Colorectal Cancer Screening Specifications
2016 Report Year
07/01/2015 to 06/30/2016 Dates of Service
Summary of Changes
Removed coding tables and replaced all coding table references with value set
references.
Description
The percentage of patients 50-75 years of age who had appropriate screening for
colorectal cancer
Measurement Period
July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016
Eligible Population
Eligible Specialties
Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine,
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Eligible Providers
Medical Doctor (MD), Doctor of Osteopathy (DO), Physician
Assistant (PA), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
Ages
51-75 years of age as of June 30 of the measurement period
Patients are identified as established if they’ve had at least two
Established Patient face-to-face visits with an eligible provider in an eligible specialty
during the current or prior measurement period
Event
At least one face-to-face visit with an eligible provider in an
eligible specialty during the measurement period
Denominator
The eligible population
Numerator
The number of patients in the denominator who met ANY of the following criteria:
 had a colonoscopy (Colonoscopy Value Set) performed during the measurement
period or prior nine years
 had a sigmoidoscopy (Sigmoidoscopy Value Set) performed during the measurement
period or prior four years
 had a stool blood test (Stool Blood Test Value Set) performed during the
measurement period
Allowable Exclusions
The following exclusions are allowed to be applied to the eligible population:
 Patient had a history of any of total colectomy (Total Colectomy Value Set) and/or
colorectal cancer (Colorectal Cancer Value Set)
 Patient had a CT Colonography (CT Colonography Value Set) screening examination
performed during the measurement period or prior four years
 Patient was in hospice or receiving palliative care at any time during the
measurement period
 Patient died prior to the end of the measurement period
Measure Scoring
Rate/Proportion
Interpretation of Score
Higher score indicates better quality
Measure Type
Process
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