1.  The patient must be between the ages of 17 and 74 years old at the start of the reporting period and have at least one face-to-face encounter with the provider during the reporting period.

2.  A diagnosis of Diabetes (recorded by using any of the ICD9 codes listed below) must be recorded in the patient's Summary Active Problems field OR encounter Assessment field.

250, 250.0, 250.00, 250.01, 250.02, 250.03, 250.10, 250.11, 250.12, 250.13, 250.20, 250.21, 250.22, 250.23, 250.30, 250.31, 250.32, 250.33, 250.4, 250.40, 250.41, 250.42, 250.43, 250.50, 250.51, 250.52, 250.53, 250.60, 250.61, 250.62, 250.63, 250.7, 250.70, 250.71, 250.72, 250.73, 250.8, 250.80, 250.81, 250.82, 250.83, 250.9, 250.90, 250.91, 250.92, 250.93, 357.2, 362.0, 362.01, 362.02, 362.03, 362.04, 362.05, 362.06, 362.07, 366.41, 648.0, 648.00, 648.01, 648.02, 648.03, 648.04

3.  In addition, there should be documentation to record patients that had HbA1c >9.0%.  This can be documented by inserting the shortcut code "PQRIdmA1c" in the encounter Plan field or Summary Interventions field will allow the user to select from a group of specific SMARText item codes that can be used to document for this measure.  If the patient had a HbA1c >9.0%, the encounter Plan field or Summary Interventions field must include the following code: 3046F.

Numerator Calculation:

The numerator for this measurement is calculated based on the following:

1.  The number of patients in the denominator that have had an HbA1c >9.0%.  This should be documented using the following SMARText code in the Summary Interventions field or the encounter Plan field using "PQRIdmA1c": 3046F.

Denominator Calculation:

The denominator for this measurement is calculated based on the following:

1.  The number of patients that were between 18 and 74 years of age by the start of reporting period and have at least one face-to-face encounter with the provider during the reporting period;

2.  And have a diagnosis of Diabetes (recorded by using one of the ICD9 codes listed below) must be recorded in the patient's Summary Active Problems field OR encounter Assessment field:

250, 250.0, 250.00, 250.01, 250.02, 250.03, 250.10, 250.11, 250.12, 250.13, 250.20, 250.21, 250.22, 250.23, 250.30, 250.31, 250.32, 250.33, 250.4, 250.40, 250.41, 250.42, 250.43, 250.50, 250.51, 250.52, 250.53, 250.60, 250.61, 250.62, 250.63, 250.7, 250.70, 250.71, 250.72, 250.73, 250.8, 250.80, 250.81, 250.82, 250.83, 250.9, 250.90, 250.91, 250.92, 250.93, 357.2, 362.0, 362.01, 362.02, 362.03, 362.04, 362.05, 362.06, 362.07, 366.41, 648.0, 648.00, 648.01, 648.02, 648.03, 648.04

All of the items listed in the above steps need to be documented as structured data (as detailed above) in order to allow the user to capture the numerator, denominator and percentage for this quality measure.

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