AQI 71: Ambulatory Glucose Management

MEASURE DESCRIPTION:
Percentage of diabetic patients, aged 18 years and older, who receive an office-based or ambulatory surgery whose blood glucose level is appropriately managed throughout the perioperative period.

The measure will consist of four performance rates:

**AQI71a: Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, with a current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus receiving anesthesia services for office-based or ambulatory surgery whose blood glucose level is tested prior to the start of anesthesia.

**AQI71b: Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, with a current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus receiving anesthesia services for office-based or ambulatory surgery who experienced a blood glucose level ≥180 mg/dL (10.0 mmol/L) who received insulin prior to anesthesia end time.

**AQI71c: Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, with a current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus receiving anesthesia services for office-based or ambulatory surgery who received insulin perioperatively and who received a follow-up blood glucose level check following the administration of insulin and prior to discharge.

**AQI71d: Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, with a current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus receiving anesthesia services for office-based or ambulatory surgery who experienced a blood glucose level ≥180 mg/dL (10.0 mmol/L) who received education on managing their glucose in the postoperative period prior to discharge.

NOTE: The overall measure score will be calculated as an average of the performance rates of parts A, B, C and D. In order to be scored on this measure, clinicians must have at least one eligible case reported for each sub-metric: AQI71a, AQI71b, AQI71c, and AQI71d.


MEASURE ID:
AQI 71


COLLECTION TYPE:
QCDR Measure

HIGH PRIORITY STATUS:
No

MEASURE TYPE:
Process

BENCHMARK:
No *

BENCHMARK TYPE:
* N/A - Insufficient volume of data submitted in PY 2022 to establish historical benchmark.

TOPPED OUT:
N/A

SEVEN POINT CAP:
N/A

AVERAGE PERFORMANCE RATE:
N/A

DECILE RANGE: