4.2 Mother-Infant Identification Module
If Execute_MI is set to Y in the master program file, the Mother-Infant Identification (MI ID) package will execute after the QA program package has completed. Running the MI ID package is a pre-requisite for the creation of the Mother-Infant Linkage Table. Specifications for the Mother-Infant Identification Program can be found on the Sentinel website and a more extensive discussion of QA checks for the Mother-Infant Linkage (MIL) table can be found in Chapter 11.
Definition 4.1 (Live Birth Delivery) Live births are defined using a code list developed by the Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program (MEPREP) and other Sentinel and non Sentinel pregnancy-related projects.1–3 Identification of live births based on the original work in MEPREP has been updated to incorporate ICD-10-CM and ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) codes. Live birth deliveries, as identified in the description above, are eligible for the MIL table when they have the following additional characteristics: the encounter occurred at least 90 days later than the start of Data Partner data availability, the woman was between 10 and 54 years of age as of the admission date of the delivery encounter, there is no evidence of delivery for 180 days prior, and the woman had 90 days of continuous medical coverage, gaps of up to 45 days allowed, through the delivery date. Infant records with at least one day of enrollment with medical coverage during the first three years of life are eligible for inclusion in the MIL Table.