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MIPS - Quality Measures - Emergency Medicine: Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Minor Blunt Head Trauma for Patients Aged 2 Through 17 Years

Quality Measures
Category QUALITY
Description Percentage of emergency department visits for patients aged 2 through 17 years who presented within 24 hours of a minor blunt head trauma with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 and who had a head CT for trauma ordered by an emergency care provider who are classified as low risk according to the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) prediction rules for traumatic brain injury
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First Performance Year 2017
Last Performance Year
Metric Type Single Performance Rate
National Quality Strategy Domain ECR
Measure Type Efficiency
eMeasure UUID
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NQF ID
Is High Priority?
Is Inverse?
Overall Algorithm
Primary Steward American College of Emergency Physicians
Submission Methods Claims | Registry
Eligibility Options
Performance Options
Is Risk Adjusted?
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Is Registry Measure?
Registry Measure Spec https://qpp.cms.gov/docs/QPP_quality_measure_specifications/Claims-Registry-Measures/2017_Measure_416_Registry.pdf
Web Interface Measure Spec
Claims Measure Spec https://qpp.cms.gov/docs/QPP_quality_measure_specifications/Claims-Registry-Measures/2017_Measure_416_Claims.pdf

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