Cancer treatments were identified in Dx and LRx using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems (HCPCS) Level II codes, and/or National Drug Codes (NDCs). Cancer-related surgery was captured in CDM using CPT codes. Patients with atrial fibrillation/...
Table 2 Description of Procedure (CPT) Codes Used to Identify Adhesiolysis-Related Surgical Procedures to Estimate Expenditures for Surgeons' Servicesa Full size table Total inpatient costs attributable to adhesiolysis consisted of inpatient costs and costs for the surgeon's services. Estimates were ...
EMU using administrative data including demographics, diagnostic and procedure codes, and medications. Results There were 9,523 patients in our cohort with 10,783 hospital admissions (8.5% EMU, 91.5% acute inpatient cEEG); with average age of 59 (SD 18.2) years; 46.2% were female. The model...
Faster and more efficient facility charge capture can be achieved using automatic charge capture and coding. All associated service codes along with their corresponding CPT codes will be populated as soon as a procedure is documented, a medication is given, or an order is completed. The chargeable...
Fig. 1. Algorithm for the systematic cross-validation and exclusion of cases using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. THA, total hip arthroplasty; TKA, total knee arthroplasty; DRG, diagnosis-related group. PR1-PRn: all procedure codes. PR1: primary procedure code for admission. PRn: secondary proc...
A cohort of ambulatory lumbar decompression cases was matched 1:1 with an inpatient cohort after controlling for patient demographics, comorbidities, and complexity of the procedure. The primary outcome was the 30-day readmission rate. Secondary outcomes included a composite of 30-day postoperative ...
The study population was then categorized into three subgroups based on ICD-9 procedure codes, CPT codes, and billing code descriptions in the database within the same month as or two months after the anemia diagnosis: 1) The Blood Transfusion group had either ICD-9 codes, CPT codes, or a...
Physical and/or occupational therapy (PT/OT) may improve post-fracture health and survival among adults with cerebral palsy (CP), but this has not been studied in the inpatient setting. The objective was to quantify the association between acute inpatien