The ASC-9 measure — appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients — is described as the percentage of patients, aged 50 to 75 years, receiving a screening colonoscopy without biopsy or polypectomy who had a recommended follow-up interval of at least 10 years for repeat colonoscopy documented in their colonoscopy report.
Here are the top 10 states with highest rates of the ASC-9 measure:
• Montana: 97.11
• New Mexico: 96.39
• Iowa: 95
• Missouri: 92.42
• South Dakota: 91.50
• Kansas: 90.41
• Washington: 89.37
• North Carolina: 88.25
• Wisconsin: 88.11
• Minnesota: 88.05
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