Cases were identified using Current Procedural Terminology codes for open radical prostatectomy (ORP) and laparoscopic or robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) with a corresponding diagnosis of prostate cancer as defined by ICD-9 code 185.0. Results obtained A total of 6,563 urologists ...
The study cohort comprised all BPH hospitalization registries (ICD10 D299 and N40) from male patients and aged 40 years and over. Patients were uniquely identified by the following parameters: date of birth, postal code, gender and ethnicity. Deterministic registry matching was applied. Costs were...
ICD-9 coding for MIRP increased markedly in the later years, which may be influenced by both a true increase in utilization and the introduction of a specific secondary code for robotic surgery in 2008. In the 10 state cohort in 2009, MIRP was performed in 66.4% of 27,399 cases. There...
Using ICD-9 procedural coding, patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer were identified. Prostatectomy was classified as MIRP based on the presence of a secondary code for laparoscopic or robotic surgery. Demographic and socioeconomic variables assessed were age, race, insurance ...
Since there is no dedicated current procedural terminology (CPT) code for RASP, the CPT code for RARP (55866) is used by surgeons. To select procedures done for BPO, all cases were filtered by the International Classification of Diseases -9 (ICD-9) codes 600.00-600.90 or ICD-10 N40.00-N...