Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a back pain episode of 28 days or more who received inappropriate repeat imaging studies in the absence of red flags or progressive symptoms (overuse measure, lower performance is better).
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
The number of patients with inappropriate imaging studies (as defined in 2a1.3.)
Denominator
Patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with more than one imaging study and patients with only one imaging study and no documentation in medical record of physician asking about prior imaging.
Exclusions
Exclude patients from the denominator with evidence or notation of red flags or worsening/progressive signs in their medical record in the seven-day (one week) period preceding the second imaging study.
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