Percentage of children, 6 months - 20 years of age at the start of the measurement period, who have had tooth decay or cavities during the measurement period as determined by a dentist
Children, 6 months - 20 years of age at the start of the measurement period, with a clinical oral evaluation by a dentist during the measurement period
Equals Initial Population
Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period
Children who had a diagnosis of cavities or decayed teeth in any part of the measurement period
Not Applicable
None
A lower score indicates better quality
This eCQM is a patient-based measure.
Telehealth encounters are not eligible for this measure because the measure does not contain telehealth-eligible codes and 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.
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Percentage of children, 6 months - 20 years of age, who have had tooth decay or cavities during the measurement period
Percentage of children, 6 months - 20 years of age at the start of the measurement period, who have had tooth decay or cavities during the measurement period
Children, 6 months - 20 years of age, with a clinical oral evaluation during the measurement period
Children who had a diagnosis of cavities or decayed teeth overlapping the measurement period
Not applicable
This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center for more information on the QDM.
Updated copyright.
Measure Section: Copyright
Source of Change: Annual Update
Updated version number of the Quality Data Model (QDM) used in the measure specification to v5.6.
Measure Section: Guidance
Source of Change: Standards/Technical Update
Revised the description and initial population narrative to clarify the measure intent and align with the logic.
Measure Section: Multiple Sections
Source of Change: Measure Lead
Updated grammar and punctuation to improve readability.
Updated the timing precision in the definitions from datetime to date by adding 'day of', 'date from', and/or function 'ToDateInterval' to align with the measure intent.
Measure Section: Definitions
Added QDM datatypes Encounter, Performed and Assessment, Performed and associated logic to the Hospice.'Has Hospice Services' definition to provide additional approaches for identifying patients receiving hospice services.
Updated the version of the Quality Data Model (QDM) to 5.6 and Clinical Quality Language (CQL) to 1.5.
Updated the version number of the Hospice Library to v4.0.000.
Updated the version number of the Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) Global Common Functions Library to v7.0.000.
Updated the names of CQL definitions, functions, and/or aliases for clarification and to align with the CQL Style Guide.
Replaced the Global.CalendarAgeInYearsAt function with the native CQL function AgeInYearsAt to take advantage of existing CQL features and increase human readability. As a result of this change, the LOINC code 21112-8 is no longer required and has been removed from the Terminology section of the human readable specification.
Updated the initial population logic to accurately capture patients based on age requirements.
The VSAC is the source of truth for the value set content, please visit the VSAC for downloads of current value sets.
Replaced value set Hospice Care Ambulatory (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1108.15) with value set Hospice Care Ambulatory (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1584) based on review by technical experts, SMEs, and/or public feedback.
Measure Section: Terminology
Added value set Hospice Encounter (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.1003) based on review by technical experts, SMEs, and/or public feedback.
Removed direct reference code LOINC code (21112-8) based on review by technical experts, SMEs, and/or public feedback.
Added direct reference code LOINC code (45755-6) based on review by technical experts, SMEs, and/or public feedback.
Added direct reference code SNOMED CT code (373066001) based on review by technical experts, SMEs, and/or public feedback.