Patient queried about pain and pain interference with function

Measure Purpose: Identify and treat pain in patients with muscular dystrophy and improve quality of life

The numerator: Patient visits where the patient was queried about pain and pain interference with function using a validated and reliable instrument*

*See full specifications for additional details

is divided by

The denominator: All visits for patient diagnosed with a muscular dystrophy

Exclusions are removed from the denominator for: 

• Patient declines to respond to questions

Key Phrases

Key Phrases you should use to meet this measure include:

• Queried about pain
• Queried about pain interference

Measure Calculation Example

Dr. Walker had 20 visits with patients with muscular dystrophy between January 1 and December 31 of the measurement year. This is the denominator. Three patients declined to respond to questions. These patients are removed from the denominator.

Of the remaining 17 patients, ten of them were queried about pain using an instrument. This is the numerator.

Quality of care = 10/(20-3). Dr. Walker has a score of 58% for this measure.