Percentage of Surgical patients greater than 18 years of age with urinary catheter removed on Postoperative Day 1 or Postoperative Day 2 with day of surgery being day zero.
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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1.14 Numerator
Number of surgical patients whose urinary catheter is removed on POD 1 or POD 2 with day of surgery being day zero.
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1.15 Denominator
All selected surgical patients with a catheter in place postoperatively.
See S.2b above for code tables.
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Exclusions
Excluded Populations:
• Patients less than 18 years of age
• Patients who have a Length of Stay greater than 120 days
• Patients enrolled in clinical trials
• Patients who had a urological, gynecological or perineal procedure performed (refer to Appendix A, Table 5.16 for ICD-9-CM codes)
• Patients whose ICD-9-CM principal procedure occurred prior to the date of admission
• Patients who expired perioperatively
• Patients whose length of stay was less than two days postoperatively
• Patients who did not have a catheter in place postoperatively
• Patients who had physician/APN/PA documentation of a reason for not removing the urinary catheter postoperatively
• Patients who had a urinary diversion or a urethral catheter or were being intermittently catheterized prior to hospital arrival
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Most Recent Endorsement ActivityMeasure Retired and Endorsement Removed Surgery Endorsement Project 2013-2015Initial EndorsementLast UpdatedRemoval Date
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StewardCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSteward Organization POC EmailSteward Organization Copyright
In the public domain
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Risk Adjustment
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6.1.2 Current or Planned Use(s)
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