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  2. CQM-312

Intent to limit exclusions to stay vs 3-4 days PTA

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    • Hans J. Buitendijk
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    • Please look only within the hospital stay; if there is a separate surgical episode within 3 or 4 days (depending on the type of procedure) prior to or after the principal procedure then that episode of care should be excluded.
    • CMS171v1/NQF0527

      This measure has a Denominator Exception that states:

      Patients who had other procedures requiring general or spinal anesthesia that occurred within 3 days (4 days for CABG or Other Cardiac Surgery) prior to or after the procedure of interest (during separate surgical episodes) during this hospital stay.

      Question: Can you confirm that the 3 day or 4 day timeframe confined to the hospital stay of the procedure of interest only? Or are we to look outside �this hospital stay� for 'other' procedures that would fall in the 3-4 day timeframe to the extent available in the EHR?

            julia.skapik Julia Skapik (Inactive)
            siemens Siemens (Inactive)
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