Measure Description
Percent of asymptomatic patients undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) who are discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2.
Instructions
This measure is to be submitted each time a CEA is performed during the performance period. It is anticipated that Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who provide services of CEA, as described in the measure, based on the services provided and the measure-specific denominator coding will submit this measure. This measure may be submitted by MIPS eligible clinicians who perform the quality actions described in the measure based on the services provided and the measure-specific denominator coding.
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 carotid endarterectomy procedures
Denominator Criteria (Eligible Cases):
Patients aged ≥ 18 years on date of encounter
AND
Patient procedure during the performance period (CPT): 35301
WITHOUT
Telehealth Modifier (including but not limited to): GQ, GT, 95, POS 02, POS 10
AND NOT
DENOMINATOR EXCLUSIONS:
Symptomatic carotid stenosis: Ipsilateral carotid territory TIA or stroke less than 120 days prior to procedure: 9006F
OR
Other carotid stenosis: Ipsilateral TIA or stroke 120 days or greater prior to procedure or any prior contralateral carotid territory or vertebrobasilar TIA or stroke: 9007F
Numerator
Patients that are asymptomatic neurologically who were discharged alive, to home no later than post-operative day #2 following CEA
Definition:
Home – For purposes of submitting this measure, “home” is the point of origin prior to hospital admission for procedure of CEA. For example, if the patient comes from a skilled facility and returns to the skilled facility post CEA, this would meet criteria for discharged to home.
Numerator Options:
Performance Met: Patient discharged to home no later than postoperative day #2 following CEA (G8834)
OR
Performance Not Met: Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following CEA (G8838)
Rationale
Surgeons performing CEA on asymptomatic patients must select patients at low risk for morbidity and perform the procedure with a very low complication rate in order to achieve benefit. Discharge to home within two days of the procedure is an indicator of patients who were not frail prior to the procedure and who did not experience a major complication (e.g., disabling stroke, myocardial infarction). The proposed measure will therefore serve as an indicator of both appropriateness and overall outcome.
Clinical Recommendation Statements
Updated Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for management of extracranial carotid disease. (Ricotta et al, J Vasc Surg, 54:3, 2011).
Neurologically asymptomatic patients with ≥ 60% diameter stenosis should be considered for CEA for reduction of long-term risk of stroke, provided the patient has a 3- to 5-year life expectancy and perioperative stroke/death rates can be ≤ 3% (GRADE 1, Level of Evidence A).