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Diabetes: Eye Exam

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Measure Information 2024 Performance Period
Title Diabetes: Eye Exam
CMS eCQM ID CMS131v12
CBE ID* Not Applicable
MIPS Quality ID 117
Measure Steward National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description

Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes and an active diagnosis of retinopathy in any part of the measurement period who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or diabetics with no diagnosis of retinopathy in any part...

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Measure Scoring Proportion
Measure Type Process
Stratification

None

Risk Adjustment

None

Rationale

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022a). In 2019, diabetes affected more than 37 million Americans (11.3 percent of the U.S. population) and killed more than 87,000 people (American Diabetes Association...

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Clinical Recommendation Statement

American Diabetes Association (2022b):

- Adults with type 1 diabetes should have an initial dilated and comprehensive eye examination by an ophthalmologist or optometrist within 5 years after the onset of diabetes. (Level of evidence: B)

- Patients with type 2 diabetes should have an...

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Improvement Notation

Higher score indicates better quality

Definition

None

Guidance

The eye exam must be performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist, or there must be evidence that fundus photography results were read by a system that provides an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation.

This eCQM is a patient-based measure.

 

This version of the eCQM uses QDM...

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Initial Population

Patients 18-75 years of age by the end of the measurement period, with diabetes with a visit during the measurement period

Denominator

Equals Initial Population

Denominator Exclusions

Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period.

Exclude patients 66 and older by the end of the measurement period who are living long term in a nursing home any time on or before the end of the measurement period.

Exclude patients 66 and older by the end...

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Numerator

Patients with an eye screening for diabetic retinal disease. This includes diabetics who had one of the following:

- Diabetic with a diagnosis of retinopathy in any part of the measurement period and a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional in the measurement period

-...

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Numerator Exclusions

Not Applicable

Denominator Exceptions

None

Telehealth Eligible Yes
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Last Updated: May 01, 2025