eCQM / NQF #: CMS167v6 / 0088
Measure: Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy who had a dilated macular or fundus exam performed which included documentation of the level of severity of retinopathy and the presence or absence of macular edema during one or more office visits within 12 months.
Numerator: Patients who had a dilated macular or fundus exam performed which included documentation of the level of severity of retinopathy AND the presence or absence of macular edema during one or more office visits within 12 months.
Denominator: All patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy.
Exception: Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing a dilated macular or fundus examination.

Documentation of patient reason(s) for not performing a dilated macular or fundus examination.

Domain: Effective Clinical Care

 

In ChartMaker Clinical:

In order to qualify for this measure, the provider must have seen the patient, age 18 years or older, at least one time during the reporting period and have the appropriate information documented in the chart:

Required Data Elements for the Denominator: 

Required Data Elements for the Numerator: 

EXCEPTION DETAILS: 

This measure makes an exception for patients who did not have a dilated macular or fundus examination due to Medical, Patient or System reasons.  In order to meet the requirements for this exception, the appropriate information must be documented in the chart (at least one of the following):

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

•  The patient must be at least 18 years of age prior to the start of the measurement period.

• The measure, as written, does not specifically require documentation of laterality. Coding limitations in particular clinical terminologies do not currently allow for that level of specificity (ICD-10-CM includes laterality, but ICD-9-CM and SNOMED-CT do not uniformly include this distinction). Therefore, at this time, it is not a requirement of this measure to indicate laterality of the diagnoses, findings or procedures. Available coding to capture the data elements specified in this measure has been provided. It is assumed that the eligible professional will record laterality in the patient medical record, as quality care and clinical documentation should include laterality.

•  The Macular Examination LOINC code must be attached to a procedure code.  The procedure code MUST be identified as a result in the procedure properties.

•  The Level of Severity and the Macular Edema Finding SNOMED codes required for the numerator MUST be attached to the procedure code that is linked with the Macular Examination LOINC code.

•  The Patient or Medical Reason SNOMED code required for the exception MUST be attached to the procedure code that is linked with the Macular Examination LOINC code.  That procedure must be indicated as not performed by using the check box on the procedure dialogue screen.

•  The only data used to determine the denominator is data from the ChartMaker Clinical Module. If a patient encounter was not entered into the ChartMaker Clinical Module, that encounter is not included in the denominator for the statistical calculations on the Meaningful Use Dashboard. Please add these additional patients to the denominator and recalculate the percentage for Attestation purposes.