Back Pain After Lumbar Discectomy/Laminectomy - ICD-10-CM Quality Payment Program Measure

Quality Measure Description High Priority Submission Methods
Back Pain After Lumbar Discectomy/LaminectomyFor patients 18 years of age or older who had a lumbar discectomy/laminectomy procedure, back pain is rated by the patients as less than or equal to 3.0 OR an improvement of 5.0 points or greater on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Pain scale at three months (6 to 20 weeks) postoperatively.YESRegistry

Linked ICD-10 Codes

The following ICD-10-CM codes are linked to the quality measure back pain after lumbar discectomy/laminectomy when used as part of a patient's medical record. This Quality Measure is part of Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP).

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