| eCQM Title | Functional Status Assessment for Total Knee Replacement |
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| eCQM Identifier (Measure Authoring Tool) | 66 | eCQM Version Number | 9.3.000 |
| NQF Number | Not Applicable | GUID | be8d9655-1194-46ef-b43e-4b1d0c36ab71 |
| Measurement Period | January 1, 20XX through December 31, 20XX | ||
| Measure Steward | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) | ||
| Measure Developer | National Committee for Quality Assurance | ||
| Endorsed By | None | ||
| Description |
Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who received an elective primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and completed a functional status assessment within 90 days prior to the surgery and in the 270-365 days after the surgery |
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| Copyright |
This Physician Performance Measure (Measure) and related data specifications are owned and stewarded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS contracted (Contract HHSP23320095627WC; HHSP23337008T) with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to develop this electronic measure. NCQA is not responsible for any use of the Measure. NCQA makes no representations, warranties, or endorsement about the quality of any organization or physician that uses or reports performance measures and NCQA has no liability to anyone who relies on such measures or specifications. Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for user convenience. Users of proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of the code sets. NCQA disclaims all liability for use or accuracy of any third party codes contained in the specifications. CPT(R) contained in the Measure specifications is copyright 2004-2019 American Medical Association. LOINC(R) copyright 2004-2019 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. This material contains SNOMED Clinical Terms(R) (SNOMED CT[R]) copyright 2004-2019 International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. ICD-10 copyright 2019 World Health Organization. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Disclaimer |
The performance Measure is not a clinical guideline and does not establish a standard of medical care, and has not been tested for all potential applications. THE MEASURE AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Due to technical limitations, registered trademarks are indicated by (R) or [R] and unregistered trademarks are indicated by (TM) or [TM]. |
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| Measure Scoring | Proportion | ||
| Measure Type | Process | ||
| Stratification |
None |
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| Risk Adjustment |
None |
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| Rate Aggregation |
None |
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| Rationale |
Total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) are common surgical procedures for addressing knee pain and functional impairment, primarily caused by osteoarthritis. From 2008 to 2010, TKAs were the most common procedure for adults age 45 and older. From 2000 to 2010, physicians performed 5.2 million TKAs, with 693,400 procedures performed in 2010 alone (Williams, Wolford, & Bercovitz, 2015). Although TKAs were introduced as a procedure for older adults, the mean age of patients undergoing TKA is decreasing. In 2010, the mean age for those undergoing TKA was 66.2, a 3.9 percent decrease from 68.9 in 2000. Kurtz et al. (2009) projected that patients younger than 65 would account for 55 percent of TKAs by 2030. This growth in knee surgeries for younger patients is significant because they often require more expensive joint arthroplasties that will better withstand wear caused by physical activity (Bozic et al., 2006). This measure evaluates whether patients complete a patient-reported functional status assessment (FSA) before and after a TKA. Measuring functional status for patients undergoing total knee replacement permits longitudinal assessment - from the patient's perspective - of the impact of surgical intervention on pain, physical function, as well as health-related quality of life (Rothrock et al., 2010). |
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| Clinical Recommendation Statement |
While there is no clinical guideline recommending that clinicians assess patients who are undergoing total knee replacements using patient-reported outcomes of function and pain, several clinical specialty societies support the use of a general health questionnaire and a disease-specific questionnaire for these patients. In particular, they recommend the Veterans RAND 12-item health survey (VR-12) or the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System [PROMIS]-10-Global as the general health questionnaire and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score [KOOS], Jr. as the disease-specific questionnaire (American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Joint Replacement Registry, The Hip Society, The Knee Society, & the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, 2015). |
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| Improvement Notation |
A higher score indicates better quality |
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| Reference |
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Joint Replacement Registry, The Hip Society, The Knee Society, & the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. (2015). Patient-reported outcomes summit for total joint arthroplasty report. Retrieved from http://www.aahks.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/comment-letter-pro-summit-09082015.pdf |
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| Reference |
Bozic, K. J., Morsehed, S., Silverstein, M. D., et al. (2006). Use of cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate new technologies in orthopaedics: The case of alternative bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume, 88(4), 706-714. |
