Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer who are seen in the ambulatory setting who have cancer staging documented using any standardized system or documentation that the cancer is metastatic in the medical record within one month of first office visit
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Patients who have cancer staging documented using any standardized system or documentation that the cancer is metastatic in the medical record within one month of the first office visit
Denominator
All patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer who are seen in the ambulatory setting.
Exclusions
Patients with a documented case of leukemia, myeloma, or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
Measure Record
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