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CMS130 / #113 — Colorectal cancer screening

Patients who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.

  • Age: 45–75 at the encounter for the MIPS CQM, 46–75 at the end of the period for the eCQM.
  • A qualifying encounter in the measurement period.
Test Window
Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) Measurement period only
Stool DNA with FIT (sDNA-FIT) Measurement period and the 2 years before
Flexible sigmoidoscopy Measurement period and the 4 years before
CT colonography Measurement period and the 4 years before
Colonoscopy Measurement period and the 9 years before

Colonoscopy reaches back ten years, so you need full patient history, not only the measurement year — don’t apply a _since or date filter that cuts it off.

  • Observation (lab tests: FOBT, sDNA-FIT);
  • DiagnosticReport and Procedure (endoscopies, CT colonography);
  • DocumentReference of procedure-note types;
  • CPT codes on Encounter.type;
  • text fallbacks for poorly coded EHRs.

Historical procedures sometimes have a year-only date. Decide how a year-only date is compared with each window and apply it consistently.

FOBT and sDNA-FIT count only if resulted. An ordered test with no value does not count.

In QRDA I, the result may be on the lab test entry or in a nested result observation. A value of nullFlavor="UNK" alone means there is no result.

A generic “colorectal screening performed” registry code should count only when the record also states which test was done.

  • Colorectal cancer (malignant neoplasm of the colon).
  • Total colectomy.
  • Hospice, palliative care, age 66+ in long-term care, and age 66+ with frailty plus advanced illness or dementia medication.