Hospital Risk-Standardized Complication Rate Following Implantation of ICD
INACTIVE REVIEW: This measure review is older than five years.
This measure provides hospital specific risk-standardized rates of procedural complications following the implantation of an ICD in patients at least 65 year of age. At present, the measure uses clinical data available in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD registry for risk adjustment that has been linked with administrative claims data using direct and indirect patient identifiers to identify procedural complications
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2015
Support
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Facility
Measure Info
NQF 0694
NQF Endorsed
Measure Steward
American College of Cardiology
Clinical Topic Area
Interventional Cardiology
Care Setting
Inpatient
Outpatient
Data Source
Claims
Registry
ACP supports this measure because the risk-adjustment is validated and extensive.