Allergy Outcomes Tool: PAQLQ
Research Outcome ToolsPediatric allergic disease quality of life questionnaire (PAQLQ)DescriptionAssesses for allergic disease that encompasses its effects on a child's or teenager'…
Facial Plastics/Rhinology Outcome Tool: NOSE Scale
Research Outcome ToolsDescriptionDisease-specific health status instrument for use in patients with nasal obstructionTargeted AgeAdultsItems (Domains)5 (N/A)Estimated Completion Tim…
Rhinology Outcome Tool: SNOT-20
Research Outcome ToolsSino-Nasal Outcome Test-20 (SNOT-20)DescriptionPatient-reported measure of outcome in sino-nasal disorders such as rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposisTargeted A…
Rhinology Outcome Tool: SN-5
Research Outcome ToolsSinus and Nasal Quality of Life Survey (SN-5)DescriptionAssesses health-related quality of life for children with persistent sinonasal symptomsTargeted AgePedi…
Rhinology Outcome Tool: RSUI
Research Outcome ToolsRhinitis Symptom Utility Index (RSUI)DescriptionMeasures the severity and frequency of rhinitis related symptoms over 14 daysTargeted AgeAdultsItems (Domains)1…
Rhinology Outcome Tool: RSOM-31
Research Outcome ToolsRhinosinusitis Outcome Measure (RSOM-31)DescriptionMeasure of rhinosinusitis health status and quality of lifeTargeted AgeAdultsItems (Domains)31 (7)Estimated …
AAO23: Allergic Rhinitis: Intranasal Corticosteroids or Oral Antihistamines
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: No; N/ANQF Number: N/APercentage of patients age 2 years and older with allergic rhinitis who are offered intranasal corticosteroids…
AAO24: Allergic Rhinitis: Avoidance of Leukotriene Inhibitors+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Appropriate UseNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients age 2 years and older patients with allergic rhinitis who do not receive l…
AAO-HNS Statement on Reimbursement of Balloon Sinus Ostial Dilation
Advocacy StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), with approximately 12,000 members nationwide, is the national medical association of …
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…
ASPS16: Airway Assessment for patients undergoing Rhinoplasty+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Patient SafetyNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients aged 15 years and older who had a rhinoplasty procedure for whom the nasal …
ASPS17: Patient Satisfaction with Rhinoplasty Procedure+*
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; OutcomeNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients aged 15 years and older who had a rhinoplasty procedure who demonstrated improveme…
ASPS18: Shared-decision making for post-operative management of discomfort following Rhinoplasty+
Quality MeasureDownload PDFHigh Priority: Yes; Opioid-related MeasureNQF Number: N/APercentage of patients aged 15 years and older who had a rhinoplasty procedure who had doc…
Clinical Indicators: Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy
Clinical Indicator*Note: Separate Procedure by CPT definition means the code should not be reported with other procedures of which it is a part; in this case, therapeutic nasal/…
Clinical Indicators: Endoscopic Debridement
Clinical IndicatorHistory (one or more required after failure of mechanical therapy) Postoperative care of endoscopic sinus surgery Postoperative hemorrhage Postoperative e…
Clinical Indicators: Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Adult
Clinical IndicatorHistory (one or more required) Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) with persistent symptoms and objective evidence of disease by endoscopic…
Clinical Indicators: Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Pediatric
Clinical IndicatorHistory (one or more required)(The history must include specific symptoms and findings obtained by the otolaryngologist. A historical diagnosis labeled "sinu…
Clinical Indicators: Ethmoidectomy
Clinical IndicatorHistory (one or more required) Failure of optimal medical management (describe) for acute orchronic ethmoid sinusitis. Multiple or recurrent nasal polyps c…
