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 021, Perioperative Care: Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic – First OR Second-Generation Cephalosporin).

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 021, 012, 014, 145, 146, 225 etc, which has to be coded only to specific CPT codes. We will learn specifically for each measure in detail. 

MIPS/PQRS Measure 021 Description

Measure Description: Percentage of surgical patients aged 18 years and older undergoing procedures with the indications for a first OR second generation cephalosporin prophylactic antibiotic who had an order for a first OR second generation cephalosporin for antimicrobial prophylaxis

This measure is to be submitted each time a procedure is performed during the performance period for patients who undergo surgical procedures with the indications for a first or second generation cephalosporin prophylactic antibiotic. There is no diagnosis associated with this measure. It is anticipated that Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who perform the listed surgical procedures as specified in the denominator coding will submit this measure.

Eligible Criteria for Measure 021: 

Patients aged ≥ 18 years on date of encounter

Covered CPT codes

Integumentary : 15733, 15734, 15736, 15738, 15830, 15832, 15833, 15834, 15835, 15836, 15837, 19300, 19301, 19302, 19303, 19305, 19306, 19307, 19316, 19318, 19324, 19325, 19328, 19330, 19340, 19342, 19350, 19355, 19357, 19361, 19364, 19366, 19367, 19368, 19369, 19370, 19371, 19380, 21601, 21602, 21603

Spine : 22325, 22510, 22511, 22513, 22514, 22586, 22612, 22630, 22800, 22802, 22804, 63030, 63042

Hip Reconstruction : 27125, 27130, 27132, 27134, 27137, 27138

Trauma (Fractures) : 27235, 27236, 27244, 27245, 27269, 27758, 27759, 27766, 27769, 27792, 27814

Knee Reconstruction : 27440, 27441, 27442, 27443, 27445, 27446, 27447

Vascular : 27880, 27881, 27882, 27884, 27886, 27888, 33877, 33880, 33881, 33883, 33886, 33889, 33891, 34701, 34702, 34703, 34704, 34705, 34706, 34707, 34708, 34710, 34830, 34831, 34832, 34841, 34842, 34843, 34844, 34845, 34846, 34847, 34848, 35011, 35013, 35081, 35082, 35091, 35092, 35102, 35103, 35131, 35141, 35142, 35151, 35152, 35206, 35266, 35301, 35363, 35371, 35372, 35512, 35521, 35522, 35523, 35525, 35533, 35537, 35538, 35539, 35540, 35556, 35558, 35565, 35566, 35570, 35571, 35583, 35585, 35587, 35601, 35606, 35612, 35616, 35621, 35623, 35626, 35631, 35632, 35633, 35634, 35636, 35637, 35638, 35642, 35645, 35646, 35647, 35650, 35654, 35656, 35661, 35663, 35665, 35666, 35671, 36830, 36902, 36905, 37224, 37225, 37226, 37227, 37228, 37229, 37230, 37231, 37246, 37248, 37617

Spleen and Lymph Nodes : 38100, 38101, 38115, 38120, 38571, 38572, 38700, 38720, 38724, 38740, 38745, 38760, 38765, 38770, 38780

Esophagus : 43020, 43030, 43045, 43100, 43101, 43107, 43108, 43112, 43113, 43116, 43117, 43118, 43121, 43122, 43123, 43124, 43130, 43135, 43279, 43280, 43281, 43282, 43300, 43305, 43310, 43312, 43313, 43314, 43320, 43325, 43327, 43328, 43330, 43331, 43332, 43333, 43334, 43335, 43336, 43337, 43340, 43341, 43351, 43352, 43360, 43361, 43400, 43405, 43410, 43415, 43420, 43425, 43496

Stomach : 43500, 43501, 43502, 43510, 43520, 43605, 43610, 43611, 43620, 43621, 43622, 43631, 43632, 43633, 43634, 43640, 43641, 43644, 43645, 43651, 43652, 43653, 43800, 43810, 43820, 43825, 43830, 43832, 43840, 43843, 43845, 43846, 43847, 43848, 43850, 43855, 43860, 43865, 43870, 43880

Small Intestine : 44005, 44010, 44020, 44021, 44050, 44055, 44100, 44120, 44125, 44126, 44127, 44130, 44132, 44133, 44135, 44136

Colon : 44140, 44141, 44143, 44144, 44145, 44146, 44147, 44150, 44151, 44155, 44156, 44157, 44158, 44160, 44180, 44186, 44187, 44188, 44202, 44204, 44205, 44206, 44207, 44208, 44210, 44211, 44212, 44227, 44300, 44310, 44312, 44314, 44316, 44320, 44322, 44340, 44345, 44346, 44602, 44603, 44604, 44605, 44615, 44620, 44625, 44626, 44640, 44650, 44660, 44661, 44680, 44700

