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Measure Information Form
Version 2025A1
Measure Set: Comprehensive Cardiac Center-Inpatient (CCCIP)
Set Measure ID: CCCIP-04
Performance Measure Name: Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral for Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction from an Inpatient Setting
Description: Patients with a diagnosis of heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)of ≤40% who are referred to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.
Rationale: Studies have shown that cardiac rehabilitation reduces mortality, disease recurrence, and hospital readmission after a cardiovascular event (Thomas et al., 2018). Cardiac rehabilitation consists of exercise, education, and counseling (American Heart Association, 2018). Guidelines recommend referral to cardiac rehabilitation for certain qualifying cardiovascular conditions (Amsterdam et al., 2014), however, despite these benefits and recommendations, cardiac rehabilitation participation rates are low and range from 20-30% (Ades et al., 2017).
Type Of Measure: Process
Improvement Noted As: Increase in the rate
Numerator Statement: Number of inpatients who have been referred to an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program, which includes the following:
- Communication between the healthcare provider and the patient of the recommendation to attend an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program AND referral sent to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program
Included Populations: Not applicable
Excluded Populations: Not applicable
Data Elements:
Denominator Statement: Patients who are discharged from the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) ≤40%.
Included Populations:
- An ICD-10-CM Principal Diagnosis Code for HF as defined in Appendix A, Table 2.1
- Documentation of a reduced ejection fraction (EF) ≤40 %
Excluded Populations:
- Patients less than 18 years of age
- Patients with a documented Reason for No Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
- Patients who have participated in or who have completed an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program within the last 12 months
- Patients who expired
- Patients who left against medical advice (AMA)
- Patients discharged to another hospital
- Patients discharged to another Health Care Facility
- Patients discharged to home for hospice care
- Patients discharged to a healthcare facility for hospice care
- Patients who have a Length of Stay greater than 120 days
- Patients enrolled in a Clinical Trial
- Patients with Comfort Measures Only documented
- Patients who had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or heart transplant procedure (ICD-10-PCS Procedure Code for LVAD or heart transplant as defined in Appendix A, Table 2.2 or Table 2.13)
Data Elements:
Risk Adjustment: No.
Data Collection Approach: Retrospective data sources for required data elements include administrative data and medical records.
Data Accuracy: Variation may exist in the assignment of ICD-10 codes; therefore, coding practices may require evaluation to ensure consistency.
Measure Analysis Suggestions: None
Sampling: Yes. Please refer to the measure set specific sampling requirements and for additional information see the Population and Sampling Specifications section.
Data Reported As: Aggregate rate generated from count data reported as a proportion.
Selected References:
- Ades, P., Keteyian, S., Wright, J., Hamm, L., Lui, K., Newlin, K., et al. (2017). Increasing Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation From 20% to 70%: A Road Map From the Million Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Collaborative. Mayo Clin Proc. Feb; 92(2): 234-242.
- American Heart Association. (2018). Cardiac Rehab 101. Retrieved April 27, 2018 at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/CardiacRehab/What-is-Cardiac-Rehabilitation_UCM_307049_Article.jsp#.WuNs0C7waUl
- Amsterdam EA, Wenger NK, Brindis RG, et al. (2014). AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 64:e139–228.
- Hillis LD, Smith PK, Anderson JL, et al. (2011). 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. J Am Coll Cardiol. 58:e123–210.
- Levine GN, Bates ER, Blankenship JC, et al. (2011). 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of CardiologyFoundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 58:e44–122.
- O’Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, et al. (2013). ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61:e78–140.
- Smith SC Jr., Benjamin EJ, Bonow RO, et al. (2011). AHA/ACCF secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 58:2432–46.
Original Performance Measure Source / Developer:
Thomas, R., Balady, G., Banka, G., Beckie, T., Chiu, J., Gokak, S. (2018).2018 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Cardiac Rehabiliation. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Apr;11(4):e000037.
Measure Algorithm:
CCCIP-04 Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral for Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction from an Inpatient Setting Algorithm Narrative
Numerator: Number of inpatients who have been referred to an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program..
Denominator: Patients who are discharged from the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) less than or equal to 40%.
1. Start processing. Run cases, which are included in the CCC Inpatient Initial Patient Population and pass the edits defined in the Clinical Data Processing Flow, through this measure.
2. Check Clinical Trial.
- If Clinical Trial is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If Clinical Trial equals Y the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of B and will not be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If Clinical Trial equals N continue processing and proceed to check Discharge Disposition.
3. Check Discharge Disposition.
- If Discharge Disposition is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If Discharge Disposition equals 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of B and will not be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If Discharge Disposition equals 1 or 8 continue processing and proceed to check Comfort Measures Only.
4. Check Comfort Measures Only.
- If Comfort Measures Only is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If Comfort Measures Only equals 1, 2 or 3 the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of B and will not be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If Comfort Measures Only equals 4 continue processing and proceed to check ICD-10-CM Principal Diagnosis Codes.
5. Check ICD-10-CM Principal Diagnosis Codes.
- If ICD-10-CM Principal Diagnosis Codes have None on Table 2.1 the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of B and will not be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If ICD-10-CM Principal Diagnosis Codes have at least one on Table 2.1 continue processing and proceed to check LVSD.
6. Check LVSD.
- If LVSD is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If LVSD equal 5 the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of B and will not be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If LVSD equal 1, 2, 3 or 4 continue processing and proceed to check Communication of Outpatient Referral to Patient.
7. Check Communication of Outpatient Referral to Patient.
- If Communication of Outpatient Referral to Patient is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If Communication of Outpatient Referral to Patient equals N the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of D and will be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If Communication of Outpatient Referral to Patient equals Y continue processing and proceed to check Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.
8. Check Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- If Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation equals Y the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of E and will be in the Numerator Population. Stop processing.
- If Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation equals N continue processing and proceed to check Reason for No Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.
9. Check Reason for No Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- If Reason for No Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation is missing, the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of X and will be rejected. Stop processing.
- If Reason for No Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation equals Y the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of B and will not be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.
- If Reason for No Referral to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation equals N the case will proceed to a Measure Category Assignment of D and will be in the Measure Population. Stop processing.