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| Reference |
Kurtz, S. M., Lau, E., Ong, K., et al. (2009). Future young patient demand for primary and revision joint arthroplasty: National projections from 2010 to 2030. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 467(10), 2606-2612. |
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| Reference |
Rothrock, N. E., Hays, R. D., Spritzer, K., et al. (2010). Relative to the general U.S. population, chronic diseases are associated with poorer health-related quality of life as measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(11), 1195-1204. |
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| Reference |
Williams, S. N., Wolford, M. L., & Bercovitz, A. (2015). Hospitalization for total knee replacement among inpatients aged 45 and over: United States, 2000-2010. NCHS Data Brief No. 210. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. |
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| Definition |
None |
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| Guidance |
The same functional status assessment (FSA) instrument must be used for the initial and follow-up assessment. 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. |
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| Transmission Format |
TBD |
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| Initial Population |
Patients 19 years of age and older who had a primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the year prior to the measurement period and who had an outpatient encounter during the measurement period |
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| Denominator |
Equals Initial Population |
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| Denominator Exclusions |
Patients with two or more fractures indicating trauma at the time of the total knee arthroplasty or patients with severe cognitive impairment that overlaps the measurement period. Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period. |
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| Numerator |
Patients with patient-reported functional status assessment results (i.e., Veterans RAND 12-item health survey [VR-12], Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System [PROMIS]-10 Global Health, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score [KOOS], KOOS Jr.) in the 90 days prior to or on the day of the primary TKA procedure, and in the 270 - 365 days after the TKA procedure |
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| Numerator Exclusions |
Not Applicable |
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| Denominator Exceptions |
None |
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| Supplemental Data Elements |
For every patient evaluated by this measure also identify payer, race, ethnicity, and sex |
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"Has Qualifying Encounters"
and exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" )
and exists ( ["Patient Characteristic Birthdate": "Birth date"] BirthDate
where Global."CalendarAgeInYearsAt" ( BirthDate.birthDatetime, start of "Measurement Period" ) >= 19
)
"Initial Population"
Hospice."Has Hospice" or "Has Total Knee Arthroplasty with 2 or More Lower Body Fractures" or "Has Dementia Diagnosis"
"Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up KOOS Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up KOOSJr Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up PROMIS10 Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up VR12 Oblique Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up VR12 Orthogonal Assessments"
None
None
None
"Initial Population"
Hospice."Has Hospice" or "Has Total Knee Arthroplasty with 2 or More Lower Body Fractures" or "Has Dementia Diagnosis"
exists ( ["Diagnosis": "Severe dementia (disorder)"] Dementia
where Dementia.prevalencePeriod overlaps "Measurement Period"
)
exists ( ( ["Encounter, Performed": "Outpatient Consultation"]
union ["Encounter, Performed": "Office Visit"]
union ["Encounter, Performed": "Postoperative follow-up visit, normally included in the surgical package, to indicate that an evaluation and management service was performed during a postoperative period for a reason(s) related to the original procedure"] ) ValidEncounters
where ValidEncounters.relevantPeriod during "Measurement Period"
)
exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" TotalKnee
with "Time KOOS Total Assessment Completed" InitialKOOSAssessmentTime
such that TotalKnee.relevantPeriod starts 90 days or less on or after InitialKOOSAssessmentTime
with "Time KOOS Total Assessment Completed" FollowupKOOSAssessmentTime
such that FollowupKOOSAssessmentTime in Interval[
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 270 days,
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 365 days]
)
exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" TotalKnee
with "KOOSJr Total Assessment Completed" InitialKOOSJrAssessment
such that TotalKnee.relevantPeriod starts 90 days or less on or after InitialKOOSJrAssessment.relevantDatetime
with "KOOSJr Total Assessment Completed" FollowupKOOSJrAssessment
such that FollowupKOOSJrAssessment.relevantDatetime in Interval[
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 270 days,
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 365 days]
)
exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" TotalKnee
with "Time PROMIS10 Total Assessment Completed" InitialPROMIS10AssessmentTime
such that TotalKnee.relevantPeriod starts 90 days or less on or after InitialPROMIS10AssessmentTime
with "Time PROMIS10 Total Assessment Completed" FollowupPROMIS10AssessmentTime
such that FollowupPROMIS10AssessmentTime in Interval[
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 270 days,
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 365 days]
)
exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" TotalKnee
