ACO REACH CAHPS: Reminder on How to Code 88’s vs. M’s
folder_openOther Announcementscalendar_todayPosted September 27, 2024
As the deadline for the 1 st interim data submission approaches (due on October 7th, 2024), the ACO REACH CAHPS Survey Coordination Team would like to remind vendors how to use the non-response codes of 88 versus Missing (or "M") and particularly how to code non-response to the revised race question (Q52 (St/NE), Q58 (HN)).
As a reminder, for gated items (follow-up questions that are inappropriately skipped, the non-response code should be "M". The non-response code of "88" should be used to indicate the follow-up question is Not Applicable, thus skipped appropriately. See section 6.2.5. Coding Questions that Have No Responses in the ACO REACH CAHPS Quality Assurance Guidelines for Survey Vendors (v.4.0).
In section 6.2.4 of the ACO REACH CAHPS QAG (v.4.0), we outline that:
"[F]or the race series of questions, if the respondent receives the subcategory race questions, meaning they stated in the previous screener question that they are a certain race category, then non-selected items should be marked as "M - Missing;" otherwise, the value should be "88" indicating the subcategory race questions were properly skipped."
We have provided two examples below. For Example 1, all "Asian - Please Specify" subcategories should be coded as "M", given the "Asian - Please Specify" response was selected, but no other subcategories under "Asian" were selected. In Example 2, all "Asian - Please Specify" subcategories should be coded as "88", given the "Asian - Please Specify" response was not selected, therefore the subcategories were skipped appropriately.
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Example 1: Use Code "M" for "Asian" subcategories
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Example 2: Use Code "88" for "Asian" subcategories
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The correct codes for each example are as follows:
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Example 1
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Example 2
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raceamerindian
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M
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1
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raceasian
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M
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88
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racechinese
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M
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88
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racefilipino
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M
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88
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racejapanese
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M
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88
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racekorean
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M
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88
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racevietnam
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M
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88
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raceotherasian
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M
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88
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raceafricanamer
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M
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1
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raceguamcham
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88
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88
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racenativehawaiian
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88
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88
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racesamoan
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88
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88
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raceotherpacisland
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88
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88
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racewhite
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M
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M
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Please contact the ACO REACH CAHPS Survey Coordination Team at acoreachcahps@rti.org or by calling the toll-free number if you have any questions.