URSA-CKD-105: Home or Dialysis Facility ESRD Dialysis Starts
  • 28 Jun 2025
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URSA-CKD-105: Home or Dialysis Facility ESRD Dialysis Starts

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Measure Description

Among ESRD dialysis starts with a known setting, the percentage with dialysis starts in home or outpatient dialysis facility setting

Metadata

  • Measure Type: Rate Measure
  • Temporal Structure: Event
  • Component Class: Normal-Form
  • Denominator Case Field: Encounter ID
  • Target Direction: Up

Denominator Description

ESRD starts via dialysis with any documented setting

Numerator Description

ESRD dialysis starts in a home or outpatient dialysis facility setting

Published Fields

  • Data Model Keys

    • Encounter ID
    • Primary Plan ID
    • Primary Payor ID
    • Primary Plan Attributee Provider ID
    • Empirical Attributee Individual Nephrology Provider ID
    • Empirical Attributee Nephrology Group Provider ID
    • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Individual Provider ID
    • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Provider Group Provider ID
  • Patient Fields

    • Patient Date of Birth
    • Patient Age Integer
    • Patient Age Category Tier 1
    • Patient Age Category Tier 2
    • Patient Sex Category
    • Count Hospital Inpatient Admissions in Last 12 Months
    • Count ED Visits Without Inpatient Admissions in Last 12 Months
  • Date Fields

    • Start of Measurement Period
    • Encounter Start Date
    • Encounter End Date
    • Current Continuous Primary Payor Membership Episode Start Date
    • Current Continuous Primary Payor Membership Episode End Date
    • Current Dialysis Episode Start Date
    • Current Dialysis Episode End Date
    • Segment Start Date -- The start date of the reporting segment. (See also [URSA-CORE] Reporting Segment)
    • Segment End Date -- The end date of the reporting segment. (See also [URSA-CORE] Reporting Segment)
  • Module Fields

    • CKD Stage Category
    • Is CKD Stage 1
    • Is CKD Stage 2
    • Is CKD Stage 3
    • Is CKD Stage 4
    • Is CKD Stage 5
    • Is ESRD
    • Is CKD Stage Unknown
    • Is CKD Stage 3 or Higher
    • Is CKD Stage 4 or Higher
    • Is Chronic Dialysis Patient
    • Is History of Kidney Transplantation
    • Is CCW CKD
  • Encounter Fields

    • ESRD Start Type Category
    • Is ESRD Start Type Kidney Transplant
    • Is ESRD Start Type Dialysis Encounter
    • Encounter Setting Category
    • Is Encounter Setting Home
    • Is Encounter Setting Inpatient
    • Is Encounter Setting Outpatient Dialysis Facility
    • Is Encounter Setting Outpatient Non-Dialysis Facility
    • Encounter Qualifying Dialysis Document HCPCS Code
    • Encounter Qualifying Dialysis Document CMS Revenue Center Code
    • Encounter Qualifying Kidney Transplantation Document ICD-10-PCS Code
    • Encounter Qualifying Kidney Transplantation Document HCPCS Code
    • Encounter Qualifying Kidney Transplantation Document MS-DRG Code
    • Encounter CMS Type of Bill Code
    • Encounter CMS Place of Service Code
    • Dialysis Access Type Category
    • Is Dialysis Vascular Access Type Any Catheter
    • Is Dialysis Vascular Access Type Graft Without Catheter
    • Is Dialysis Vascular Access Type Fistula Only
    • Is Hospital Inpatient Admission Encounter
    • Is Emergency Department Visit Parent Encounter
    • Is Observation Stay Parent Encounter
  • Clinical Services Fields

    • Dialysis Modality Category
    • Is Dialysis Modality Hemodialysis
    • Is Dialysis Modality Peritoneal Dialysis
    • Is Hospice in Last 12 Months
  • Provider Fields

    • CKD Physician Management Category
    • Count Nephrology Provider Visits in Last 12 Months
    • Empirical Attributee Individual Nephrology Provider Description
    • Empirical Attributee Nephrology Group Provider Description
    • Count Primary Care Visits for CKD in Last 12 Months
    • Primary Care Engagement Category
    • Count Visits with Attributee Individual Primary Care Provider in Last 36 Months
  • Location Fields

    • Patient State Abbreviation
    • Patient ZIP Code 5-Digit
    • UW HIP ADI Quintile Category
  • Insurance Fields

    • Primary Plan Description
    • Primary Plan Financial Class Description
  • Diagnosis Fields

    • Count CCW Conditions
    • Is CCW System Behavioral Health
    • Is CCW System Cardiovascular
    • Is CCW System Genitourinary
    • Is CCW System Musculoskeletal
    • Is CCW System Pulmonary
    • Is CCW COPD and Bronchiectasis
    • Is CCW Diabetes
    • Is CCW Hyperlipidemia
    • Is CCW Hypertension
    • CCW Count Category
    • CCW Systems Category
    • Count CCW Systems
    • Is CCW System Congenital
    • Is CCW System Endocrine/Metabolic
    • Is CCW System Hematologic
    • Is CCW System Neurological
    • Is CCW System Oncologic
    • Is CCW System Ophthalmologic
    • Is CCW System Other
  • Measure Fields

    • Denominator
    • Numerator

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