description: This profile contains Required and Must Support data elements for reporting encounter information to the NHSN Acute Care Hospital (ACH) Monthly Digital Quality Measure. This profile is based on the [HL7 FHIR® US Core Encounter Profile v3.1.1](http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU3.1.1/StructureDefinition-us-core-encounter.html). package_name: gov.cdc.nhsn.dqm derivation: constraint name: AcuteCareHospitalMonthlyReportingEncounter type: Encounter elements: diagnosis: mustSupport: true index: 10 elements: use: {mustSupport: true, index: 11} rank: {mustSupport: true, index: 12} meta: extensions: link-received-date-extension: {url: 'http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/StructureDefinition/link-received-date-extension', min: 0, max: 1, type: Extension, index: 1} elements: extension: type: Extension url: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/StructureDefinition/link-received-date-extension index: 1 slicing: slices: link-received-date-extension: match: {} schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/StructureDefinition/link-received-date-extension', index: 1} min: 0 max: 1 classHistory: {mustSupport: true, index: 7} status: short: triaged | in-progress | finished | onleave | entered-in-error binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/ValueSet/ach-monthly-encounter-status'} index: 6 id: {index: 0} identifier: index: 2 elements: use: {mustSupport: true, index: 3} type: {mustSupport: true, index: 4} period: {mustSupport: true, index: 5} hospitalization: elements: origin: {mustSupport: true, index: 13} admitSource: {mustSupport: true, index: 14} reAdmission: binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0092'} mustSupport: true index: 15 dietPreference: binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-diet'} mustSupport: true index: 16 dischargeDisposition: binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-discharge-disposition'} index: 17 period: {index: 9} location: short: List of locations where the patient has been. Used in part to discern whether the patient is Inpatient, Emergency and or Observation status. index: 18 elements: location: elements: reference: {mustSupport: true, index: 19} required: [reference] status: {mustSupport: true, index: 20} physicalType: binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type'} mustSupport: true index: 21 period: {index: 22} required: [period] subject: elements: reference: {mustSupport: true, index: 8} required: [reference] package_version: 1.0.0 class: profile kind: resource url: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/StructureDefinition/ach-monthly-encounter base: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-encounter version: 1.0.0 required: [id, location, identifier, period]