Updated December 2024. No changes for 2024.
The measure is approved for traditional MIPS submission pathway only.
Care Setting: Ambulatory Care: Clinician Office/Clinic
Reporting Option:
- IRIS Registry for EHR Integration: groups and individuals
- IRIS Registry QCDR manual data entry: groups and individuals
Measure Type: Outcome
NQS Domain: Effective Clinical Care
Meaningful Measure Area: Management of Chronic Conditions
Description: Percentage of patients with an actual spherical equivalent (SE) within ± 0.5 D of the intended correction or SE
Risk Adjusted: No
Performance Rate: 1
High Priority Measure: Yes
Inverse Measure: No
Proportional Measure
To Which Patients Does the Measure Apply?
Denominator: All patients aged 18 years or greater with a diagnosis of myopia who underwent refractive surgery
There are three criteria for inclusion of a patient into the denominator.
- Patient characteristics: Description located in “Denominator” (see above).
- Diagnosis codes (ICD-10-CM): Codes located in “Diagnosis Codes.”
- Procedure codes (CPT): Codes located in “CPT Codes.”
Diagnosis Codes
- Diagnosis of myopia (ICD-10: H52.11 (right eye), H52.12 (left eye), H52.13 (bilateral))
CPT Codes
- Refractive surgery treatment (CPT: S0810 (PRK), S0800 (LASIK))
How to Report the Measure
Numerator: Patients receiving refractive surgery with an actual postoperative correction within ± 0.5D of the intended correction within 30 days (could be earlier at last postoperative visit)
How CMS Scores Your Performance
See the QPP resource library for benchmarks.
Copyright
This measure has been developed by the H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr. MD Center for Quality Eye Care of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The measure is not a clinical guideline and does not establish a medical standard. It has not been tested in all possible applications.
The measure, while copyrighted, can be reproduced and distributed with appropriate credit, without modification, for noncommercial purposes, e.g., use by health care providers in connection with their practices. The American Academy of Ophthalmology encourages use of the measure by other health care professionals, where applicable.
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