Unplanned Hospital Readmission Within 30 Days of Principal Procedure
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who had an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of principal procedure.
Numerator
Inpatient readmission to the same hospital for any reason or an outside hospital (if known to the surgeon), within 30 days of the principal surgical procedure
Denominator
Patients aged 18 years and older undergoing a surgical procedure
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Registries
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Program (CMS and Providers)
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
Yes
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
04 November 2025
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Date Modified 04 November 2025