Percentage of patients with COPD with oxygen saturation assessed at least annually
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Patients with oxygen saturation assessed and documented
CPT codes for oxygen saturation: 94760, 94761, 82803 82805, 82810 or LOINC codes for oxygen saturation: 115556-8, 2703-5, 2704-5, 19211-2, 2705-2, 3148-4, 3149-2, 34163-6, 19218-7, 19219-5, 19221-1, 19220-3, 20564-1, 2708-6, 2709-4, 19224-5, 2711-0, 2714-4, 2715-1, 2716-9, 2717-7, 24336-0, 24337-8, 24338-6, 24339-4, 24341-0, 24342-8, 24343-6, 24344-4
Denominator
All patients aged = 18 years with the diagnosis of COPD and a FEV1 40 % of predicted value
Patient Selection:
Documentation in the medical record of a diagnosis of COPD
OR
ICD-9-CM codes for COPD: 491, 491.1, 491.2, 491.21, 491.22, 491.9, 492, 492.8, 496
AND
CPT codes for patient visit: 99201-99205, 99212-99215, 99241-99245, 99354-99355, 99385-99387, 99395-99397, 99401-99404
AND
Documentation in the medical record of a FEV1 40 % of predicted value
AND
Patient’s age is = 18 years of age
Exclusions
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not assessing oxygen saturation (equipment not available, other medical reason)
Documentation of patient reason(s) for not assessing oxygen saturation (economic, social, religious, other patient reasons)
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