In order for the Clinical Quality Measure report to generate, the following must be documented in the relevant patient's chart.

1. The patient needs to be between the ages of 50 and 75 AND seen by the physician with a face-to-face encounter during the reporting period.

2. Documentation for colorectal cancer screening. Using the shortcut code, “PQRIpreCol”, will insert the pick list header, “Colorectal cancer screening QM:” Clicking on the header will display a list of items in SMARText Quick Access that will meet the needed criteria.The CPT Code, “3017F” needs to be in the encounter Plan field or the summary Interventions field.

Note: The items in pick list that indicate Colorectal Cancer Screening was not done will not increase the numerator and meet the criteria.

Numerator Calculation:

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

1. Patient's with the CPT code 3017F in the encounter Plan or summary Intervention field.

Denominator Calculation:

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

1. Patient's age 50-75 with a face-to-face encounter during the reporting period.

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.  

For information on how to export the numerator, denominator and percentage for each Clinical Quality Measure, click here

For more information on reporting clinical quality measures, click here