Measure: CMS68

Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record

Measure Versions

eMeasure Code	Measure Year	Full Version Number	Title
CMS68v13	2024	13.1.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v12	2023	12	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v11	2022	11.0.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v10	2021	10.3.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v9	2020	9.1.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v8	2019	8.1.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v7	2018	7.1.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
CMS68v6	2017	6.1.000	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record

Description

Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older for which the eligible clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter.

Guidance

Patient Group Definitions

Group	Description	Instructions Links
Initial Population	All visits occurring during the 12-month measurement period for patients aged 18 years and older	Webchart Instructions
Denominator	Equals Initial Population	Webchart Instructions
Denominator Exclusions	None
Numerator	Eligible clinician attests to documenting, updating, or reviewing the patient's current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter	Webchart Instructions
Numerator Exclusions	Not Applicable	Webchart Instructions
Denominator Exceptions	Documentation of a medical reason(s) for not documenting, updating, or reviewing the patient’s current medications list (e.g., patient is in an urgent or emergent medical situation where time is of the essence and to delay treatment would jeopardize the patient's health status)	Webchart Instructions

Details

Full eMeasure Code	eMeasure Identifier	Measure Year	Version	NQF #	GUID
CMS68v12	68	2023	12	N/A	9a032d9c-3d9b-11e1-8634-00237d5bf174

Steward	Developer	Endorsed By
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Mathematica	None

Scoring Method	Measure Type	Stratification	Risk Adjustment
Proportion	Process	None	None

Rate Aggregation

None

Improvement Notation

Higher score indicates better quality

Rationale

Clinical Recommendation Statement

Definition

Transmission Format

Applicable Value Sets

Category	Value Set	OID
Encounter, Performed	Medications Encounter Code Set	2.16.840.1.113883.3.600.1.1834
Patient Characteristic Ethnicity	Ethnicity	2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.837
Patient Characteristic Payer	Payer	2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.3591
Patient Characteristic Race	Race	2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.836
Patient Characteristic Sex	ONC Administrative Sex	2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1