SSIC - SSI Child Ambulatory Care Visit - MDH

Product Lines:
Priority Partners.

Eligible Population:
Children enrolled in a disabled coverage group (SSI) aged 0-20 years old years as of December 31 of the measurement. This includes Value Based Purchasing (VBP) for Priority Partners.

Definition:
Children enrolled in a disabled coverage group (SSI) aged 0-20 years as of December 31 of the measurement year who meet all of the following criteria during the calendar year:

  • Enrolled in a disabled coverage group for 320 or more days
  • Enrolled in a single HealthChoice MCO for 320 or more days
  • Enrolled in the HealthChoice MCO as of December 31 of the measurement year
  • Had no more than one gap in enrollment of up to 45 days during the measurement year

Best Practice and Measure Tips

This measure excludes

  • Inpatient admissions and emergency department services.
  • Members in hospice or using hospice services any time during the measurement year.

This measure includes

  • Ambulatory care visits with a behavioral health diagnosis code (mental or chemical dependency), if those visits were covered by the MCO.
  • At least one ambulatory care visit in an office, or a virtual visit, or any PCP outpatient visit. Preventative well visits preferred.

Documentation via claims

  • This is a Maryland Department of Health (MDH) custom measure and reporting is captured by billing and encounter codes only.

Measure Codes

  • Urgent care center visit 
    • HCPCS: S9083, S9088
  • Telephone Visits Value Set: CPT 98966-98968, 99441-99443.
  • Telephone Visits Modifiers: GT, 95 
    • GT: Via interactive audio and video telecommunication system.
    • 95: Synchronous Telemedicine Service Rendered Via a Real-Time Interactive Audio and Video Telecommunications System.
  • Telehealth Place of Service (POS): 02, 10 
    • 02: Telehealth Provided Other than in Patient’s Home
    • 10: Telehealth Provided in Patient’s Home
  • E-visit or Virtual Check-in (Online Assessments Value Set):
    • CPT: 98970-98972, 99421-99423, 99444, 99457, 99458 
      • Note: Effective January 1, 2020, CPT code 98969 was deleted from the AMA CPT Code list. 
    • HCPCS: G0071, G2010, G2012, G2061-G2063, G2250- G2252
  • Ambulatory Outpatient Visit:
    • CPT: 92002, 92004, 92012, 92014, 99202-99205, 99211-99215, 99241-99245, 99304-99310, 99315, 99316, 99318, 99324-99328, 99334-99337, 99341-99345, 99347-99350, 99381-99387, 99391-99397, 99401-99404, 99411, 99412, 99429, 99461, 99483, 
      • Note: Effective January 1, 2020, CPT code 99201 was deleted from the AMA CPT Code list. However, CPT code 99201 will be used for claim data reporting prior to code deletion. 
    • HCPCS: G0463, T1015**.   
      • Note: **T1015 HCPCS code which identifies an all-inclusive clinic visit for services rendered at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
    • UBREV:  0510, 0511, 0512, 0513, 0514, 0515, 0516, 0517, 0519, 0520, 0521, 0522, 0523, 0524, 0525, 0526, 0527, 0528, 0529, 0982, 0983