Child & Adolescent Well Care Visits (WCV)

What Is the Measure?

This measure looks at the percentage of children 3 to 11 years of age and adolescents 12 to 21 years of age who have had at least one comprehensive Well Care Visit with a PCP or an OB/GYN practitioner during the measurement year.

Documentation

Documentation in the patient’s medical record must include evidence of all of the following:

• Health history

• Both a physical and mental developmental history

• Physical exam

• Health education/anticipatory guidance

Eligible Codes

Well Care Visit

Z00.00, Z00.01, Z00.110, Z00.111, Z00.121, Z00.129, Z00.5, Z00.8, Z02.0, Z02.1, Z02.2, Z02.3, Z02.4, Z02.5, Z02.6, Z02.71, Z02.79, Z02.81, Z02.82, Z02.83, Z02.89, Z02.9

How to Improve Score

• Review care gap reports and attribution lists and outreach to the patients’ parents/guardians to schedule their Well Care Visit.

• Conduct or schedule Well Care Visits when patients present themselves for illness, or other events such as school physicals, accidental injuries or colds.

• Offer evening hours to improve patient access.

• Integrate screening reminders into the EHRs.