    Numerators (HbA1c Test Result or Finding Value Set)
    EED:     Event/diagnosis (Diabetes Value Set)
    OMW:   Step 2 of the event/diagnosis (Fractures Value Set)
    SSD:     Numerator (HbA1c Test Result or Finding Value Set)
    SMD:    Numerator (HbA1c Test Result or Finding Value Set; LDL-C Test Result or Finding Value Set)
    SMC:    Numerator (LDL-C Test Result or Finding Value Set)
    IET:      Step 2 of the event/diagnosis (Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Value Set; Opioid Abuse and Dependence Value Set; Other Drug Abuse and Dependence Value Set)
    APM-E: Numerators (HbA1c Test Result or Finding Value Set; LDL-C Test Result or Finding Value Set)
    DSF-E:  Exclusions 1 (Bipolar Disorder Value Set; Other Bipolar Disorder Value Set; Depression Value Set)
    DMS-E: Exclusions 1 (Bipolar Disorder Value Set; Other Bipolar Disorder Value Set; Personality Disorder Value Set; Psychotic Disorders Value Set; Pervasive Developmental Disorder Value Set)
    DRR-E: Exclusions 1 (Bipolar Disorder Value Set; Other Bipolar Disorder Value Set; Personality Disorder Value Set; Psychotic Disorders Value Set; Pervasive Developmental Disorder Value Set)
    ASF-E: Exclusions 1 (Alcohol Use Disorder Value Set; Dementia Value Set)

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