Heart failure

Work Group Co-chairs
Joseph P. Drozda, Jr. MD, Co-chair
Joseph V. Messer, MD, Co-chair
John Spertus, MD, MPH, Co-chair

Heart failure (HF) measures. (summary document, including the evidence base for the measures) (PDF, 272KB)

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 (PDF, 14KB) for electronic medical records, paper medical records, and use of administrative data is available.

Specifications for electronic medical records

• Algorithm for measures calculation (PDF, 196KB) [Version 3.0; 07/07 - Posted 6/12/07]
• Release Notes (PDF, 23KB) [Version 3.0; 07/07 - Posted 6/12/07]
• Coding specifications (CPT® Category I, CPT® Category II, ICD-9, SNOMED CT®, LOINC®, NDC) (Excel, 918KB) [Version 3.0; 07/07 - Posted 6/12/07]

Specifications for paper medical records

• Prospective data abstraction tool to be provided at a later date.
• Retrospective data abstraction tool to be provided at a later date.
• Data abstraction definitions (including synonyms) to be provided at a later date.
• Algorithm for measures calculation to be provided at a later date.
• Medication table to be provided at a later date.

Specifications for administrative data (paper or electronic)

• CPT® Category II Codes (PDF, 110 KB) [Version 2.0; 07/06 - Posted 7/7/06]
• CPT^® Category I Codes and ICD-9 Codes to be provided at a later date.