FLEX FAQ
What is FLEX?Q: What is FLEX?A: FLEX—Focused Lifelong Education Xperience is the Academy’s new flagship education product that launched in September 2020. FLEX…
AAO21: Otitis Media with Effusion: Hearing Test for Chronic OME > 3 months
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: No; N/ANQF Number: N/APercentage of patients age 6 months to 12 years of age at the time of the visit with a diagnosis of otitis med…
AAO31: Otitis Media with Effusion (OME): Avoidance of Inappropriate Use of Medications+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Appropriate UseNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients age 2 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusi…
AAO12: Tympanostomy Tubes: Topical Ear Drop Monotherapy Acute Otorrhea+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Appropriate UseNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients age 6 months to 12 years of age at the time of the visit with a current di…
AAO20: Tympanostomy Tubes: Hearing Test+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: No; N/ANQF Number: N/APercentage of patients age 6 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of OME who received tympanostomy tube in…
AAO36: Tympanostomy Tubes: Resolution of Otitis Media with Effusion in Adults and Children+*
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; OutcomeNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who are see…
AAO29: Quality of Life for Patients with Neurotology Disorders+*
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; OutcomeNQF Number: N/APercentage of neurotology patients whose most recent Quality of Life scores were maintained or improved d…
AAO32: Standard BPPV Management+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Appropriate UseNQF Number: N/APercentage of BPPV patients who received vestibular testing, imaging, and antihistamine or benzod…
AAO35: Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo (BPPV): Dix-Hallpike and Canalith Repositioning
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: No; N/ANQF Number: N/APercentage of patients with BPPV who had a Dix-Hallpike maneuver performed AND who had therapeutic canalith re…
Clinical Indicators: Auditory Brainstem Response
Clinical IndicatorHistory (One or more required) Asymmetric hearing loss Unilateral tinnitus Sudden hearing loss Suspected cerebellopontine angle tumor Suspected demyelin…
Clinical Indicators: Mastoidectomy
Clinical Indicator*CPT 92540 and 92541 are "add-on" codes, formerly reported with CPT 95920, which has been deleted and replaced with these 2 new codes. In the 2013 final Medica…
Clinical Indicators: Myringotomy and Tympanostomy Tubes
Clinical IndicatorHistory (One required) Severe acute otitis media (myringotomy). Hearing loss > 30 dB in patient with otitis media with effusion (myringotomy or tube). …
Clinical Indicators: Stapedectomy/Stapedotomy
Clinical IndicatorHistory (in addition to hearing loss, list all appropriate) Hearing loss - age of onset, duration, progression, and disability. Also see tests. Otosclerosi…
Clinical Indicators: Tympanoplasty
Clinical IndicatorRarely if ever performed. History (one required) Conductive hearing loss due to TM perforation. Conductive hearing loss due to ossicular continuity or necro…
Clinical Indicators: Canalith Repositioning Procedures (CRPs)
Clinical Indicator(Otolith Repositioning; Epley Maneuver; Semont Maneuver, Lateral canal repositioning maneuvers)Indications1. History (one or more required) Description of par…
AAO16: Age-related Hearing Loss: Audiometric Evaluation
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Care CoordinationPercentage of patients age 60 years and older who failed a hearing screening and/or who report suspected heari…
AAO17: Age-related Hearing Loss: Advanced Diagnostic Imaging of Bilateral Presbycusis or Symmetric SNHL
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Appropriate UsePercentage of patients age 60 years and older with a diagnosis of bilateral presbycusis or symmetric sensorineur…
AAO13: Bell’s Palsy: Inappropriate Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Computed Tomography Scan (Inverse Measure)
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Appropriate UsePercentage of patients age 16 years and older with a new onset diagnosis of Bell’s palsy within the past 3 month…
