Acute otitis externa / otitis media with effusion

Work Group Co-chairs
Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Co-chair
Allan Lieberthal, MD, Co-chair

Acute otitis externa / otitis media with effusion measures (PDF, 49KB, requires Adobe® Reader®) (approved Mar 2007)

Measure specifications
The Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (Consortium) provides specifications for obtaining the required data elements for its clinical performance measures based on the selected data source.   More detailed specification information for electronic health records, paper medical records, and use of administrative data is available.

Specifications for electronic health records

• Algorithm for measures calculation (PDF, 220KB) [Version 3.0; 07/07 - Posted 9/17/07]
• Coding specifications (CPT® Category I, CPT® Category II, ICD-9, SNOMED CT®, LOINC®, NDC) (Excel, 721KB) [Version 3.0; 07/07 - Posted 9/17/07]

The files above are the initial release required for adoption of Consortium-developed measures within this measure set into electronic health record format.

Release notes will be provided with future updates and revisions.

Specifications for paper medical records and for use of administrative data will be provided later.