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QPP Measure #461

Leg Pain After Lumbar Surgery

For patients 18 years of age or older who had a lumbar discectomy/laminectomy or fusion procedure, leg pain is rated by the patient 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 or a numeric pain scale at three months (6 to 20 weeks) for discectomy/laminectomy or at one year (9 to 15 months) postoperatively for lumbar fusion patients. Rates are stratified by procedure type; lumbar discectomy/laminectomy or fusion procedure.

Submission Methods: Registry
Measure Sets: Neurosurgical, Orthopedic Surgery

There are no codes for this QPP measure yet (code lists for the current year may not have been established yet).

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