Measure title continued: Composite weighted average for 3 CT Exam Types: Overall Percent of CT exams for which Dose Length Product is at or below the size-specific diagnostic reference level (for CT Abdomen-pelvis with contrast/single phase scan, CT Chest without contrast/single phase scan and CT Head/Brain without contrast/single phase scan)
Description: Weighted average of 3 CT Exam Types: Overall Percent of CT exams for which Dose Length Product is at or below the size-specific diagnostic reference level (for CT Abdomen-pelvis with contrast/single phase scan, CT Chest without contrast/single phase scan and CT Head/Brain without contrast/single phase scan)
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of CT Abdomen-Pelvis exams with contrast (single phase scan), CT Chest exams without contrast (single phase scan), and CT Head/Brain exams without contrast (single phase scan) for which Dose Length Product is at or below the size-specific exam-specific diagnostic reference level
Denominator
Number of CT Abdomen-pelvis exams with contrast (single phase scans), CT Chest exams without contrast (single phase scans), and CT Head/Brain (single phase scans)
Target population: all patients regardless of age.
Exclusions
No denominator exclusions
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