URSA-CORE-948: Patients with a Null or Non-Standard Zip Code
  • 28 Jun 2025
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URSA-CORE-948: Patients with a Null or Non-Standard Zip Code

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Measure Description

Among patients with a zip code, the percentage with a null or non-standard zip code value; non-standard zip code values are those that don't appear in the URSA-CORE zip code reference object.

Metadata

  • Measure Type: Rate Measure
  • Temporal Structure: Static
  • Component Class: Normal-Form
  • Denominator Case Field: Patient ID
  • Target Direction: Down

Denominator Description

One per patient with a null or non-missing zip code

Numerator Description

One per qualifying denominator observation with a non-standard zip code value; non-standard zip code values are those that don't appear in the URSA-CORE zip code reference object.

Published Fields

  • Data Model Keys

    • Patient ID
    • Source ID
  • Source Local Keys

    • Source Local Patient ID
    • Source Local Patient Master Identity ID
  • Operations Support Fields

    • Patient Operational ID
  • Patient Fields

    • Patient ZIP Code 5-Digit
    • Patient ZIP Code 9-Digit
  • Denominator Fields

    • Is Patient Zip Code 5-Digit Null or Not in Reference
    • Is Patient Zip Code 9-Digit Null or Not in Reference
  • Measure Fields

    • Denominator
    • Numerator

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