Percentage of patients who were provided with patient education on disease management and health behavior changes during one or more visit(s).
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Patients provided with patient education during one or more visit(s).
Patient education should include one or more of the following: weight monitoring; diet (sodium restriction); symptom management; physical activity; smoking cessation; medication instruction; minimizing or avoiding use of NSAIDS; referral for visiting nurse or specific educational or management programs; or prognosis/end-of-life issues.
CPT-II code: 4003F Patient education, written/oral, appropriate for patients with heart failure performed
Denominator
All patient visits for patients aged >18 years with HF
Patient Selection:
ICD-9-CM codes for HF: 402.01, 402.11, 402.91, 404.01, 404.03, 404.11, 404.13, 404.91, 404.93, 428.0, 428.1, 428.20-428.23, 428.30-428.33, 428.40-428.43, 428.9
And
CPT codes for patient visit: 99201-99205, 99212-99215, 99241-99245, 99354-99355, 99385-99387, 99395-99397, 99401-99404
And
Patient age is > 18 years
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