Cholesterol Screening
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ISO-11179 Definition
A preventive care quality measure tracked in EHR and claims analytics systems using CPT codes 80061 or 82465, assessing lipid panel completion rates across member populations. Used in HEDIS measure reporting, value-based care performance dashboards, and population health management platforms to identify gaps in cardiovascular risk screening and intervention.
Standard Abbreviation
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Category
Production DDL — FACT_POPULATION_RISK
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE FACT_POPULATION_RISK (
pop_risk_key INTEGER NOT NULL -- surrogate key,
mbr_id VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL -- member identifier,
msrmt_prd_dt DATE NOT NULL -- measurement period date,
risk_score DECIMAL(8,4) -- risk score,
risk_tier_cd VARCHAR(10) -- risk tier code,
raf_score DECIMAL(8,4) -- RAF score,
hcc_cnt INTEGER -- HCC condition count,
chrnc_cond_cnt INTEGER -- chronic condition count,
ed_visit_cnt INTEGER -- ED visit count,
admit_cnt INTEGER -- admission count,
gap_in_care_cnt INTEGER -- gaps in care count,
care_mgmt_flg BOOLEAN -- care management flag,
outreach_sts_cd VARCHAR(20) -- outreach status code,
model_vrsn VARCHAR(20) -- risk model version,
rec_creat_dt TIMESTAMP NOT NULL -- record created date
);
Standard Snowflake DDL for the canonical population table. Convert to BigQuery or Databricks →
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