Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents

Measure Information	2021 Performance Period
CMS Measure ID	CMS155v9
NQF Number	Not Applicable
Description	Percentage of patients 3-17 years of age who had an outpatient visit with a Primary Care Physician (PCP) or Obstetrician/Gynecologist (OB/GYN) and who had evidence of the following during the measurement period. Three rates are reported. - Percentage of patients with height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) percentile documentation - Percentage of patients with counseling for nutrition - Percentage of patients with counseling for physical activity
Initial Population	Patients 3-17 years of age with at least one outpatient visit with a primary care physician (PCP) or an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) during the measurement period
Denominator	Equals Initial Population
Denominator Exclusions	Patients who have a diagnosis of pregnancy during the measurement period. Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period.
Numerator	Numerator 1: Patients who had a height, weight and body mass index (BMI) percentile recorded during the measurement period Numerator 2: Patients who had counseling for nutrition during the measurement period Numerator 3: Patients who had counseling for physical activity during the measurement period
Numerator Exclusions	Not Applicable
Denominator Exceptions	None
Measure Steward	National Committee for Quality Assurance
Quality Domain	Community/Population Health
Measure Scoring	Proportion measure
Measure Type	Process measure
Improvement Notation	Higher score indicates better quality
Guidance	The visit must be performed by a PCP or OB/GYN. Because BMI norms for youth vary with age and sex, this measure evaluates whether BMI percentile, rather than an absolute BMI value, is assessed. 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	239
Meaningful Measure	Preventive Care
Telehealth Eligible	Yes
Next Version	CMS155v10
Previous Version	No Version Available

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Measure Information	2021 Performance Period	2022 Performance Period	2023 Performance Period
Name	Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children/Adolescents	Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children/Adolescents
CMS Measure ID	CMS155v9	CMS155v10	CMS155v11
NQF Number	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Description	Percentage of patients 3-17 years of age who had an outpatient visit with a Primary Care Physician (PCP) or Obstetrician/Gynecologist (OB/GYN) and who had evidence of the following during the measurement period. Three rates are reported. - Percentage of patients with height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) percentile documentation - Percentage of patients with counseling for nutrition - Percentage of patients with counseling for physical activity	Percentage of patients 3-17 years of age who had an outpatient visit with a Primary Care Physician (PCP) or Obstetrician/Gynecologist (OB/GYN) and who had evidence of the following during the measurement period. Three rates are reported. - Percentage of patients with height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) percentile documentation - Percentage of patients with counseling for nutrition - Percentage of patients with counseling for physical activity	Percentage of patients 3-17 years of age who had an outpatient visit with a primary care physician (PCP) or obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) and who had evidence of the following during the measurement period. - Percentage of patients with height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) percentile documentation - Percentage of patients with counseling for nutrition - Percentage of patients with counseling for physical activity
Initial Population	Patients 3-17 years of age with at least one outpatient visit with a primary care physician (PCP) or an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) during the measurement period	Patients 3-17 years of age with at least one outpatient visit with a primary care physician (PCP) or an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) during the measurement period	Patients 3-17 years of age by the end of the measurement period, with at least one outpatient visit with a primary care physician (PCP) or an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) during the measurement period
Denominator	Equals Initial Population	Equals Initial Population	Equals Initial Population
Denominator Exclusions	Patients who have a diagnosis of pregnancy during the measurement period. Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period.	Patients who have a diagnosis of pregnancy during the measurement period. Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period.	Patients who have a diagnosis of pregnancy during the measurement period.Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period.
Numerator	Numerator 1: Patients who had a height, weight and body mass index (BMI) percentile recorded during the measurement period Numerator 2: Patients who had counseling for nutrition during the measurement period Numerator 3: Patients who had counseling for physical activity during the measurement period	Numerator 1: Patients who had a height, weight and body mass index (BMI) percentile recorded during the measurement period Numerator 2: Patients who had counseling for nutrition during the measurement period Numerator 3: Patients who had counseling for physical activity during the measurement period	Numerator 1: Patients who had a height, weight and body mass index (BMI) percentile recorded during the measurement period Numerator 2: Patients who had counseling for nutrition during the measurement period Numerator 3: Patients who had counseling for physical activity during 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	Community/Population Health	Community/Population Health	Community/Population Health
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	The visit must be performed by a PCP or OB/GYN. Because BMI norms for youth vary with age and sex, this measure evaluates whether BMI percentile, rather than an absolute BMI value, is assessed. 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 visit must be performed by a PCP or OB/GYN. Because BMI norms for youth vary with age and sex, this measure evaluates whether BMI percentile, rather than an absolute BMI value, is assessed. This eCQM is a patient-based measure. This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center (https://ecqi.healthit.gov/qdm) for more information on the QDM.	The visit must be performed by a PCP or OB/GYN. Because BMI norms for youth vary with age and sex, this measure evaluates whether BMI percentile, rather than an absolute BMI value, is assessed. 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	239	239	239
Meaningful Measure	Preventive Care	Preventive Care	Preventive Care
Telehealth Eligible	Yes	Yes	Yes
Next Version	CMS155v10	CMS155v11	No Version Available
Previous Version	No Version Available	CMS155v9	CMS155v10

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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.

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Value set Pregnancy (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.378): Added 53 SNOMED CT codes and deleted 1 SNOMED CT code (199715003) based on terminology update. Added 2 ICD-10-CM codes (O00.00, O00.01) based on terminology update.

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