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VSAC Release Notes Archive


2025

Date Title
May 8, 2025 Updated eCQM Specifications and Implementation Resources for 2026 Performance/Reporting Period

2024

Date Title
August 9, 2024 C-CDA R3.0 Updated Value Sets Available
May 02, 2024 Updated eCQM Specifications and Implementation Resources for 2025 Performance/Reporting Period
April 01, 2024 Updated VSAC Support Center

2023

Date Title
December 29, 2023 New VSAC Review Functionality
August 15, 2023 C-CDA R2.1 Updated Value Sets Available
May 4, 2023 NLM VSAC Publishes Updated Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets for 2024 Reporting
January 20, 2023 CDT Range Codes

2022

Date Title
December 16, 2022 New VSAC Functionality
August 10, 2022 C-CDA R2.1 Updated Value Sets Available
May 6, 2022 NLM VSAC Publishes Updated Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets for 2023 Reporting

2021

Date Title
December 15, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
October 19, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
September 30, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
August 20, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (CPT)
August 10, 2021 C-CDA R2.1 Updated Value Sets Available
July 30, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC, SNOMED CT)
July 7, 2021 NLM releases VSAC FHIR R4
June 16, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (SNOMED CT)
May 27, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
May 11, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (CPT)
May 7, 2021 NLM VSAC Publishes Updated Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets for 2022 Reporting
April 28, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (SNOMED CT)
March 31, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
March 16, 2021 New Present on Admission Code System, Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
March 10, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
February 19, 2021 FHIR API Retrieval of Intensional Value Sets in VSAC
February 10, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (CPT)
January 27, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (SNOMED CT)
January 12, 2021 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)

2020

Date Title
December 23, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (RxNorm)
December 22, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (ICD10CM)
December 16, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (RxNorm)
December 9, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (SNOMED CT)
December 1, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (CPT, LOINC, RxNorm)
November 17, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (RxNorm)
November 4, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
October 21, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (ICD10PCS, LOINC)
October 1, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (RxNorm, LOINC)
September 21, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
August 18, 2020 CMS New Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM) Educational Resources
August 13, 2020 COVID-19 Value Sets in VSAC
August 13, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
July 30, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (SNOMED CT)
July 13, 2020 C-CDA R2.1 Updated Value Sets Available
July 02, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (HCPCS, LOINC, SNOMED CT)
June 09, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
May 29, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
May 22, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (SNOMED CT)
May 19, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Value Sets in VSAC
May 11, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (LOINC)
May 07, 2020 eCQM Value Sets for 2021 Reporting Available in VSAC
April 24, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (CPT, LOINC, SNOMED CT)
April 03, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC (CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM, LOINC)
March 17, 2020 Updated Code Systems in VSAC (CVX, RxNorm, SNOMED CT)
March 03, 2020 NLM Value Set Authority Center API Documentation

2019

Date Title
June 28, 2019 C-CDA R2.1 Update in VSAC
April 11, 2019 VSAC Expands Intensional Functionality

2018

Date Title
December 19, 2018 NLM VSAC Launches Intensional Definition Functionality
June 15, 2018 Release of HL7 C-CDA
May 14, 2018 Updated Code Systems in VSAC (UNII, UCUM, MED-RT, RxNav)
February 1, 2018 C-CDA R2.1 Update in VSAC

2017

Date Title
December 19, 2017 VSAC FHIR Release
November 20, 2017 New User Interface Displays Program Releases of Value Sets
June 09, 2017 Upcoming VSAC Downtime
May 05, 2017 eCQM Value Sets Updated for 2018 Reporting

2016

Date Title
September 14, 2016 CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Roll-up Code Supplement File
June 23, 2016 C-CDA Download Page for Current VSAC C-CDA R1.1 Value Sets
April 20, 2016 Updated Code Systems (SNOMED CT, RxNorm)
April 6, 2016 eCQM Value Sets Updated for 2017
January 19, 2016 Expansion Profile for CMS Annual Update of eCQM Value Sets

2015

Date Title
December 16, 2015 NLM VSAC Launches the VSAC Collaboration Tool
September 25, 2015 Keyword Management for VSAC Authoring
August 21, 2015 Updated Code Systems (RxNorm, LOINC)
July 1, 2015 Downloadable Files Updated (Excel, Text, XML from AP)
June 1, 2015 Updated Value Set Code Similarity Calculation in VSAC Authoring Tool
May 6, 2015 NLM VSAC Publishes Annual Update for the 2014 Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets
April 22, 2015 New Graphic Tree Hierarchy Display in Code Context Viewer
February 11, 2015 Updated Legacy Codes in VSAC
January 27, 2015 New VSAC SVS API implemented in production

Last Reviewed: May 8, 2025