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Clinical Quality Measures

CMS131 - Diabetes: Eye Exam

Measure Description: Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or a negative retinal exam (no evidence of retinopathy) in the 12 months prior to the measurement period

Denominator: Patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes with a visit during the measurement period

Numerator: Patients with an eye screening for diabetic retinal disease. This includes diabetics who had one of the following:

Measure Calculation in ChARM EHR: MANUAL

This measure is calculated based on the action recorded under 'Encounter > MU' section.

To satisfy this measure, for patient with Age >= 18 and < 75 years with an active diagnosis of ‘Diabetes’ (Example ICD 10 codes : E10.10, E10.21, E10.29 ), perform Retinal Eye Exam and record the findings under 'Encounter > MU' section.
Diabetes Eye Exam

Denominator Exclusion: You can manually exclude a patient from denominator, based on the conditions listed below under 'Encounter > MU' section.
Diabetes Eye Exam