High Priority Status: No / N/A
NQF Number: N/A
Measure Description:
Percentage of patients aged 2 years and older with a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis who are prescribed or recommended intranasal corticosteroids (INS) or non-sedating oral antihistamines.
Instructions:
This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for patients diagnosed with allergic rhinitis. This measure may be submitted by clinicians based on the services provided and the measure-specific denominator coding.
Denominator:
All patients aged 2 years and older with a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis.
Denominator Note:
To meet the denominator criteria, a patient must have been diagnosed with allergic rhinitis at the time of an encounter. This includes new onset and existing allergic rhinitis diagnoses.
Denominator Exclusions:
None
Numerator:
Patients who are prescribed or recommended intranasal steroids (INS) or non-sedating oral antihistamines.
A prescription for or medication reconciliation of over-the-counter medications can be used to identify patients taking medications.
Numerator Note:
To meet the intent of the measure, the numerator quality action must be performed at the encounter in which the active diagnosis of allergic rhinitis is documented.
Denominator Exceptions
- Patients with an allergy to oral antihistamines or intranasal corticosteroids.
- Patients with prostate cancer or benign prostatic hypertrophy as these patients may be intolerant of medications.
- Patients with a history of epistaxis due to intranasal steroid use.
- Patients with glaucoma
- Patient refusal
Measure Classifications
- Submission Pathway: Traditional MIPS
- Measure Type: Process
- National Quality Strategy (NQS) domain: Effective Clinical Care
- Meaningful Measures Area: Medication Management
- Care Setting(s): Ambulatory Care: Clinician Office/Clinic
- Includes Telehealth: Yes
- Number of Performance Rates: 1
- Inverse measure: No
- Continuous measure: No
- Proportional measure: Yes
- Ratio measure: No
- Risk Adjusted measure: No
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