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Type:
Hosp Inpt eCQMs - Hospital Inpatient eCQMs
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Resolution: Answered
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Priority:
Moderate
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Component/s: None
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CMS0832v2
A denominator exclusion for this measure: Inpatient hospitalizations for patients with the index eGFR value of <60 mL/min within 48 hours of the encounter start.
If a patient has multiple eGFR values resulted within the 48 hour timeframe, does this measure look just to the initial one for exclusion? For example, a patient was admitted on 6/30 at 0513 and her first eGFR was 67 on 6/30 at 0615. Then, she had another one result within the 48 time frame on 7/1 at 0028 that was 54.2. Should the patient be excluded?