Rectum : 45000, 45020, 45110, 45111, 45112, 45113, 45114, 45116, 45119, 45120, 45121, 45123, 45126, 45130, 45135, 45136, 45150, 45160, 45171, 45172, 45395, 45397, 45400, 45402, 45540, 45541, 45550, 45560, 45562, 45563, 45800, 45805, 45820, 45825

Biliary : 47400, 47420, 47425, 47460, 47480, 47562, 47563, 47564, 47570, 47600, 47605, 47610, 47612, 47620, 47700, 47701, 47711, 47712, 47715, 47720, 47721, 47740, 47741, 47760, 47765, 47780, 47785, 47800, 47801, 47802, 47900

Pancreas : 48000, 48001, 48020, 48100, 48102, 48105, 48120, 48140, 48145, 48146, 48148, 48150, 48152, 48153, 48154, 48155, 48500, 48510, 48520, 48540, 48545, 48547, 48548, 48554, 48556

Abdomen, Peritoneum & Omentum : 27080, 27158, 27202, 27280, 27282, 49000, 49002, 49010, 49020, 49040, 49060, 49203, 49204, 49205, 49215, 49220, 49250, 49320, 49321, 49322, 49323, 49405, 49406, 49407, 49505, 49507

Renal Transplant : 50320, 50340, 50360, 50365, 50370, 50380

Neurological Surgery : 22551, 22554, 22558, 22600, 22612, 22630, 22633, 61154, 61313, 61315, 61510, 61512, 61518, 61548, 61697, 61700, 61750, 61751, 61867, 62223, 62230, 63015, 63020, 63030, 63042, 63045, 63046, 63047, 63056, 63075, 63081, 63267, 63276

Cardiothoracic Surgery : 33120, 33130, 33140, 33202, 33250, 33251, 33256, 33261, 33305, 33315, 33321, 33322, 33335, 33365, 33366, 33390, 33391, 33404, 33405, 33406, 33410, 33440, 33411, 33413, 33416, 33422, 33425, 33426, 33427, 33430, 33460, 33463, 33464, 33465, 33475, 33496, 33510, 33511, 33512, 33513, 33514, 33516, 33533, 33534, 33535, 33536, 33542, 33545, 33548, 33886, 35211, 35241, 35271

General Thoracic Surgery : 0236T, 0505T, 21627, 21632, 21740, 21750, 21825, 31760, 31766, 31770, 31775, 31786, 31805, 32096, 32097, 32098, 32100, 32110, 32120, 32124, 32140, 32141, 32150, 32215, 32220, 32225, 32310, 32320, 32440, 32442, 32445, 32480, 32482, 32484, 32486, 32488, 32491, 32505, 32800, 32810, 32815, 32900, 32905, 32906, 32940, 33020, 33025, 33030, 33031, 33050, 33300, 33310, 33320, 33361, 33362, 33363, 33364, 34051, 35021, 35216, 35246, 35276, 35311, 35526, 37616, 38381, 39000, 39010, 39200, 39220, 39545, 39561, 64746

Foot & Ankle : 27702, 27703, 27704, 28192, 28193, 28291, 28415, 28420, 28445, 28465, 28485, 28505, 28525, 28531, 28555, 28585, 28615, 28645, 28675, 28705, 28715, 28725, 28730, 28735, 28737

Laryngectomy : 31400, 31420

Mediastinum and Diaphragm : 39501, 39540, 39541, 39545, 39560, 39561

Bariatric : 43770, 43771, 43772, 43773, 43774, 43775, 43843, 43845, 43846, 43847, 43848, 43886, 43887, 43888

Meckel’s Diverticulum and Appendix : 44800, 44820, 44850, 44900, 44950, 44960, 44970

Liver : 47100, 47120, 47122, 47125, 47130, 47140, 47141, 47142, 47350, 47370, 47371, 47380, 47381

Gynecologic Surgery : 58150, 58152, 58180, 58200, 58210, 58240, 58260, 58262, 58263, 58267, 58270, 58275, 58280, 58285, 58290, 58291, 58292, 58293, 58294, 58951, 58953, 58954, 58956

General Surgery : 23470, 23472, 23473, 23474, 23616, 24363, 24370, 24371, 38531, 60505

Documentation of order for first OR second generation cephalosporin for antimicrobial prophylaxis (report code G9197)

Note: G9197 is provided for antibiotic ordered or antibiotic given. Submit G9197 if a first or second generation cephalosporin was given for antimicrobial prophylaxis.

Documentation of medical reason(s) for not ordering a first OR second generation cephalosporin for antimicrobial prophylaxis (e.g., patients enrolled in clinical trials, patients with documented infection prior to surgical procedure of interest, patients who were receiving antibiotics more than 24 hours prior to surgery [except colon surgery patients taking oral prophylactic antibiotics], patients who were receiving antibiotics within 24 hours prior to arrival [except colon surgery patients taking oral prophylactic antibiotics], other medical reason(s)) (report code G9196)