Clinical Care

In this section:

• Table descriptions
• Resources
• Training

Access resources to help complete the Uniform Data System (UDS) clinical tables (Table 6A: Selected Diagnoses and Services Rendered, Table 6B Quality of Care Measures, and Table 7 Health Outcomes and Disparities).

Table descriptions

The UDS clinical tables provide information on:

• Selected diagnoses and services (including mental health, substance use disorder, vision, and dental diagnoses and services)
• Preventive care and screening
• Maternal and children’s health
• Chronic disease management 

Resources

Table Fact Sheets define key terms, highlight changes from the prior year, explain how UDS data are used, provide helpful hints for completing the UDS tables, and outline the importance of cross-table relationships and considerations.

• Table 6A Fact Sheet (PDF - 265 KB)
• Table 6B Fact Sheet (PDF - 346 KB)
• Table 7 Fact Sheet (PDF - 190 KB)
• Table 6B and Table 7: Prenatal Care Fact Sheet (PDF - 337 KB)

New 2023 Table 6A Code Changes (PDF - 193 KB) outlines changes to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes, from the prior to the current reporting year, by diagnosis/service on UDS Table 6A.

New 2023 UDS Clinical Measures Exclusions and Exceptions (PDF - 113 KB) describes how to report the clinical measure numerators and denominators as the measure stewards intended.

New Helpful Codes for HIV and PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) (PDF - 146 KB) provides relevant CPT and ICD codes to help identify patients for the Table 6B HIV Linkage to Care Line 20 measure and the Table 6A PrEP Management Line 21e.

New 2023 UDS Clinical Quality Measures (CQM) Criteria (PDF - 281 KB) describes each of the CQMs reported on UDS Tables 6B and 7. This resource also provides the major differences between CQMs captured in the UDS and electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs), and highlights changes from prior reporting years. 

New Dental Sealants for Children between 6-9 Years (CMS277v0) Value Sets (PDF - 124 KB) outlines the value sets used in the draft measure specifications (exported from the United States Health Information Knowledgebase) to assist health centers with accurate reporting.

New Telehealth Impact on Uniform Data System (UDS) Clinical Measure Reporting (PDF - 227 KB) helps determine how services provided via telehealth should be considered for clinical measure denominators, numerators, and exclusion reporting on Tables 6B and 7.

UDS Clinical Quality Measures and Healthy People 2030 Objectives and Benchmarks (PDF - 82 KB) provides a crosswalk of relevant UDS clinical quality measures to the Healthy People 2030 targets.

Training

Self-Paced Learning Module: Clinical Services and Performance Part 1 and Part 2 describe how UDS data provides a snapshot of the services provided by health center programs and the quality of care delivered. Estimated length: 90 minutes.