CBE ID
0305
1.5 Project
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
1.1 Measure Structure
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 Measure Description
Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a back pain episode of 28 days or more without documentation of red flags who had surgery within the first six weeks of back pain onset (overuse measure, lower performance is better).
Note: This measure is applicable only for physicians who perform surgery.
Measure Specs
General Information
1.7 Measure Type
1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
1.8 Level of Analysis
1.9 Care Setting
1.20 Types of Data Sources
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