2021 MIPS Measure #322: Cardiac Stress Imaging Not Meeting Appropriate Use Criteria: Preoperative Evaluation in Low-Risk Surgery Patients

Measure Description

Percentage of stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), stress echocardiogram (ECHO), cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA), or cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) performed in low-risk surgery patients 18 years or older for preoperative evaluation during the 12-month submission period

Instructions

This measure is to be submitted once per procedure of cardiac stress imaging (i.e., SPECT, MPI, ECHO, CCTA, CMR) for patients seen during the performance period. There is no diagnosis associated with this measure. It is anticipated that eligible clinicians who provide the professional component of diagnostic imaging studies for cardiac stress will submit this measure.

Measure Submission Type:

Measure data may be submitted by individual MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or third party intermediaries. The listed denominator criteria is used to identify the intended patient population. The numerator options included in this specification are used to submit the quality actions as allowed by the measure. The quality-data codes listed do not need to be submitted by MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or third party intermediaries that utilize this modality for submissions; however, these codes may be submitted for those third party intermediaries that utilize Medicare Part B claims data. For more information regarding Application Programming Interface (API), please refer to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website.

Denominator

All instances of stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), stress echocardiogram (ECHO), cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA), or cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) performed on patients aged 18 years and older during the submission period

Denominator Criteria (Eligible Cases):
Patients aged ≥ 18 years on date of encounter

AND

Cardiac Stress Imaging Performed – Procedure Codes (CPT): 75559, 75563, 75571, 75572, 75573, 75574, 78451, 78452, 78453, 78454, 78491, 78492, 78494, 93350, 93351

Numerator

Number of stress SPECT MPI, stress echo, CCTA, or CMR primarily performed in low-risk surgery patients for preoperative evaluation within 30 days preceding low-risk non-cardiac surgery

Definition:

Low-Risk Surgery – Cardiac death or MI less than 1% including, but are not limited to, endoscopic procedures, superficial procedures, cataract surgery, and excisional breast surgery.

Numerator Instructions:

INVERSE MEASURE – A lower calculated performance rate for this measure indicates better clinical care or control. The “Performance Not Met” numerator option for this measure is the representation of the better clinical quality or control. Submitting that numerator option will produce a performance rate that trends closer to 0%, as quality increases. For inverse measures, a rate of 100% means all of the denominator eligible patients did not receive the appropriate care or were not in proper control.

NUMERATOR NOTE:

• A lower calculated performance rate for this measure indicates better clinical care or control. This measure is assessing overuse of cardiac stress imaging in low-risk surgery patients.
• Patients that did not have a surgery performed or had a surgery other than those defined as low-risk would submit G8962.
• Clinical quality outcome is cardiac stress imaging NOT performed on patient who is a low-risk surgery patient within 30 days preceding procedure.

Numerator Options:

Performance Met:

Cardiac Stress Imaging Test primarily performed on low-risk surgery patient for preoperative evaluation within 30 days preceding this surgery (G8961)

OR

Performance Not Met:

Cardiac Stress Imaging Test performed on patient for any reason including those who did not have low-risk surgery or test that was performed more than 30 days preceding low-risk surgery (G8962)