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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): Comprehensive Documentation of Indications for PCI

Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, for whom percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is performed with comprehensive documentation for the procedure that includes, at a minimum, the following elements: priority (acute coronary syndrome, urgent, elective, emergency/salvage); presence and severity of angina symptoms; use of antianginal medical therapies within two weeks prior to the procedure, if any; presence, results, and timing of non-invasive stress test, fractional flow reserve (FFR), or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), if performed; and significance of angiographic stenosi

CBE ID
2411

Perforated Appendix Admission Rate (PQI 02)

Admissions for any-listed diagnosis of perforations or abscesses of the appendix per 1,000 admissions with any-listed appendicitis, ages 18 years and older. Excludes obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions.

[NOTE: The software provides the rate per hospital admission. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 admissions. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report cases per 1,000 admissions.]

CBE ID
0273

Periodic Assessment of Post-Dialysis Weight by Nephrologists

The proportion of in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis patients who have documentation of receiving a new post-dialysis weight prescription from a nephrologist in the reporting month, irrespective of whether or not a change in post dialysis weight prescription was made.

CBE ID
1438