Diabetes: Eye Exam | eCQI Resource Center

Measure Information	2021 Performance Period
CMS eCQM ID	CMS131v9
NQF Number	Not Applicable
Description	Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes and an active diagnosis of retinopathy overlapping 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 overlapping the measurement period who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or in the 12 months prior to the measurement period
Initial Population	Patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes with a visit during the measurement period
Denominator	Equals Initial Population
Denominator Exclusions	Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older who are living long term in an institution for more than 90 consecutive days during the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older with advanced illness and frailty because it is unlikely that patients will benefit from the services being measured.
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 that overlaps the measurement period and a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional in the measurement period •Diabetic with no diagnosis of retinopathy overlapping the measurement period and a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional in the measurement period or the year prior to the measurement period
Numerator Exclusions	Not Applicable
Denominator Exceptions	None
Measure Steward	National Committee for Quality Assurance
Quality Domain	Effective Clinical Care
Measure Scoring	Proportion measure
Measure Type	Process measure
Improvement Notation	Higher score indicates better quality
Guidance	Only patients with a diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes should be included in the denominator of this measure; patients with a diagnosis of secondary diabetes due to another condition should not be included. The eye exam must be performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. This eCQM is a patient-based measure. This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center for more information on the QDM.
MIPS Quality ID	117
Meaningful Measure	Management of Chronic Conditions
Telehealth Eligible	Yes
Next Version	CMS131v10
Previous Version	No Version Available

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Measure Information	2021 Performance Period	2022 Performance Period	2023 Performance Period
Title	Diabetes: Eye Exam	Diabetes: Eye Exam	Diabetes: Eye Exam
CMS eCQM ID	CMS131v9	CMS131v10	CMS131v11
NQF Number	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Description	Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes and an active diagnosis of retinopathy overlapping 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 overlapping the measurement period who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or in the 12 months prior to the measurement period	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 of the measurement period who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or in the 12 months prior to the measurement period	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 of the measurement period who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or in the 12 months prior to the measurement period
Initial Population	Patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes with a visit during the measurement period	Patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes with a visit during the measurement period	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	Equals Initial Population	Equals Initial Population
Denominator Exclusions	Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older who are living long term in an institution for more than 90 consecutive days during the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older with advanced illness and frailty because it is unlikely that patients will benefit from the services being measured.	Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older who are living long term in an institution for more than 90 consecutive days during the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older with an indication of frailty for any part of the measurement period who meet any of the following criteria: - Advanced illness with two outpatient encounters during the measurement period or the year prior - OR advanced illness with one inpatient encounter during the measurement period or the year prior - OR taking dementia medications during the measurement period or the year prior Exclude patients receiving palliative care during the measurement period.	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 of the measurement period with an indication of frailty for any part of the measurement period who also meet any of the following advanced illness criteria: - Advanced illness with two outpatient encounters during the measurement period or the year prior - OR advanced illness with one inpatient encounter during the measurement period or the year prior - OR taking dementia medications during the measurement period or the year prior Exclude patients receiving palliative care for any part of the measurement period.
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 that overlaps the measurement period and a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional in the measurement period •Diabetic with no diagnosis of retinopathy overlapping the measurement period and a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional in the measurement period or the year prior to the measurement period	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 •Diabetic with no 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 or the year prior to the measurement period	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 •Diabetic with no 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 or the year prior to the measurement period
Numerator Exclusions	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Denominator Exceptions	None	None	None
Measure Steward	National Committee for Quality Assurance	National Committee for Quality Assurance	National Committee for Quality Assurance
Quality Domain	Effective Clinical Care	Effective Clinical Care	Effective Clinical Care
Measure Scoring	Proportion measure	Proportion measure	Proportion measure
Measure Type	Process measure	Process measure	Process measure
Improvement Notation	Higher score indicates better quality	Higher score indicates better quality	Higher score indicates better quality
Guidance	Only patients with a diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes should be included in the denominator of this measure; patients with a diagnosis of secondary diabetes due to another condition should not be included. The eye exam must be performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. This eCQM is a patient-based measure. This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center for more information on the QDM.	Only patients with a diagnosis of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes should be included in the denominator of this measure; patients with a diagnosis of secondary diabetes due to another condition should not be included. 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 version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center for more information on the QDM.	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 version 5.6. Please refer to the QDM page for more information on the QDM.
MIPS Quality ID	117	117	117
Meaningful Measure	Management of Chronic Conditions	Management of Chronic Conditions	Management of Chronic Conditions
Telehealth Eligible	Yes	Yes	Yes
Next Version	CMS131v10	CMS131v11	No Version Available
Previous Version	No Version Available	CMS131v9	CMS131v10

