Incorrect Surgical Events
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Complications and Adverse Events
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of Ambulatory Surgical Centre (ASC) patients who experience a wrong site, side, patient, procedure, or implant event.
Numerator
All ASC admissions experiencing a wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure, or wrong implant.
Denominator
All ASC admissions.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By hospital and state.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Electronic/paper chart records
Data Collection Methods
Paper patient medical records
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Ambulatory Surgical Centre Quality Measures data is displayed at data.cms.gov
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)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025