In the Scalable Collaborative Infrastructure for a Learning Healthcare System (SCILHS) we endeavor to use the widely-available Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedure codes with ICD-9.
Breast procedures were identified by International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) or Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedure codes (Appendix 1).
Data collected include preoperative risk factors, procedures performed by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code, and postoperative complications occurring within 30 days of the index operation.
Procedures were categorized using Common Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, and candidates were categorized by fellowship training experience.
I was asked by more than one office for the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes for the procedure, which is what they use to bill for it.
Using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification and Current Procedural Terminology codes, we identified the procedure, transfusion status, comorbidities, and postoperative complications of interest.
Procedures map to ICD-9-CM, Current Procedural Terminology, and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes.
We used the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes and AMA Current Procedural Terminology Codes (CPT) to categorise surgical procedures for OC.
Current procedural terminology (CPT) is the most common procedure terminology in the United States because it is almost ubiquitously required by billing systems.
In the US, procedures are most commonly coded in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) format.
The LEA procedures were identified from discharge codes and/or current procedural terminology codes.
