Back to top
Top
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Compare Versions of: "Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"

The Compare function compares two years of the measure specifications found in the header of the measure's HTML. It does not include a comparison of any information in the body of the HTML, e.g., population criteria, Clinical Quality Language, or value sets.

Strikethrough text highlighted in red indicates information changed from the previous version. Text highlighted in green indicates information updated in the new eCQM version.

Compare version to

Measure Information 2022 Performance Period 2023 Performance Period 2024 Performance Period
Title Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
CMS eCQM ID CMS771v3 CMS771v4 CMS771v5
CBE ID Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable
MIPS Quality ID 476 476 476
Description

Percentage of patients with an office visit within the measurement period and with a new diagnosis of clinically significant Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia who have International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) or American Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Index (SI) documented at time of diagnosis and again 6-12 months later with an improvement of 3 points

Percentage of patients with an office visit within the measurement period and with a new diagnosis of clinically significant Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia who have International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) or American Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Index (SI) documented at time of diagnosis and again 6-12 months later with an improvement of 3 points

Percentage of patients with an office visit within the measurement period and with a new diagnosis of clinically significant Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia who have International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) or American Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Index (SI) documented at time of diagnosis and again 6-12 months later with an improvement of 3 points

Definition *See CMS771v3.html *See CMS771v4.html

Clinically significant Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is BPH with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

IPSS - International Prostate Symptom Score

AUA-SI - American Urological Association-Symptom Index

QOL - Quality of Life score

Initial Population

Male patients with an initial diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia 6 months prior to, or during the measurement period, and a urinary symptom score assessment within 1 month of initial diagnosis and a follow-up urinary symptom score assessment within 6-12 months, who had a qualifying visit during the measurement period

Male patients with an initial diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia 6 months prior to, or during the measurement period, and a urinary symptom score assessment within 1 month of initial diagnosis and a follow-up urinary symptom score assessment within 6-12 months, who had a qualifying visit during the measurement period

Male patients with an initial diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia 6 months prior to the measurement period, and a urinary symptom score assessment within 1 month of initial diagnosis and a follow-up urinary symptom score assessment within 6-12 months, who had a qualifying visit during the measurement period

Numerator

Patients with a documented improvement of at least 3 points in their urinary symptom score during the measurement period

Patients with a documented improvement of at least 3 points in their urinary symptom score during the measurement period

Patients with a documented improvement of at least 3 points in their urinary symptom score during the measurement period

Numerator Exclusions

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Denominator

Equals Initial Population

Equals Initial Population

Equals Initial Population

Denominator Exclusions

Patients with urinary retention that starts within 1 year of initial BPH diagnosis.

Patients with an initial BPH diagnosis that starts during, or within 30 days of hospitalization.

Patients with a diagnosis of morbid obesity, or with a BMI Exam >40 before the follow up urinary symptom score.

Patients with urinary retention that starts within 1 year of initial BPH diagnosis.

Patients with an initial BPH diagnosis that starts during, or within 30 days of hospitalization.

Patients with a diagnosis of morbid obesity, or with a BMI Exam >=40 before the follow up urinary symptom score.

Patients with urinary retention that starts within 1 year of initial BPH diagnosis

Patients with an initial BPH diagnosis that starts during, or within 30 days of hospitalization

Patients with a diagnosis of morbid obesity, or with a BMI Exam >=40 before the follow up urinary symptom score

Denominator Exceptions

None

None

None

Measure Steward Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA) Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA) Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA)
Measure Scoring Proportion measure Proportion measure Proportion measure
Measure Type Patient Reported Outcome measure Patient Reported Outcome Performance measure Pro-Pm measure
Improvement Notation

A meaningful improvement is a negative 3-point change in the urinary symptom score. The quality improves when a higher proportion of people meet the meaningful improvement definition.

A meaningful improvement is a negative 3-point change in the urinary symptom score. The quality improves when a higher proportion of people meet the meaningful improvement definition.

A meaningful improvement is a negative 3-point change in the urinary symptom score. The quality improves when a higher proportion of people meet the meaningful improvement definition.

Guidance

The IPSS is inclusive of the symptom index score and the quality of life score. The AUA-SI is the symptom index score alone and must be added to the QOL score. The AUA-SI with the QOL equals the IPSS. Both of these are the urinary symptom score.

The patient must have a urinary symptom score (USS) within 1 month after initial diagnosis. If more than one USS in the initial one month, then the first USS counts. The patient must have a USS again at 6-12 months after the initial diagnosis and if more than one USS in this time frame, then the last USS counts.

Hospitalization within 30 days of Initial BPH Diagnosis refers to a 30-day period between the end of the hospitalization and the clinical office setting BPH diagnosis. This is due to aggravating factors from hospitalization, such as bed rest, medications, surgery, and altered body functions.

This eCQM is a patient-based measure.

Telehealth encounters are not eligible for this measure because the measure requires a clinical action that cannot be conducted via telehealth.

This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center for more information on the QDM.

The IPSS is inclusive of the symptom index score and the quality of life score. The AUA-SI is the symptom index score alone and must be added to the QOL score. The AUA-SI with the QOL equals the IPSS. Both of these are the urinary symptom score.

The patient must have a urinary symptom score (USS) within 1 month after initial diagnosis. If more than one USS in the initial one month, then the first USS counts. The patient must have a USS again at 6-12 months after the initial diagnosis and if more than one USS in this time frame, then the last USS counts.

Hospitalization within 30 days of Initial BPH Diagnosis refers to a 30-day period between the end of the hospitalization and the clinical office setting BPH diagnosis. This is due to aggravating factors from hospitalization, such as bed rest, medications, surgery, and altered body functions.

This eCQM is a patient-based measure.

