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Influenza vaccination

CBE ID
0149
Endorsement Status
1.1 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

Percentage of patients discharged during October, November, December, January, or February with pneumonia, age 50 and older, who were screened for influenza vaccine status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, if indicated

        • 1.14 Numerator

          Patients discharged during October, November, December, January, or February with pneumonia, age 50 and older, who were screened for influenza vaccine status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, if indicated

        • 1.15 Denominator

          Pneumonia patients 50 years of age and older (ICD-9-CM principal diagnosis code of 481, 482.0, 482.1, 482.2, 482.30, 482.31, 482.32, 482.39, 482.40, 482.41, 482.49, 482.81, 482.82, 482.83, 482.84, 482.89, 482.9, 483.0, 483.1, 483.8, 485, 486, 487.0 [pneumonia]; or ICD-9-CM principal diagnosis code of 038.0, 038.10, 038.11, 038.19, 038.2, 038.3, 038.40, 038.41, 038.42, 038.43, 038.44, 038.49, 038.8, 038.9 [septicemia] or 518.81,518.84 [acute or chronic respiratory failure] and a secondary diagnosis code of pneumonia)

        • Exclusions

          •No working diagnosis of pneumonia at the time of admission
          •Receiving comfort measures only
          •Expired in the hospital
          •Left the hospital against medical advice
          •Discharged to hospice care
          •Principal or secondary diagnosis of 487.0 (influenza with pneumonia)
          •Transferred to another short term general hospital for inpatient care, or who were discharged/transferred to a federal hospital
          •No chest x-ray or CT scan that indicated positive infiltrate within 24 hours prior to hospital arrival or anytime during this hospitalization

        • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
          Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Population Health: Prevention Endorsement Maintenance Project
          Initial Endorsement
          Last Updated
          Removal Date
        • Steward
          Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
          Steward Organization POC Email