Radiology Coding Alert

Most specialties will be asked to submit six total measures including one outcome measure and one cross-cutting measure. However, these measures apply exclusively to patient-facing physicians. So, for radiology providers, two additional high priority measures can be used in their place:

• #145: Exposure time reported for procedures using fluoroscopy (High Priority Measure) (Interventional Radiology)
• #195: Stenosis Measurement in Carotid Imaging Reports
• #225: Reminder System for Screening Mammograms (High Priority Measure)
• #406: Appropriate Follow-up Imaging for Incidental Thyroid Nodules in Patients (High Priority Measure)
• #405: Appropriate Follow-up Imaging for Incidental Abdominal Lesions (High Priority Measure)
• #146: Inappropriate use of "probably benign" assessment category in mammography (High Priority Measure)

To learn more about these six measures and their corresponding MIPS codes, please visit the CMS quality reporting page: https://qpp.cms.gov/measures/quality.