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Procedure concept

Sputum microscopy

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$2,507.70
median base cost
  • 24 patients
  • 0.21% of all patients
  • top 52% across all procedures, by patients
  • 24 procedure records
  • $2,508 – $10,031 lowest to highest

Almost always during outpatient visits.

Coding

Code
167995008
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Suspected lung cancer
24 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Sputum microscopy: median 61 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 24 patients in all; the largest group is 60 to 69 with 8; Sputum microscopy: median 61 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 2 4 6 8 40 to 49: 7 patients 50 to 59: 3 patients 60 to 69: 8 patients 70 to 79: 3 patients 80 to 89: 3 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 61 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 60 to 69 hold the most, 8 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 24 patients. once: 24 patients once 24 2 to 3 times: 0 patients 2 to 3 times 0 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
24 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.