High Priority: Yes; Outcome
NQF Number: N/A
Percentage of patients aged 15 years and older who had a rhinoplasty procedure who demonstrated improvement* in functional and/or aesthetic satisfaction using a validated patient satisfaction tool (such as SCHNOS, NOSE, SNOT, RHINO) within a year following their procedure.
*pre-test and post-test scores must be documented in the patient record.*
Denominator:
All patients aged 15 years and older who had a rhinoplasty procedure:
- Age > 15 years;
- AND
- CPT® for Encounter:
- 30400, 30410, 30420, 30430, 30435, 30450, 30460, 30462, or 30465
Denominator Exclusions:
None
Denominator Exceptions:
None
Numerator:
Patients who demonstrated improvement* in functional and/or aesthetic satisfaction using a validated patient satisfaction tool (such as SCHNOS, NOSE, SNOT, RHINO) within a year following their procedure.
*pre-test and post-test scores must be documented in the patient record.*
Numerator Exclusions:
None
Measure Classifications:
- Measure Type: Patient Reported Outcome (PRO)
- National Quality Strategy (NQS) domain: Person and Caregiver Centered Experience and Outcomes
- Meaningful Measure Area: Patient’s Experience of Care
- Care Setting(s): Ambulatory Care: Clinician Office/Clinic
- Includes Telehealth: No
- Calculation: 1st Performance Rate
- Inverse measure: No
- Continuous measure: No
- Proportional measure: Yes
- Ratio measure: No
- Risk Adjusted measure: No
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