Uterine Artery Embolization Technique: Documentation of Angiographic Endpoints
The percentage of patients with documentation of angiographic endpoints of embolization AND the documentation of embolization strategies in the presence of unilateral or bilateral absent uterine arteries.
Last updated: January 15, 2026
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📖Clinical Rationale
The efficacy of uterine artery embolization is related to incomplete embolization. The two failure mechanisms that contribute are (1.) appropriate vessel selection but insufficient embolization and (2.) incomplete identification of uterine arterial supply. This measure ensures documentation of two important procedural aspects of uterine artery embolization, which are known to be associated with treatment efficacy: (1.
) appropriate embolization endpoints achieved and (2.) delineation of all uterine arterial supply with embolization where possible. Inadequate arterial embolization alone is a known cause of treatment failure. 1 The ovarian arteries often provide an alternate route of arterial supply to the uterus when the uterine artery is occluded or absent; however routine aortography is not recommended when conventional uterine artery anatomy is present.
📝Clinical Recommendations
Consensus opinion quality improvement document from the Society of Interventional Radiology utilizing the Modified Delphi method, defining consensus as 80% Delphi participant agreement on a value or parameter.1
📋Implementation Notes
This measure contains one strata defined by a single submission criteria. This measure produces a single performance rate. For the purposes of MIPS implementation, this procedure measure is submitted each time a procedure is performed during the performance period.
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