Percentage of emergency department (ED) visits for patients aged 18-50 years presenting with flank pain with a history of kidney stones during which no imaging is ordered, OR appropriate imaging (i.e., plain film radiography or ultrasound) is ordered
eMeasure ID
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
NQF eMeasure ID
NQF ID
Is High Priority?
Is Inverse?
Overall Algorithm
Primary Steward
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR)