2026 Specialty Measure Set

2026 MIPS Quality Measures for Thoracic Surgery

The 10 MIPS quality measures designated by CMS for the Thoracic Surgery specialty set. These are the measures thoracic surgery specialists are most likely to report on—though any MIPS-eligible measure can be submitted.

10measures
9high priority
10with benchmarks
5topped out
Related:MIPS Reporting & Strategy →MIPS Cost Category →VBCA's QCDR →
ID ↑Measure eCQMType Status
MIPS 047Advance Care Plan—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 130Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical RecordCMS68v15High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 164Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): Prolonged Intubation—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 167Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): Postoperative Renal Failure—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 168Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): Surgical Re-Exploration—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 226Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and CessationCMS138v14ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 356Unplanned Hospital Readmission within 30 Days of Principal Procedure—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 358Patient-Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 374Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist ReportCMS50v14High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 445Risk-Adjusted Operative Mortality for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)—High PriorityBenchmark

All Specialty Sets

Allergy/Immunology12Anesthesiology4Audiology10Cardiology22Certified Nurse Midwife11Chiropractic Medicine8Clinical Social Work19Dentistry2Dermatology11Diagnostic Radiology6Electrophysiology Cardiac Specialist2Emergency Medicine10Endocrinology16Family Medicine62Gastroenterology11General Surgery10Geriatrics22Hospitalists4Infectious Disease15Internal Medicine57Interventional Radiology13Mental/Behavioral Health20Nephrology17Neurology22Neurosurgical8Nutrition/Dietician8Obstetrics/Gynecology23Oncology/Hematology24Ophthalmology17Optometry6Orthopedic Surgery29Otolaryngology20Pathology7Pediatrics16Physical Medicine9Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy25Plastic Surgery7Podiatry9Preventive Medicine20Pulmonology14Radiation Oncology4Rheumatology15Skilled Nursing Facility12Speech Language Pathology10Thoracic Surgery10Urgent Care11Urology21Vascular Surgery12

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