with "Time VR12 Oblique Total Assessment Completed" InitialKneeAssessmentObliqueTime
such that TotalKnee.relevantPeriod starts 90 days or less on or after InitialKneeAssessmentObliqueTime
with "Time VR12 Oblique Total Assessment Completed" FollowupObliqueAssessmentTime
such that FollowupObliqueAssessmentTime in Interval[
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 270 days,
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 365 days]
)
exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" TotalKnee
with "Time VR12 Orthogonal Total Assessment Completed" InitialOrthogonalAssessmentTime
such that TotalKnee.relevantPeriod starts 90 days or less on or after InitialOrthogonalAssessmentTime
with "Time VR12 Orthogonal Total Assessment Completed" FollowupOrthogonalAssessmentTime
such that FollowupOrthogonalAssessmentTime in Interval[
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 270 days,
end of TotalKnee.relevantPeriod + 365 days]
)
exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" TKAProcedure
where Count(["Diagnosis": "Fracture - Lower Body"] LowerBodyFracture
where LowerBodyFracture.prevalencePeriod starts less than 1 day on or before TKAProcedure.relevantPeriod
)>= 2
)
exists ( ["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter Inpatient"] DischargeHospice
where ( DischargeHospice.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure)"
or DischargeHospice.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure)"
)
and DischargeHospice.relevantPeriod ends during "Measurement Period"
)
or exists ( ["Intervention, Order": "Hospice care ambulatory"] HospiceOrder
where HospiceOrder.authorDatetime during "Measurement Period"
)
or exists ( ["Intervention, Performed": "Hospice care ambulatory"] HospicePerformed
where HospicePerformed.relevantPeriod overlaps "Measurement Period"
)
"Has Qualifying Encounters"
and exists ( "Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedure" )
and exists ( ["Patient Characteristic Birthdate": "Birth date"] BirthDate
where Global."CalendarAgeInYearsAt" ( BirthDate.birthDatetime, start of "Measurement Period" ) >= 19
)
( ["Assessment, Performed": "Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement [KOOSJR]"] KOOSJr
where KOOSJr.result is not null
)
"Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up KOOS Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up KOOSJr Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up PROMIS10 Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up VR12 Oblique Assessments" or "Has TKA with Initial and Follow Up VR12 Orthogonal Assessments"
["Patient Characteristic Ethnicity": "Ethnicity"]
["Patient Characteristic Payer": "Payer"]
["Patient Characteristic Race": "Race"]
["Patient Characteristic Sex": "ONC Administrative Sex"]
from
["Assessment, Performed": "Quality of life score [KOOS]"] KOOSLifeQuality,
["Assessment, Performed": "Sport-recreation score [KOOS]"] KOOSSport,
["Assessment, Performed": "Activities of daily living score [KOOS]"] KOOSActivityScore,
["Assessment, Performed": "Symptoms score [KOOS]"] KOOSSymptoms,
["Assessment, Performed": "Pain score [KOOS]"] KOOSPain
where KOOSLifeQuality.relevantDatetime same day as KOOSSport.relevantDatetime
and KOOSSport.result is not null
and KOOSLifeQuality.relevantDatetime same day as KOOSActivityScore.relevantDatetime
and KOOSActivityScore.result is not null
and KOOSLifeQuality.relevantDatetime same day as KOOSSymptoms.relevantDatetime
and KOOSSymptoms.result is not null
and KOOSLifeQuality.relevantDatetime same day as KOOSPain.relevantDatetime
and KOOSPain.result is not null
and KOOSLifeQuality.result is not null
return Max({ KOOSLifeQuality.relevantDatetime, KOOSSport.relevantDatetime, KOOSActivityScore.relevantDatetime, KOOSSymptoms.relevantDatetime, KOOSPain.relevantDatetime })
from
["Assessment, Performed": "PROMIS-10 Global Mental Health (GMH) score T-score"] Promis10MentalScore,
["Assessment, Performed": "PROMIS-10 Global Physical Health (GPH) score T-score"] Promis10PhysicalScore
where Promis10MentalScore.relevantDatetime same day as Promis10PhysicalScore.relevantDatetime
and Promis10PhysicalScore.result is not null
and Promis10MentalScore.result is not null
return Max({ Promis10MentalScore.relevantDatetime, Promis10PhysicalScore.relevantDatetime })
from
["Assessment, Performed": "VR-12 Mental component summary (MCS) score - oblique method T-score"] VR12MentalAssessment,
["Assessment, Performed": "VR-12 Physical component summary (PCS) score - oblique method T-score"] VR12PhysicalAssessment
where VR12MentalAssessment.relevantDatetime same day as VR12PhysicalAssessment.relevantDatetime
and VR12MentalAssessment.result is not null
and VR12PhysicalAssessment.result is not null
return Max({ VR12MentalAssessment.relevantDatetime, VR12PhysicalAssessment.relevantDatetime })
from
["Assessment, Performed": "VR-12 Mental component summary (MCS) score - orthogonal method T-score"] VR12MentalAssessment,
["Assessment, Performed": "VR-12 Physical component summary (PCS) score - orthogonal method T-score"] VR12PhysicalAssessment
where VR12MentalAssessment.relevantDatetime same day as VR12PhysicalAssessment.relevantDatetime
and VR12MentalAssessment.result is not null
and VR12PhysicalAssessment.result is not null
return Max({ VR12MentalAssessment.relevantDatetime, VR12PhysicalAssessment.relevantDatetime })
["Procedure, Performed": "Primary TKA Procedure"] TKAProcedure where TKAProcedure.relevantPeriod starts 12 months or less before start of "Measurement Period"
years between ToDate(BirthDateTime)and ToDate(AsOf)
DateTime(year from Value, month from Value, day from Value, 0, 0, 0, 0, timezoneoffset from Value)
["Patient Characteristic Ethnicity": "Ethnicity"]
["Patient Characteristic Payer": "Payer"]
["Patient Characteristic Race": "Race"]
["Patient Characteristic Sex": "ONC Administrative Sex"]
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TBD |
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