eCQM / NQF #: CMS123v6 / 0056
Measure: The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received a foot exam (visual inspection and sensory exam with mono filament and a pulse exam) during the measurement year.
Numerator: Patients who received visual, pulse and sensory foot examinations during the measurement period.
Denominator: Patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes with a visit during the measurement period.
Denominator Exclusions: Patients who have had either a bilateral amputation above or below the knee, or both a left and right amputation above or below the knee before or during the measurement period. Exclude patients who were in hospice care during the measurement year.
Domain: Effective Clinical Care

 

In ChartMaker Clinical:

In order to qualify for this measure, the provider must have seen the patient, age 18 to 75 years, 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:

EXCLUSION DETAILS:
This measure makes an exclusion for patients who have had either a bilateral amputation above or below the knee, or both a left and right amputation above or below the knee before or during the measurement period. Also, there is an exclusion for patients who were in hospice care during the measurement period.

In order to meet the requirements for this exclusion, the appropriate information must be documented in the chart (at least one of the following):

OR both of the following:

OR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

•  The patient must be at least 18 and under 75 years of age prior to the start of the measurement period.

•  Only patients with a diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes should be included in the denominator of this measure; patients with a diagnosis of secondary diabetes due to another condition should not be included.

•  The SNOMED code required for the numerator must be attached to a procedure code.  The procedure code can not be the office visit code.

•  All 3 SNOMED codes listed for the numerator (indicating a Visual, Sensory AND Pulse examination were done) must be documented in order to count.

•  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.