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Osteoporosis
Screening or Therapy for Osteoporosis for Women Aged 65 Years and Older
This measure is to be reported for all female patients aged 65 years and older — a minimum of once
per reporting period.
Measure description
What if this process or outcome of care is not
Percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older who have appropriate for your patient?
a central dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurement There may be times when it is not appropriate to order or ordered or performed at least once since age 60 or pharmacologic perform a central DXA measurement at least once since age 60 OR prescribe pharmacologic therapy for osteoporosis, due to:n Medical reasons (eg, not indicated, contraindicated, other What will you need to report for each female patient
for this measure?
n Patient reasons (eg, patient declined, economic, social, If you select this measure for reporting, you will report: n System reasons (eg, resources to perform the services not n Whether or not you ordered or performed a central dual- energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurement at least available, insurance coverage/payer-related limitations, other reason attributable to health care delivery system) In these cases, you will need to indicate which reason applies, n Whether or not you prescribed pharmacologic therapy specify the reason on the worksheet and in the medical chart. (other than minerals/vitamins) for osteoporosis The office/billing staff will then report a code with a modifier that represents these valid reasons (also called exclusions).
1 Pharmacologic therapy: U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pharmacologic options for osteoporosis prevention and/or treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis include, in alphabetical order: bisphosphonates (alendronate, ibandronate, and risedronate), calcitonin, estrogens (estrogens and/or hormone therapy), parathyroid hormone [PTH (1-34), teriparatide], and selective estrogen receptor modules or SERMs (raloxifene).
PQRI 2007 Measure 39, Effective Date 07/01/2007 2004-6 American Medical Association and National Committee for Quality Assurance. All rights reserved. (Disclaimers, Copyright and other Notices indicated on the Coding Specifications document are incorporated by reference) Osteoporosis
Screening or Therapy for Osteoporosis for Women Aged 65 Years and Older
PQRI Data Collection Sheet
Clinical Information
Billing Information
Step 1 Is patient eligible for this measure?
Code Required on Claim Form
There is a CPT E/M Service Code for this visit.
Refer to coding specifications document for list of applicable codes.
If No is checked for any of the above, STOP. Do not report a
CPT category II code.
Step 2 Does patient meet or have an acceptable reason
for not meeting the measure?
Central Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA)
Code to be Reported on Line 24D of Paper Claim Form,
Measurement OR Pharmacologic Therapy1
if Yes (or Service Line 24 of Electronic Claim Form)
Not prescribed for one of the following reasons:• Medical (eg, not indicated, contraindicated, • Patient (eg, patient declined, economic, • System (eg, resources to perform the services not available, other reason attributable to health care delivery system) Document reason here and in medical chart.
If No is checked for all of the above, report
3096F–8P OR 3095F–8P OR 4005F–8P
(Central dual energy X-ray absorptiometry [DXA]
measurement was not ordered or performed and a
pharmacologic therapy for osteoporosis was not
prescribed, reason not otherwise specified.)
1 Pharmacologic therapy: U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pharmacologic options for osteoporosis prevention and/or treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis include, in alphabetical order: bisphosphonates (alendronate, ibandronate, and risedronate), calcitonin, estrogens (estrogens and/or hormone therapy), parathyroid hormone [PTH (1-34), teriparatide], and selective estrogen receptor modules or SERMs (raloxifene).
PQRI 2007 Measure 39, Effective Date 07/01/2007 2004-6 American Medical Association and National Committee for Quality Assurance. All rights reserved. (Disclaimers, Copyright and other Notices indicated on the Coding Specifications document are incorporated by reference) CPT® copyright 2006 American Medical Association Osteoporosis
Screening or Therapy for Osteoporosis for Women Aged 65 Years and Older
Coding Specifications
Quality codes for this measure (one of the following for every Codes required to document a visit occurred: A CPT E/M service code is required to identify patients to be CPT II Code descriptors
(Data collection sheet should be used to determine appropriate CPT E/M service codes
n CPT II 3096F: Central Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
n 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205 (office-new patient), n 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215 (office-established patient), n CPT II 3095F: Central Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
n 99387 (preventive medicine services — new patient), n 99397 (preventive medicine services — established patient), n CPT II 4005F: Pharmacologic therapy (other than minerals/
n 99401, 99402, 99403, 99404 (preventive medicine services — n CPT II 3096F–1P OR 3095F–1P OR 4005F–1P:
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not ordering or performing a central dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurement or not prescribing pharmacologic n CPT II 3096F–2P OR 3095F–2P OR 4005F–2P:
Documentation of patient reason(s) for not ordering or performing central dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurement or not prescribing pharmacologic n CPT II 3096F–3P OR 3095F–3P OR 4005F–3P:
Documentation of system reason(s) for not ordering or performing central dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurement or not prescribing pharmacologic n CPT II 3096F–8P OR 3095F–8P OR 4005F–8P: Central
dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurement was not ordered or performed and a pharmacologic therapy for osteoporosis was not prescribed, reason not Physician Performance Measures (Measures) and related data specifications, developed by the American Medical Association (AMA) in col aboration with the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (the Consortium) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) pursuant to government sponsorship under subcontract 6205-05-054 with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. under contract 500-00-0033 with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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