Form CMS-10431 Measure Exception Form

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS)
PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting (PCHQR) Program
Measure Exception Form

Specify the Calendar Year for each National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) hospital-acquired infection (HAI)
measure exception request(s).
(*) Indicates required fields.
Measure Exception Information (The exception[s] you are requesting must be selected.)
Select all that apply:

Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
Select this option if the hospital performed a combined total of 9 or fewer colon surgeries and abdominal
hysterectomies in the calendar year prior to the reporting year.
Calendar Year Prior to Reporting Year
Number of Procedures Performed
Exclusion Requested for Calendar Year
Specified colon and abdominal hysterectomy surgical procedures:
Only hospitals that performed 9 or fewer of any of the specified colon surgeries and abdominal hysterectomies combined
in the Calendar Year prior to the reporting year. The NHSN Operative Procedure Category Mappings to International
Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision Clinical Modifications (ICD-10-CM) Codes is located on the NHSN website.

Other (Please Describe)
If additional space is required, please attach additional documentation.

Calendar Year Prior to Reporting Year
Number of Procedures Performed
Exclusion Requested for Calendar Year

PCHQR Program

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS)
PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting (PCHQR) Program
Measure Exception Form

Facility Contact Information
*CMS Certification Number (CCN):
*Facility Name:
*CEO/Designee Last Name:
*CEO/Designee First Name:
*CEO/Designee Title:
*CEO/Designee E-Mail Address:
*CEO/Designee Telephone Number:

Ext.:

I hereby certify that the facility meets the exception criteria and therefore has no data to submit related to the specified
measure(s):
*Name:
*Position:
*Date:
Additional Comments:

Complete and submit the Measure Exception Form via email to [email protected]. Following
receipt of the form, an email will be sent confirming the form has been received.
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PCHQR Program

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