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MIPS - Quality Measures - Appropriate Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Pulmonary Embolism

Quality Measures
Category QUALITY
Description Percentage of emergency department visits during which patients aged 18 years and older had a CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) ordered by an emergency care provider, regardless of discharge disposition, with either moderate or high pre-test clinical probability for pulmonary embolism OR positive result or elevated D-dimer level
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First Performance Year 2017
Last Performance Year
Metric Type Single Performance Rate
National Quality Strategy Domain Efficiency and Cost Reduction
Measure Type Process
eMeasure UUID
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Is High Priority?
Is Inverse?
Overall Algorithm
Primary Steward American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR)
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Performance Options
Is Risk Adjusted?
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Is Registry Measure?
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