Iatrogenic pneumothorax cases (secondary diagnosis) per 1,000 surgical or medical discharges for patients ages 17 years and younger. Excludes normal newborns; neonates with a birth weight less than 500 grams; cases with chest trauma, pleural effusion, thoracic surgery, lung or pleural biopsy, diaphragmatic surgery repair or cardiac surgery; cases with a principal diagnosis of iatrogenic pneumothorax; cases with a secondary diagnosis of iatrogenic pneumothorax present on admission; and obstetric cases.
[NOTE: The software provides the rate per hospital discharge. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 discharges. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report events per 1,000 hospital discharges.]
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.8 Level Of Analysis1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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1.14 Numerator
Discharges, among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator, with any secondary ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for iatrogenic pneumothorax.
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1.15 Denominator
Surgical or medical discharges, for patients ages 17 years and younger. Surgical and medical discharges are defined by specific MS-DRG codes.
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Exclusions
Exclude cases:
• neonates with birth weight less than 500 grams (Birth Weight Categories 1 to 8)
• with a principal ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (or secondary diagnosis present on admission) for iatrogenic pneumothorax (see above)
• with any-listed ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for specified chest trauma (rib fractures, traumatic pneumothorax and related chest wall injuries)
• with any-listed ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for pleural effusion
• with any-listed ICD-10-PCS procedure codes for thoracic surgery
• with any-listed ICD-10-PCS procedure codes for lung or pleural biopsy
• with any-listed ICD-10-PCS procedure codes for diaphragmatic surgery repair
• with any-listed ICD-10-PCS procedure codes for cardiac surgery
• normal newborn
• MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium)
• with missing gender (SEX=missing), age (AGE=missing), quarter (DQTR=missing), year (YEAR=missing) or principal diagnosis (DX1=missing)
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Most Recent Endorsement ActivityMeasure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Fall Cycle 2017Initial EndorsementLast UpdatedRemoval Date
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StewardAgency for Healthcare Research and QualitySteward Organization POC EmailSteward Organization Copyright
Not applicable
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Risk Adjustment
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6.1.2 Current or Planned Use(s)
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