Quality Measure Implementation Guide (STU4)
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Example Measure: EXM130 - Colorectal Cancer Screening Measure

Active as of 2022-02-22
Id: EXM130-FHIR
Download cql: EXM130-FHIR.cql
Url: EXM130 - Colorectal Cancer Screening Measure
Version: 8.0.000
Identifier:

value: 130

Identifier:

value: 0034

Name: EXM130
Title: EXM130 - Colorectal Cancer Screening Measure
Status: active
Experimental: true
Scoring:

Proportion

Improvement Notation:

Increased score indicates improvement

Type:

process

Date: 2022-02-22
Publisher: Clinical Quality Information WG
Description:

Percentage of adults 50-75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer

Use Context:
codevalue
program
Jurisdiction: US
Topic: 57024-2
Purpose:

Patients 50-75 years of age with a visit during the measurement period

Copyright:

This Physician Performance Measure (Measure) and related data specifications were developed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA is not responsible for any use of the Measure. NCQA makes no representations, warranties, or endorsement about the quality of any organization or physician that uses or reports performance measures and NCQA has no liability to anyone who relies on such measures or specifications. NCQA holds a copyright in the Measure. The Measure can be reproduced and distributed, without modification, for noncommercial purposes (eg, use by healthcare providers in connection with their practices) without obtaining approval from NCQA. Commercial use is defined as the sale, licensing, or distribution of the Measure for commercial gain, or incorporation of the Measure into a product or service that is sold, licensed or distributed for commercial gain. All commercial uses or requests for modification must be approved by NCQA and are subject to a license at the discretion of NCQA. (C) 2012-2017 National Committee for Quality Assurance. All Rights Reserved. Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for user convenience. Users of proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of the code sets. NCQA disclaims all liability for use or accuracy of any third party codes contained in the specifications. CPT(R) contained in the Measure specifications is copyright 2004-2017 American Medical Association. LOINC(R) copyright 2004-2017 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. This material contains SNOMED Clinical Terms(R) (SNOMED CT[R] ) copyright 2004-2017 International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. ICD-10 copyright 2017 World Health Organization. All Rights Reserved.

Disclaimer:

The performance Measure is not a clinical guideline and does not establish a standard of medical care, and has not been tested for all potential applications. THE MEASURE AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Due to technical limitations, registered trademarks are indicated by (R) or [R] and unregistered trademarks are indicated by (TM) or [TM].

Approval Date: 2016-01-01
Last Review Date: 2016-09-01
Effective Period: 2018-01-01..2018-12-31
Supplemental Data Elements: SDE Ethnicity SDE Payer SDE Race SDE Sex
Libraries:
EXM130 - Colorectal Cancer Screening Library
Related Artifact Dependencies:
  • Supplemental Data Elements Library
  • http://fhir.org/guides/cqf/common/Library/FHIRHelpers|4.0.1
  • MAT Global Common Functions FHIR Library
  • Adult Outpatient Encounters Common Library
  • Hospice FHIR Library
  • http://snomed.info/sct|http://snomed.info/sct/731000124108/version/201709
  • Colonoscopy
  • Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
  • FIT DNA
  • CT Colonography
  • Payer
  • Office Visit
  • Annual Wellness Visit
  • Preventive Care Services Established Office Visit, 18 and Up
  • Preventive Care Services Initial Office Visit, 18 and Up
  • Home Healthcare Services
  • Encounter Inpatient
  • Hospice Care Ambulatory
  • Malignant Neoplasm of Colon
  • Total Colectomy
  • Parameters:
    nameuseminmaxtype
    Measurement Period in 0 1 Period
    SDE Sex out 0 1 Coding
    Numerator out 0 1 boolean
    Denominator out 0 1 boolean
    SDE Payer out 0 * Resource
    Initial Population out 0 1 boolean
    SDE Ethnicity out 0 * Coding
    Denominator Exclusion out 0 1 boolean
    SDE Race out 0 * Coding
    DataRequirements:
    TypeMust SupportValueset NameValueset
    Coverage period type Payer Payer
    Patient extension value url
    Encounter type Office Visit Office Visit
    Encounter type Annual Wellness Visit Annual Wellness Visit
    Encounter type Preventive Care Services - Established Office Visit, 18 and Up Preventive Care Services Established Office Visit, 18 and Up
    Encounter type Preventive Care Services-Initial Office Visit, 18 and Up Preventive Care Services Initial Office Visit, 18 and Up
    Encounter type Home Healthcare Services Home Healthcare Services
    Encounter period hospitalization hospitalization.dischargeDisposition type status Encounter Inpatient Encounter Inpatient
    Condition code onset Malignant Neoplasm of Colon Malignant Neoplasm of Colon
    Observation effective code value status FIT DNA FIT DNA
    Observation effective code value status Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)
    Procedure code performed status Colonoscopy Colonoscopy
    Procedure code performed status Total Colectomy Total Colectomy
    Procedure code performed status CT Colonography CT Colonography
    Procedure code performed status Hospice care ambulatory Hospice Care Ambulatory
    Procedure code performed status Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
    ServiceRequest code authoredOn intent Hospice care ambulatory Hospice Care Ambulatory
    Direct Reference Codes:
    displaycodesystem
    Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure) 428361000124107 SNOMED CT (all versions)
    Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure) 428371000124100 SNOMED CT (all versions)
    Logic Definitions:
    GroupScoringPopulation CriteriaExpression
    Measure scoring:

