Nqf rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis criteria

#Nqf rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis criteria code#

#Nqf rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis criteria code#

Patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of RAДENOMINATOR NOTE: *Signifies that this HCPCS code is a non-covered service under the Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).

For more information regarding Application Programming Interface (API), please refer to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website. 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. The numerator options included in this specification are used to submit the quality actions as allowed by the measure. The listed denominator criteria are used to identify the intended patient population. Measure data may be submitted by individual MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or third party intermediaries.

This measure may be submitted by Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who perform the quality actions described in the measure based on the services provided and the measure-specific denominator coding. This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for patients with a diagnosis of RA seen during the performance period. Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have an assessment of disease activity using an ACR-preferred RA disease activity assessment tool at в‰Ґ50% of encounters for RA for each patient during the measurement year.