Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

PQRS Group Measures:

#06. Oral Antiplatelet Therapy Prescribed for Patients with CAD

#196. Symptom and Activity Assessment

#197. Drug Therapy for Lowering LDL-Cholesterol

#226. Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention

Patient sample criteria for the Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Measures Group are patients aged 18 years and older with a specific diagnosis of CAD accompanied by a specific patient encounter:
One of the following diagnosis codes indicating CAD:

410.00, 410.01, 410.02, 410.10, 410.11, 410.12, 410.20, 410.21, 410.22, 410.30, 410.31, 410.32, 410.40, 410.41, 410.42, 410.50, 410.51, 410.52, 410.60, 410.61, 410.62, 410.70, 410.71, 410.72, 410.80, 410.81, 410.82, 410.90, 410.91, 410.92, 411.0, 411.1, 411.81, 411.89, 412, 413.0, 413.1, 413.9, 414.00, 414.01, 414.02, 414.03, 414.04, 414.05, 414.06, 414.07, 414.8, 414.9, V45.81, V45.82
Accompanied by one of the following patient encounter codes:

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, 99341, 99342, 99343, 99344, 99345, 99347, 99348, 99349, 99350

Download PQRS CAD Measures Group Form: (pdf) (doc)

Measure Group Description (from CMS)

Register now with MDinteractive, report on all applicable measures described above for a minimum of 30 unique patients (all Medicare Part B Fee-For-Service patients) and get your 1% bonus.

An answer of "Not Done" on all patients on one measure will result in a performance rate of 0% and the provider will NOT get the PQRS incentive.

Each provider needs to sign a PQRS consent at http://mdinteractive.com/webpen