Existing Wording: U.S. Data Access Framework (DAF) Vital Signs Profile

Comment:

This does not seem to add anything to what is in the overall spec and it does not speak to the specifics of meanful use vital signs that specifies the following:

work.

We propose to require that a Health IT

Module be able to attribute a specific

LOINC® code to each type of vital sign

using the following identifiers:

• ''Systolic blood pressure'' with

LOINC® code 8480-6;

• ''Diastolic blood pressure'' with

LOINC® code 8462-4;

• ''Body height'' with LOINC® code

8302-2;

• ''Body weight measured'' with

LOINC® code 3141-9;

• ''Heart rate'' with LOINC® code

8867-4;

• ''Respiratory rate'' with LOINC®

code 9279-1;

• ''Body temperature'' with LOINC®

code 8310-5;

• ''Oxygen saturation in arterial blood

by pulse oximetry'' with LOINC® code

59408-5;

• ''Body mass index (BMI) [Ratio]''

with LOINC® code 39156-5; and

We understand that the industry is

commonly identifying these vital signs

using LOINC® codes today.

59576-9) for youth 2-20 years of age;

and