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Procedure concept

Screening for occult blood in feces

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$3,709.28
median base cost
  • 620 patients
  • 5.5% of all patients
  • #118 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 644 procedure records
  • $2,508 – $10,031 lowest to highest

Almost always during ambulatory visits.

Coding

Code
104435004
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Polyp of colon
644 procedures

Procedure records that recorded a reason; the rest recorded none.

Age when it is performed

Screening for occult blood in feces: median 60 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 620 patients in all; the largest group is 50 to 59 with 238; Screening for occult blood in feces: median 60 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 100 200 50 to 59: 238 patients 60 to 69: 226 patients 70 to 79: 156 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 60 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 50 to 59 hold the most, 238 patients. A distribution that begins abruptly is a screening protocol's start age, not an age at which the need appears.

How often one person has it

How often one person has it Bar chart. How often one person has it. 5 categories; the largest is once with 596 patients. once: 596 patients once 596 2 to 3 times: 24 patients 2 to 3 times 24 4 to 10: 0 patients 4 to 10 0 11 to 50: 0 patients 11 to 50 0 more than 50: 0 patients more than 50 0
once, more than any other. 620 patients in all. A screening some people repeat scores of times shares this page with the person who had it once, so the bins climb by powers.