    Proportion

    Initial Population
    define "Initial Population":
    	Global."CalendarAgeInYearsAt"(FHIRHelpers.ToDate(Patient.birthDate), start of "Measurement Period") in Interval[50, 75]
    			and exists AdultOutpatientEncounters."Qualifying Encounters"
    Numerator
    define "Numerator":
    	exists "Colonoscopy Performed"
    		or exists "Fecal Occult Blood Test Performed"
    		or exists "Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Performed"
    		or exists "Fecal Immunochemical Test DNA"
    		or exists "CT Colonography Performed"
    Denominator
    define "Denominator":
    	true
    Denominator Exclusion
    define "Denominator Exclusion":
    	Hospice."Has Hospice"
    		or exists "Malignant Neoplasm Ever"
    		or exists "Total Colectomy Performed"
    Library NameName
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Sex
    define "SDE Sex":
      case
          when Patient.gender = 'male' then Code { code: 'M', system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/AdministrativeGender', display: 'Male' }
          when Patient.gender = 'female' then Code { code: 'F', system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/AdministrativeGender', display: 'Female' }
          else null
        end
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR SDE Sex
    define "SDE Sex":
      SDE."SDE Sex"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Colonoscopy Performed
    define "Colonoscopy Performed":
    	[Procedure: "Colonoscopy"] Colonoscopy
    		where Colonoscopy.status = 'completed'
    		  and Global."Normalize Interval"(Colonoscopy.performed) ends 10 years or less on or before end of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Fecal Occult Blood Test Performed
    define "Fecal Occult Blood Test Performed":
    	[Observation: "Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)"] FecalOccultResult
    		where FecalOccultResult.status in {'final', 'amended', 'corrected', 'preliminary'}
    			and FecalOccultResult.value is not null
    			and Global."Normalize Interval"(FecalOccultResult.effective) during day of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Performed
    define "Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Performed":
    	[Procedure: "Flexible Sigmoidoscopy"] FlexibleSigmoidoscopy
    		where FlexibleSigmoidoscopy.status = 'completed'
    			and Global."Normalize Interval"(FlexibleSigmoidoscopy.performed) ends 5 years or less on or before end of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Fecal Immunochemical Test DNA
    define "Fecal Immunochemical Test DNA":
    	[Observation: "FIT DNA"] FitDNA
    		where FitDNA.status in {'final', 'amended', 'corrected', 'preliminary'}
    			and FitDNA.value is not null
    			and Global."Normalize Interval"(FitDNA.effective) occurs 3 years or less on or before day of end of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR CT Colonography Performed
    define "CT Colonography Performed":
    	[Procedure: "CT Colonography"] Colonography
    		where Colonography.status = 'completed'
    			and Global."Normalize Interval"(Colonography.performed) ends 5 years or less on or before end of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Numerator
    define "Numerator":
    	exists "Colonoscopy Performed"
    		or exists "Fecal Occult Blood Test Performed"
    		or exists "Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Performed"
    		or exists "Fecal Immunochemical Test DNA"
    		or exists "CT Colonography Performed"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Denominator
    define "Denominator":
    	true
    Library NameName
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Payer
    define "SDE Payer":
      [Coverage: type in "Payer"] Payer
            return {
              code: Payer.type,
              period: Payer.period
