This measure assesses the number of patients who received venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after hospital admission or surgery end date for surgeries that start the day of or the day after hospital admission. This measure is part of a set of six nationally implemented prevention and treatment measures that address VTE (VTE-2: ICU VTE Prophylaxis, VTE-3: VTE Patients with Anticoagulation Overlap Therapy, VTE-4: VTE Patients Receiving UFH with Dosages/Platelet Count Monitoring, VTE-5: VTE Warfarin Therapy Discharge Instructions and VTE-6:
Hospital Acquired Potentially-Preventable VTE) that are used in The Joint Commission’s accreditation process.
- Measure TypeElectronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)Care SettingNumerator
Patients who received VTE prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given:
• the day of or the day after hospital admission
• the day of or the day after surgery end date for surgeries that start the day of or the day after hospital admissionDenominatorAll discharged hospital inpatients
Exclusions• Patients less than 18 years of age
• Patients who have a length of stay (LOS) less than two days and greater than 120 days
• Patients with Comfort Measures Only documented on day of or day after hospital arrival
• Patients enrolled in clinical trials related to VTE
• Patients who are direct admits to intensive care unit (ICU), or transferred to ICU the day of or the day after hospital admission with ICU LOS greater than or equal to one day
• Patients with ICD-9-CM Principal Diagnosis Code of Mental Disorders or Stroke as defined in Appendix A, Table 7.01, 8.1 or 8.2
• Patients with ICD-9-CM Principal or Other Diagnosis Codes of Obstetrics or VTE as defined in Appendix A, Table 7.02, 7.03 or 7.04
• Patients with ICD-9-CM Principal Procedure Code of Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) VTE selected surgeries as defined in Appendix A, Tables 5.17, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24Testing Data Sources
- Measure StructureNon Condition SpecificTarget PopulationNational Quality Strategy PrioritiesPatient Safety
- Risk Adjustment
- Current or planned use(s)
- Most Recent Endorsement ActivityMeasure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Spring Cycle 2018Initial EndorsementEndorsement StatusLast UpdatedRemoval Date
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