High Priority Status: No / N/A
CBE Number: N/A
Measure Description:
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older diagnosed with a neck mass and suspected/increased risk of malignancy who had a fine needle aspiration (FNA), or refer the patient to someone who can perform FNA with tumor human papillomavirus (HPV) test and receive a neck computed tomography (or magnetic resonance imaging) with contrast.
Instructions:
This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for patients with a new neck mass. This measure may be submitted by clinicians based on the services provided and the measure-specific denominator coding. This measure has two strata separated by numerical indicators (i.e., denominator exception 2 is evaluated in the instance numerator 2 is not performed).
Denominator:
- Patients aged 18 years and older diagnosed with a neck mass and *suspected/increased risk of malignancy
- Patients aged 18 years and older diagnosed with a neck mass and *suspected/increased risk of malignancy
Denominator Note:
- Patients with a neck mass who are at increased risk for malignancy because the patient lacks a history of infectious etiology, and the mass has been present for ≥ 2 weeks without significant fluctuation or the mass is of uncertain duration.
- Patients with a neck mass who are at increased risk for malignancy based on ≥ 1 of these physical examination characteristics: fixation to adjacent tissues, firm consistency, size > 1.5 cm, or ulceration of overlying skin.
Denominator Exclusions:
- None
- None
Numerator:
- Patients that have a FNA, or refer the patient to someone who can perform FNA with human papillomavirus (HPV) test.
- Patients that received a neck computed tomography scan or magnetic resonance imaging with contrast.
Note: This measure assesses the completion of an FNA prior to an open biopsy, if further testing is required.
Denominator Exceptions:
- Documentation of a system reason for not completing an FNA (i.e., cytopathologist unavailable to read FNA)
- FNA results negative for malignancy.
Measure Classifications:
- Submission Pathway: Traditional MIPS
- Measure Type: Process
- High Priority Type: Patient Safety
- Meaningful Measures Area: Appropriate Use of Healthcare
- Care Setting(s): Ambulatory Care: Clinician Office/Clinic
- Includes Telehealth: No
- Number of Performance Rates: 2
- Inverse measure: No
- Continuous measure: No
- Proportional measure: Yes
- Ratio measure: No
- Risk Adjusted measure: No
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