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Back Pain: Recommendation for Exercise

CBE ID
0317
Project
Musculoskeletal Endorsement Maintenance
Endorsed
New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Endorsement and Maintenance (E&M) Cycle
Spring 2014
Is Under Review
No
Measure Description

Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with back pain lasting more than 12 weeks, with documentation of physician advice for supervised exercise.

  • Measure Type
    Process
    Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
    No
    Level Of Analysis
    Clinician: Group/Practice
    Clinician: Individual
    Care Setting
    Outpatient Services
    Numerator

    The number of patients with documentation that a supervised exercise program was recommended or that they were provided instructions for therapeutic exercise with follow-up by the physician.

    Denominator

    Patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with back pain lasting more than 12 weeks.

    Exclusions

    N/A

    Testing Data Sources
    Claims Data
    Paper Patient Medical Records
  • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
    Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Musculoskeletal Endorsement Maintenance Project
    Initial Endorsement
    Endorsement Status
    Endorsement Removed
    Last Updated
    Removal Date