OP-40 CMS996v5 Severe Neurologic Impairment

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    • Type: Hosp Outpt eCQMs - Hospital Outpatient eCQMs
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    • Jessica Johnston
    • (803) 935-8494
    • Lexington Medical Center
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      Thank you for inquiry regarding CMS996: Appropriate Treatment for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients in the Emergency Department (ED). We appreciate you bringing issue to our attention. The measure developer will consider refinements to this value set in a future Annual Update.
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      Thank you for inquiry regarding CMS996: Appropriate Treatment for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients in the Emergency Department (ED). We appreciate you bringing issue to our attention. The measure developer will consider refinements to this value set in a future Annual Update.
    • CMS0996v5
    • Difficulty walking could be applied to most of the encounters as a majority of the STEMI population is older which is inaccurately excluding patients.

      Per specifications, the exclusion for severe neurologic impairment includes "difficulty in walking not elsewhere classified". 

      We have a completely alert and oriented patient that has been excluded from the denominator secondary to neurologic impairment (related to an ICD 10 code: Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified). This does not equate to a severe neurologic impairment. The SNOMEDCT and ICD10 coding in this measure set does not truly reflect severe neurologic disorders/diagnoses of the central nervous system such as: cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Huntington’s disease, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, CVA. Difficulty walking could be applied to most of the encounters as a majority of the STEMI population is older.

       

      Test preserved from the Solution field: "Re-evaluate "difficulty in walking not elsewhere classified" from being included in the exclusion value set. "

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            Mathematica EH eCQM Team
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            Jessica Johnston
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