eCQM / NQF #: CMS147v8 / 0041
Measure: Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received an influenza immunization OR who reported previous receipt of an influenza immunization
Numerator: Patients who received an influenza immunization OR who reported previous receipt of an influenza immunization.
Denominator: All patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit during the measurement period and seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31.
Exception: Documentation of medical reason(s) for not receiving influenza immunization (eg, patient allergy, other medical reasons).

Documentation of patient reason(s) for not receiving influenza immunization (eg, patient declined, other patient reasons).

Documentation of system reason(s) for not receiving influenza immunization (eg, vaccine not available, other system reasons).

Domain: Community/Population Health

In ChartMaker Clinical:

In order to qualify for this measure, the provider must have seen the patient, age 6 months and older during October 1 and March 31 of the the reporting period and have the appropriate information documented in the chart:

Required Data Elements for the Denominator: 

AND one of the following:  

Required Data Elements for the Numerator: 

One of the following:

EXCEPTION DETAILS: 

This measure makes an exception for patients who did not receive an Influenza Vaccination due to a documented medical, patient or system reason.  In order to meet the requirements for this exception, the appropriate information must be documented in the chart:

At least one of the following either within 159 days before the start of the measurement period OR within 89 days after the start of the measurement period (unless otherwise specified):

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

•  The patient must be at least 6 months of age prior to the start of the measurement period.

•  If the vaccine is not given in the office at all, it is recommend to include the code used to document the vaccine in a health maintenance/preventive care procedure checklist.

•  The SNOMED codes required by the exception must be attached to the influenza procedure.  The procedure must also be indicated as "Procedure not performed".

•  An alternative to using "Procedure not performed", a 1P, 2P, 3P or 8P modifier can be attached to the influenza procedure along with a valid SNOMED exception code.  If a SNOMED code is not chosen by the user, a default value will be entered.

• 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.