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10.15.2014 Chlamydia Screening in Women (CHL) There is a discrepancy in the Sexual Activity Value Set between HEDIS 2015, released July 1, 2014, and the MY 2014 P4P Manual released September 2, 2014. The codes appear to relate to a change in the HEDIS value sets (page 89 of the HEDIS 2015 Technical Specifications manual):
• Revised value sets used for event/diagnosis criteria to ensure that supplemental data (e.g., LOINC codes) are not used to identify the denominator. Deleted Pregnancy Tests Value Set and Chlamydia Tests Value Set from the event/diagnosis criteria and added appropriate (e.g., CPT, UB Revenue) codes from these value sets to the Sexual Activity Value Set.

The September 2 release of MY 2014 P4P Manual for measure CHL states that there are no modifications from HEDIS. The following codes are in the HEDIS “Sexual Activity Value Set” and are not in the IHA P4P “Sexual Activity Value Set”:
• CPT codes: 81025, 84702, 84703.
• UBREV code 0925.

P4P also includes the Pregnancy Tests Value Set in the denominator; HEDIS 2015 removed this value set and uses it only in the optional exclusions.

You are correct: The draft P4P manual states that there are no modifications from HEDIS. The differences you see are the result of anticipated P4P changes and updates to the Volume 2 CHL measure, per the HEDIS 2015 Volume 2 Technical Update released on October 1, 2014, at www.ncqa.org.
 
The HEDIS technical update changes aligns the HEDIS CHL measure specifications and value sets with the September release of the P4P CHL measure and value sets. We included these updates in the September release of MY 2014 P4P to reduce the edits that P4P organizations must apply with the December release. 

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