            }
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR SDE Payer
    define "SDE Payer":
      SDE."SDE Payer"
    Library NameName
    AdultOutpatientEncounters Qualifying Encounters
    define "Qualifying Encounters":
    	(
        [Encounter: "Office Visit"]
      		union [Encounter: "Annual Wellness Visit"]
      		union [Encounter: "Preventive Care Services - Established Office Visit, 18 and Up"]
      		union [Encounter: "Preventive Care Services-Initial Office Visit, 18 and Up"]
      		union [Encounter: "Home Healthcare Services"]
      ) ValidEncounter
    		where ValidEncounter.period during "Measurement Period"
      		and ValidEncounter.status  = 'finished'
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Initial Population
    define "Initial Population":
    	Global."CalendarAgeInYearsAt"(FHIRHelpers.ToDate(Patient.birthDate), start of "Measurement Period") in Interval[50, 75]
    			and exists AdultOutpatientEncounters."Qualifying Encounters"
    Library NameName
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Ethnicity
    define "SDE Ethnicity":
      (flatten (
          Patient.extension Extension
            where Extension.url = 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity'
              return Extension.extension
        )) E
          where E.url = 'ombCategory'
            or E.url = 'detailed'
          return E.value as Coding
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR SDE Ethnicity
    define "SDE Ethnicity":
      SDE."SDE Ethnicity"
    Library NameName
    Hospice Has Hospice
    define "Has Hospice":
    	exists (
        [Encounter: "Encounter Inpatient"] DischargeHospice
    			where DischargeHospice.status = 'finished'
    		    and (
    	        DischargeHospice.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure)"
    				    or DischargeHospice.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure)"
    	    	)
    				and DischargeHospice.period ends during "Measurement Period"
    	)
        or exists (
          [ServiceRequest: "Hospice care ambulatory"] HospiceOrder
            where HospiceOrder.intent = 'order'
                and HospiceOrder.authoredOn in "Measurement Period"
        )
        or exists (
          [Procedure: "Hospice care ambulatory"] HospicePerformed
            where HospicePerformed.status = 'completed'
              and Global."Normalize Interval"(HospicePerformed.performed) overlaps "Measurement Period"
        )
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Malignant Neoplasm Ever
    define "Malignant Neoplasm Ever":
    	[Condition: "Malignant Neoplasm of Colon"] ColorectalCancer
    		where Global."Normalize Interval"(ColorectalCancer.onset) starts on or before end of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Total Colectomy Performed
    define "Total Colectomy Performed":
    	[Procedure: "Total Colectomy"] Colectomy
    		where Colectomy.status = 'completed'
    			and Global."Normalize Interval"(Colectomy.performed) starts on or before end of "Measurement Period"
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR Denominator Exclusion
    define "Denominator Exclusion":
    	Hospice."Has Hospice"
    		or exists "Malignant Neoplasm Ever"
    		or exists "Total Colectomy Performed"
    Library NameName
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Race
    define "SDE Race":
      (flatten (
          Patient.extension Extension
            where Extension.url = 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race'
              return Extension.extension
        )) E
          where E.url = 'ombCategory'
            or E.url = 'detailed'
          return E.value as Coding
    Library NameName
    EXM130-FHIR SDE Race
    define "SDE Race":
      SDE."SDE Race"

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