Rate of Unplanned Hospital Visits within 7 days of an Outpatient Colonoscopy

Unplanned hospital visits after a colonoscopy can be a sign of poor quality. Reasons for an unplanned hospital visit include perforation and bleeding. Perforation is a tear through the wall of the bowel that may allow leakage of intestinal fluids. This measure assesses a surgery center's rate of unplanned hospital visits, including emergency department visits, observation stays, and unplanned inpatient admissions after outpatient colonoscopy procedures. 

Data for this measure is obtained directly from the CMS Provider Data Catalog. 

Reporting Period 

• Most recent 36-month reporting period published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Patients Included in the Measure

• Outpatients (Patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day)
• Adults