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...
Because there was no specific hospital procedure (ICD9) code for robotic technology use at the time of our study, we were unable to differentiate between surgeries performed with versus without robotic technology at hospitals that had acquired the technology. It is possible that some hospitals that...
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...
ICD-9-CM codes were used to identify patients with any CKD or ESRD (Code 585.x) and RP (code 60.5). Patients were separated into non-CKD, CKD, and ESRD groups. Baseline demographics and surgical outcomes were analyzed and multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors related...
Since there is no ICD-9 procedure code specific to LRP, these patients were identified by an abdominal laparoscopic procedure code. Comparison was made between LRP patients and RRP coded alone. Covariates included age, gender, race, co-morbidity measures, insurance status, median household income ...
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 ...
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 ...