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Measure Section: eCQM Version Number

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Measure Section: Copyright

Source of Change: Annual Update
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Measure Section: Rationale

Source of Change: Measure Lead
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Measure Section: Clinical Recommendation Statement

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Measure Section: Reference

Source of Change: Standards Update
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Measure Section: Guidance

Source of Change: Standards Update
Added text to identify the Quality Data Model (QDM) version used in the measure specification.

Measure Section: Guidance

Source of Change: Standards Update
Updated denominator exclusions to add the word 'consecutive' to clarify that the Long-Term Illness (LTI) exclusion should be for 90 consecutive days.

Measure Section: Denominator Exclusions

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Logic

Updated denominator exclusion logic for frailty and clarified that the long-term illness exclusion should be for 90 'consecutive' days to reduce ambiguity.

Measure Section: Denominator Exclusions

Source of Change: Measure Lead
Updated CQL Library version number of the advanced illness and frailty exclusion library (AdvancedIllnessandFrailtyExclusionECQM-5.5.000).

Measure Section: Multiple Sections

Source of Change: Measure Lead
Clinical Quality Language (CQL) Library version update: Updated version number of the Hospice Library (Hospice-2.2.000).

Measure Section: Multiple Sections

Source of Change: Measure Lead
Updated version number of the Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) Global Common Functions Library (MATGlobalCommonFunctions-5.0.000). Updated definitions and functions in the MAT Global Common Functions Library to align with standards changes, CQL Style Guide, and to include one new function related to calculating length of hospital stays with observation stays.

Measure Section: Multiple Sections

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Updated the names of Clinical Quality Language (CQL) definitions, functions, and/or aliases for clarification and to align with the CQL Style Guide.

Measure Section: Multiple Sections

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Updated Clinical Quality Language (CQL) expression to conform with the HL7 Standard: Clinical Quality Language Specification, Release 1 STU 4 (CQL 1.4).

Measure Section: Multiple Sections

Source of Change: Standards Update
QDM v5.5 standards update: Added 'relevantDatetime' attribute to QDM datatypes. 'RelevantDatetime' indicates when the action occurred whereas 'authorDatetime' indicates when the action was recorded.

Measure Section: Multiple Sections

Source of Change: Standards Update

Value Set

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Value set Diabetes (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.103.12.1001): Deleted 3 SNOMED CT codes (314772004, 421164006, 314894004) based on terminology update.

Measure Section: Terminology

Source of Change: Annual Update
Value set Frailty Symptom (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.113.12.1075): Deleted 4 SNOMED CT codes (267031002, 272060000, 272062008, 314109004) based on terminology update.

Measure Section: Terminology

Source of Change: Annual Update
Value set Nursing Facility Visit (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.101.12.1012): Added 3 CPT codes (99315, 99316, 99318) based on updated evidence in published guidelines, published literature, or from published specialty medical society or group recommendations, to capture additional nursing facility visit encounter types.

Measure Section: Terminology

Source of Change: Annual Update
Value set Diabetic Retinopathy (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.327): Deleted 6 ICD-9-CM codes (362.01, 362.02, 362.03, 362.04, 362.05, 362.06). Removed ICD-9 codes from all measures that do not have lookback periods or removed ICD-9 codes from all measures with lookback period for which the ICD-9 codes were no longer relevant.

Measure Section: Terminology

Source of Change: Annual Update
Value set Acute Inpatient (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.101.12.1083): Deleted 1 SNOMED CT code (2876009) based on terminology update.

Measure Section: Terminology

Source of Change: Annual Update
Value set Frailty Device (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.118.12.1300): Removed extensional value set Frailty Device (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.118.11.1114) with HCPCS codes from the grouping and added Frailty Device SNOMED (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.118.11.1220) with 22 SNOMED CT codes to the grouping to align with recommended terminology.

Measure Section: Terminology

Source of Change: Annual Update