The 2026 MIPS quality measures CMS lists as relevant to Diagnostic Radiology. Pick the highest-scoring set for your practice — our certified consultants can help.
Reporting MIPS for a Diagnostic Radiology practice means choosing 6 quality measures — including at least one Outcome or other High Priority measure — and reporting each on as many eligible cases as possible to be scored against CMS's national benchmarks. The measures below are the ones CMS lists as relevant to Diagnostic Radiology; open any for its full numerator, denominator, and exclusions.
Final reports for procedures using fluoroscopy that document radiation exposure indices. Instructions This measure is to be submitted each time a procedure using fluoroscopy is performed in a hospital or outpatient setting during the performance period. There is no diagnosis associated with this measure. It…
Percentage of computed tomography (CT) and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion or infarct avid imaging) reports for all patients, regardless of age, that document a count of known previous CT (any type of CT) and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion or infarct avid imaging) studies…
Percentage of final reports for CT imaging studies with a finding of an incidental pulmonary nodule for patients aged 35 years and older that contain an impression or conclusion that includes a recommended interval and modality for follow-up (e.g., type of imaging or biopsy) or…
Percentage of final reports for imaging studies for patients aged 18 years and older with one or more of the following noted incidentally with a specific recommendation for no follow‐up imaging recommended based on radiological findings: Cystic renal lesion that is simple appearing* (Bosniak I…
Percentage of final reports for computed tomography (CT), CT angiography (CTA) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) studies of the chest or neck for patients aged 18 years and older with no known thyroid disease with a thyroid nodule < 1.0…
This measure provides a standardized method for monitoring the performance of diagnostic CT to discourage unnecessarily high radiation doses, a risk factor for cancer, while preserving image quality. It is expressed as a percentage of patients with CT exams that are out-of-range based on having…
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