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Hip Fracture Mortality Rate (IQI 19)

CBE ID
0354
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

In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with hip fracture as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 65 years and older. Excludes periprosthetic fracture discharges, obstetric discharges, cases in hospice care at admission, and transfers to another hospital.

[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 in-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges.]

    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
      1.14 Numerator

      Number of deaths (DISP=20) among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator.

      1.15 Denominator

      Discharges, for patients ages 65 years and older, with a principal ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for hip fracture (MTHIPFD).

      Exclusions

      Exclude cases:
      • With any-listed ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for periprosthetic fracture (MTHIP2D)
      • Transferring to another short-term hospital (DISP=2)
      • Cases in hospice care at admission (PointOFOriginUB04=F)
      • MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium)
      • with missing discharge disposition (DISP=missing), gender (SEX=missing), age (AGE=missing), quarter (DQTR=missing), year (YEAR=missing) or principal diagnosis (DX1=missing)

      Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Surgery Fall Cycle 2019
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
      Steward Organization
      Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      Steward POC email
      Steward Organization Copyright

      The AHRQ QI software is publicly available. We have no copyright disclaimers

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