[CQM-823] Why were the ICD-9 codes for asthma removed? Created: 08/20/13 Updated: 10/30/13 Resolved: 10/30/13 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | eCQM Issue Tracker |
| Component/s: | Measure, ValueSet |
| Type: | Value Sets | Priority: | Minor |
| Reporter: | Eric Gunther (Inactive) | Assignee: | Ramya Tallapragada (Inactive) |
| Resolution: | Answered | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Institution/Name: | Azara Healthcare |
| Solution: | As you noted, ICD-9-CM codes are not specific enough to differentiate persistent asthma. Use of ICD-10-CM or SNOMED-CT is required to implement this measure. |
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| Tracker Notification: |
Cindy Cullen, Minet Javellana (Inactive)
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| Impact: | Measure results will be low |
| Description |
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I noticed the ICD-9 codes for asthma were removed from the NQF 0036 spec. Presumably this is because they don't actually identify "persistent" asthma. However, many of our customers don't yet collect ICD-10-CM or SNOMED-CT codes associated to diagnoses, so they will be reporting very low numbers which wouldn't necessarily be clinically accurate. Any chance ICD-9 codes would be acceptable for this measure? Perhaps not so much of an issue as general feedback... |