CMS 130 - Colorectal Cancer Screening

• Patient’s age is calculated based on the patient’s Date of Birth, which was entered when you created the patient’s account.
• Create a note detailing the patient’s office visit.

• "Malignant Neoplasm of Colon" is documented in the Problem List with a Start Date or "Malignant Neoplasm of Colon" is documented in Hospitalizations/Procedures. These patients will be excluded from the denominator.

If patient has history of Total Colectomy:

• "Total Colectomy" is documented in Hospitalizations/Procedures. These patients will be excluded from the denominator.

If patient was in Hospice during the measurement period:

• Hospice is documented under Hospitalizations/Procedures in History. These patients will be excluded from the denominator.

Exclude patients 66 and older who are living long term in an institution for more than 90 days during the measurement period:

• Long Term Care is documented under Hospitalizations/Procedures in History. These patients will be excluded from the denominator.

Exclude patients 66 and older with advanced illness and frailty because it is unlikely that patients will benefit from the services being measured:

• Patient’s age is calculated based on the patient’s Date of Birth.
• "Advanced Illness" and "Frailty" is documented under Problems with a Start Date.

• "Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)" is ordered in Labs/Studies during the measurement period.
• "Flexible Sigmoidoscopy" is documented under Hospitalizations/Procedures with a date that is during the measurement period or the four years prior to the measurement period. Or, it can also be documented in the Problem List with a Start Date.
• "Colonoscopy" is documented under Hospitalizations/Procedures with a date that is during the measurement period or within the nine years prior to the measurement period.
• A "FIT-DNA" test order is created in Labs/Studies AND the order is submitted via eLabs.
• A "CT Colonography" is documented under Hospitalizations/Procedures with a date that is during the measurement period or within the nine years prior to the measurement period.

• Enter Procedure Codes including E/M Codes or HCPCS Codes on the Superbill.
• Complete and sign the note.

Once all steps have been completed, the measure will be added to the Quality Measures Report.