Measure Description
Percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older with a diagnosis of urinary incontinence with a documented plan of care for urinary incontinence at least once within 12 months.
Instructions
This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for patients seen during the performance period. This measure is appropriate for use in the ambulatory setting only. It is anticipated that Merit- based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who provide services for patients with the diagnosis of urinary incontinence will submit this measure.
NOTE: Patient encounters for this measure conducted via telehealth (e.g., encounters coded with GQ, GT, 95, or POS 02 modifiers) are allowable.
Measure Submission Type:
Measure data may be submitted by individual MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or third party intermediaries. The listed denominator criteria are 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 female patients aged 65 years and older with a diagnosis of urinary incontinence
Denominator Criteria (Eligible Cases):
All female patients aged ≥ 65 years on date of encounter
AND
Diagnosis for urinary incontinence (ICD-10-CM): F98.0, N39.3, N39.41, N39.42, N39.43, N39.44, N39.45, N39.46, N39.490, N39.491, N39.492, N39.498, R32
AND
Patient encounter during the performance period (CPT or HCPCS): 97161, 97162, 97163, 97164, 97165, 97166, 97167, 97168, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215, 99341, 99342, 99344, 99345, 99347, 99348, 99349, 99350, G0402
AND NOT
DENOMINATOR EXCLUSION:
Hospice services utilized by patient any time during the measurement period: G9694
Numerator
Patients with a documented plan of care for urinary incontinence at least once within 12 months
Definition:
Plan of Care – May include behavioral interventions (e.g., bladder training, pelvic floor muscle training, prompted voiding), referral to specialist, surgical treatment, reassess at follow-up visit, lifestyle interventions, addressing co-morbid factors, modification or discontinuation of medications contributing to urinary incontinence, or pharmacologic therapy.
Numerator Options:
Performance Met: Urinary incontinence plan of care documented (0509F)
OR
Performance Not Met: Urinary incontinence plan of care not documented, reason not otherwise specified (0509F with 8P)
Rationale
A treatment option should be documented for the patient with incontinence.
Clinical Recommendation Statements
All conservative management options used in younger adults can be used in selected frail, older, motivated people. This includes:
- Bladder retraining
- Pelvic muscle exercises including biofeedback and/or electro-stimulation (ICI) (Grade B)
Pharmacologic agents, especially oxybutynin and tolterodine, may have a small beneficial effect on improving symptoms of detrusor over activity in women. (ACOG) (Level A)
Oxybutynin and potentially other bladder relaxants can improve the effectiveness of behavioral therapies in frail older persons. (ICI) (Grade B)