What is MIPS or PQRS Measure?

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) was a reporting program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It gave eligible professionals (EPs) the opportunity to assess the quality of care they were providing to their patients, helping to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time. Now it is called as Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Quality Measures. Today we will learn about coding Measures (Measure 014, Age-related Macular Degeneration(AMD): Dilated Macular Examination).

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) includes four performance categories: quality, cost, improvement activities, and promoting interoperability (PI). The quality performance category requires clinicians to report on six measures, including at least one outcome measure. Since most family physicians will participate in MIPS and therefore are required to report quality measures, it is important they select measures appropriate for their practice needs and capabilities.

Measure specifications are detailed descriptions and instructions for each measure, and include definitions of the action/outcome required (numerator), population being measured (denominator), exceptions/exclusions to the measure, measure codes, and other details needed to correctly collect data and report the measure. Their are different Measures like Measure 012, 014, 021, 145, 146, 225 etc, which has to be coded only to specific CPT codes. We will learn specifically for each measure in detail. 

Read also : Coding Guide for PQRS or MIPS Measure 195

When to use PQRS or MIPS Measure 012

MIPS/PQRS Measure #014 Description

Percentage of patients aged 50 years and older with a diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who had a dilated macular examination performed which included documentation of the presence or absence of macular thickening or geographic atrophy or hemorrhage AND the level of macular degeneration severity during one or more office visits within the 12 month performance period.

This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for patients seen during the performance period. It is anticipated that eligible clinicians who provide the primary management of patients with agerelated macular degeneration (in either one or both eyes) will submit this measure.

Eligible Criteria for Measure 014: 

• Patients aged ≥ 50 years on date of encounter
  
• Age-related macular degeneration ICD 10 Covered Diagnosis: H35.3110, H35.3111, H35.3112, H35.3113, H35.3114, H35.3120, H35.3121, H35.3122, H35.3123, H35.3124, H35.3130, H35.3131, H35.3132, H35.3133, H35.3134, H35.3210, H35.3211, H35.3212, H35.3213, H35.3220, H35.3221, H35.3222, H35.3223, H35.3230, H35.3231, H35.3232, H35.3233
• CPT codes covered: 92002, 92004, 92012, 92014, 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215, 99304, 99305, 99306, 99307, 99308, 99309, 99310, 99324, 99325, 99326, 99327, 99328, 99334, 99335, 99336, 99337
• Without Telehealth Modifier: GQ, GT, 95, POS 02

When Dilated macular exam performed, including documentation of the presence or absence of macular thickening or geographic atrophy or hemorrhage AND the level ofmacular degeneration severity (report code G9974)

When documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing a dilated macular examination (report code G9975)

When documentation of patient reason(s) for not performing a dilated macular examination (report code G9892)

When Dilated macular exam was not performed, reason not otherwise specified (report code G9893)