Percentage of patients with pneumonia, age 65 and older, who were screened for pneumococcal vaccine status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, if indicated
- Measure TypeElectronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)Level Of AnalysisCare SettingNumerator
Patients with pneumonia, age 65 and older, who were screened for pneumococcal vaccine status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, if indicated
DenominatorPneumonia patients 65 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 ICD9-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• 65 years of age
•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
•Transferred to another short term general hospital for inpatient care
•Discharged 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 hospitalizationTesting Data Sources
- Measure StructureNon Condition Specific
- Risk Adjustment
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