Telehealth encounters are not eligible for this measure because the measure requires a clinical action that cannot be conducted via telehealth.

This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.6. Please refer to the QDM page for more information on the QDM.

The IPSS is inclusive of the symptom index score and the quality of life score. The AUA-SI is the symptom index score alone and must be added to the QOL score. The AUA-SI with the QOL equals the IPSS. Both of these are the urinary symptom score.

The patient must have a urinary symptom score (USS) within 1 month after initial diagnosis. If more than one USS in the initial one month, then the first USS counts. The patient must have a USS again at 6-12 months after the initial diagnosis and if more than one USS in this time frame, then the last USS counts.

The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form “7”, “-7”, “7.4”, “-7.4”, “7.8912”, “0.125”, “<10”, “<10.15”, “>12000”, 1-10, 1:256.

Hospitalization within 30 days of Initial BPH Diagnosis refers to a 30-day period between the end of the hospitalization and the clinical office setting BPH diagnosis. This is due to aggravating factors from hospitalization, such as bed rest, medications, surgery, and altered body functions.

This eCQM is a patient-based measure.

Telehealth encounters are not eligible for this measure because the measure requires a clinical action that cannot be conducted via telehealth.

This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.6. Please refer to the QDM page for more information on the QDM.

Telehealth Eligible No No No
Rationale *See CMS771v3.html *See CMS771v4.html

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common conditions affecting older men, with a prevalence of 50% by age 60 years and 90% by the ninth decade of life (Medina et al., 1999). The enlarged gland had been proposed to contribute to the overall lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) complex (McVary et al., 2014). Although LUTS secondary to BPH is not often a life-threatening condition, the impact of LUTS/BPH on quality of life can be significant (Wei et al., 2005). The American Urological Association Symptom Index (AUA-SI) and the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) were developed to measure outcomes in studies of different treatments for BPH (Wuerstle et al., 2011). The IPSS uses the same questions as the AUA-SI, but also adds a disease-specific quality of life question (OLeary, 2005). The IPSS was adopted in 1993 by the World Health Organization. It is a reproducible, validated index designed to determine disease severity and response to therapy (D’Silva et al., 2014). It includes 3 storage symptom questions (frequency, nocturia, urgency) and four voiding symptoms (feeling of incomplete emptying, intermittency, straining, and a weak stream) as well as a Bother question: If you were to spend the rest of your life with your urinary condition just the way it is now, how would you feel about that? A three-point improvement in the score is considered meaningful (McVary et al., 2014).

Stratification *See CMS771v3.html *See CMS771v4.html

None

Risk Adjustment *See CMS771v3.html *See CMS771v4.html

None

Clinical Recommendation Statement *See CMS771v3.html *See CMS771v4.html

The symptoms of BPH are lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). There are other disorders with similar symptoms that need to be excluded. History, physical examination, and testing are required prior to a diagnosis of BPH. IPSS by itself is not a reliable diagnostic tool for LUTS suggestive of BPH, but serves as a quantitative measure of LUTS after the diagnosis is established (D’Silva et al., 2014). Medical and surgical interventions for BPH recommend a follow up IPSS evaluation to determine effectiveness of treatment. IPSS should be evaluated at the time of diagnosis and after definitive treatment.

Notes

*There is a known issue on CMS771v3. See issue EKI-11 on the ONC eCQM Known Issues Dashboard for details.

Next Version No Version Available
Previous Version No Version Available

Header

  • Updated the eCQM version number.

    Measure Section: eCQM Version Number

    Source of Change: Annual Update

  • Updated copyright.

    Measure Section: Copyright

    Source of Change: Annual Update

  • Updated disclaimer.

    Measure Section: Disclaimer

    Source of Change: Annual Update

  • Added clarifying language to guidance section indicating that the measure is not eligible for telehealth visits.

    Measure Section: Guidance

    Source of Change: Measure Lead

Logic

  • Added new functions: Earliest, EarliestOf, and Global HasStart, to provide clarity in handling when null values arise in logic that includes an interval with either a closed or open boundary(ies).

    Measure Section: Functions

    Source of Change: Annual Update

  • Added 'sort by start of prevalence period' to the Initial BPH Diagnosis Starts Within 6 Months Before or After Start of Measurement Period definition to return the first instance of the BPH diagnosis.

    Measure Section: Multiple Sections

    Source of Change: ONC Project Tracking System (Jira): CQM-4063

  • 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

    Source of Change: Standards Update

  • Updated the version number of the Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) Global Common Functions Library (MATGlobalCommonFunctions-6.2.000). Updated the 'Inpatient Encounter' definition to include a 'day of' timing clarification. Added the following timing functions: Normalize Interval, Has Start, Has End, Latest, Latest Of, Earliest, and Earliest Of. Please see individual measure details for application of specific timing functions.

    Measure Section: Multiple Sections

    Source of Change: Standards Update

  • Added new NormalizeInterval function to timing attributes to decrease implementation burden due to variable use of timing attributes for select QDM data types. The NormalizeInterval function was applied, where applicable, for the following data elements: Assessment, Performed; Device, Applied; Diagnostic Study, Performed; Intervention, Performed; Laboratory Test, Performed; Medication, Administered; Medication, Dispensed; Physical Exam, Performed; Procedure, Performed; Substance, Administered.

    Measure Section: Multiple Sections

    Source of Change: Standards Update

Value Set

The VSAC is the source of truth for the value set content, please visit the VSAC for downloads of current value sets.

  • Replaced direct reference code LOINC code (88087-2) with direct reference code LOINC code (39156-5) based on review by technical experts, SMEs, and/or public feedback and to harmonize with other measures.

    Measure Section: Terminology

    Source of Change: Measure Lead

Last Updated: Feb 13, 2024