Cerebrovascular Accident

CVA

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

An acute stroke event caused by ischemic or hemorrhagic interruption of cerebral blood flow, coded in claims and EHR systems using ICD-10-CM codes I60–I67. Data engineers use CVA diagnosis codes to identify stroke episodes, calculate readmission rates, support HEDIS stroke measures, and build neurovascular complication flags in risk models.

Standard Abbreviation

CVA

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  cva VARCHAR(100),  -- Cerebrovascular Accident (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  cva as cerebrovascular_accident
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
cva

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  cva          VARCHAR(100),  -- Cerebrovascular Accident (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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