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Malnutrition Care Score

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Measure Information 2026 Reporting Period
Title Malnutrition Care Score
CMS eCQM ID CMS986v5
Short Name

MCS

CBE ID* 3592e
Measure Steward Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Description

This measure assesses the percentage of eligible encounters of adults aged 18 years and older at the start of the eligible encounter during the measurement period, with a length of stay equal to or greater than 24 hours, who received optimal malnutrition care where care performed was...

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Measure Scoring Continuous Variable
Measure Type Intermediate Outcome
Stratification

None

Risk Adjustment

None

Rationale

Malnutrition has been documented in approximately one-third of patients in developed countries upon admission to the hospital, and, if left untreated, can significantly impact important clinical outcomes (Mogensen et al., 2019). Adult patients with malnutrition have a significantly...

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Clinical Recommendation Statement

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) clinical guidelines on nutrition screening, assessment, and intervention in adults indicate that screening for nutrition risk is suggested for hospitalized patients (Mueller, Compher, Druyan, & ASPEN Board of Directors, 2011).

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Improvement Notation

Increased score indicates improvement

Definition

Malnutrition Risk Screening - the process of identifying and referring those individuals and populations who are at risk for nutrition-related problems, are appropriate for nutrition care services, and would benefit from nutrition interventions. For the inpatient or acute care setting,...

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Guidance

This measure is constructed of four clinically eligible components that are aggregated as an arithmetic average of eligible encounters and expressed as a percentage. The four populations used to calculate the four components may differ and the measure observations for the four components...

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Initial Population

Eligible encounters during the measurement period with length of stay of 24 hours or more among individuals 18 years of age and older at the start of the inpatient encounter

Measure Population

Equals Initial Population

Measure Population Exclusion

Encounters with a discharge disposition for hospice care or with a hospice care order during the inpatient qualifying encounter

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Last Updated: May 06, 2025