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    IRIS35: Improvement of Macular Edema in Patients with Uveitis


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    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 Options: 

    • IRIS Registry QCDR for EHR: 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 uveitis and macular edema with a reduction of 20% or greater in the central subfield thickness on OCT within 90 days after treatment.

    Risk Adjusted: No 
    Performance Rate: 1
    High Priority Measure: Yes 
    Inverse Measure: No
    Proportional Measure

    To Which Patients Does the Measure Apply?

    Denominator: Patients aged 18 years or older with uveitis who underwent treatment for macular edema.

    There are two criteria for inclusion of a patient into the denominator.

    1. Patient characteristics: Description located in “Denominator” (see above).
    2. Diagnosis codes (ICD-10-CM): Codes located in “Diagnosis Codes.”

    Diagnosis Codes

    Diagnosis of Uveitis:

    • Anterior uveitis
      • Primary iridocyclitis (H20.011, H20.012, H20.013)
      • Recurrent acute iridocyclitis (H20.021, H20.022, H20.023)
    • Intermediate uveitis (H30.21, H30.22, H30.23)
    • Panuveitis (H44.111, H44.112, H44.113)
    • Posterior uveitis
      • Exudative retinopathy (H35.021, H35.022, H35.023)
      • Retinal vasculitis (H35.061, H35.062, H35.063)
      • Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation (H30.001, H30.002, H30.003)
      • Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillary (H30.011, H30.012, H30.013)
      • Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior pole (H30.021, H30.022, H30.023)
      • Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral (H30.031, H30.032, H30.033)
      • Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacular (H30.041, H30.042, H30.043)
        Unspecified disseminated chorioretinal inflammation (H30.101, H30.102, H30.103)
      • Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation posterior pole (H30.111, H30.112, H30.113)
      • Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral (H30.121, H30.122, H30.123)
      • Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation, generalized (H30.131, H30.132, H30.133)
        Unspecified chorioretinal inflammation (H30.91, H30.92, H30.93)
      • Other chorioretinal inflammations (H30.891, H30.892, H30.893)
      • Harada’s disease (H30.811, H30.812, H30.813)
        Vogt-Koyanagi Syndrome (H20.821, H20.822, H20.823)

    AND

    Diagnosis of Macular Edema

    • Cystoid macular degeneration (H35.351, H35.352, H35.353)
    • Retinal edema (H35.81)

    How to Report the Measure

    Numerator: Patients with a 20% reduction or greater of central subfield thickness within 90 days of treatment initiation

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    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.

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