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Dispatch

Costs of Surgical Site Infections That Appear after Hospital Discharge

Nicholas Graves,*†Comments Kate Halton,*† Merrilyn Curtis,* Shane Doidge,* David Lairson,‡ Marylou McLaws,§ and Michael Whitby*
*The Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; †Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; ‡University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; and §University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia



Appendix 4. ICD-10 procedures for each of the 38 cases of surgical site infection*


Procedure as defined by ICD-10 code

Frequency


30296-00 Total thyroidectomy

1

30321-00 Excision of retroperitoneal neuro-endocrine tumor

1

30338-00 Simple mastectomy, unilateral

1

30353-00 Extended simple mastectomy, unilateral

1

30566-00 Resection of small intestine with formation of stoma

1

30617-00 Repair of umbilical hernia

1

32024-00 High restorative anterior resection of rectum with intraperitoneal anastomosis

1

32028-00 Low restorative anterior resection of rectum with coloanal anastomosis

1

32708-01 Aorto-femoral bypass using synthetic material

1

32739-00 Femoral artery bypass using vein, above the knee

1

32754-01 Femoro-popliteal bypass using composite graft

1

35653-03 Abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

1

35717-01 Oophorectomy, bilateral

1

38477-00 Mitral valve annuloplasty with ring insertion, and 38497-02 Coronary artery bypass, using 3 saphenous vein grafts

1

38497-00 Coronary artery bypass, using 1 saphenous graft

1

38500-00 Coronary artery bypass, using 1 LIMA grafts, and 38497-01 Coronary artery bypass, using 2 saphenous vein grafts

1

38500-02 Coronary artery bypass, using 1 radial artery graft

1

49318-00 Total arthroplasty of hip, bilateral

1

16520-02 Elective lower segment caesarean section

2

33115-00 Replacement of infrarenal abdomino-aortic aneurysm with tube graft

3

33500-00 Carotid endarterectomy

3

35653-01 Total abdominal hysterectomy

3

38497-01 Coronary artery bypass, using 2 saphenous vein grafts

3

49518-00 Total arthroplasty of knee, unilateral

6

Total

38


*ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition; LIMA, left internal mammary artery.

   
     
   
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