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Procedure concept

Rectal polypectomy

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$6,466.38
median base cost
  • 633 patients
  • 5.6% of all patients
  • #116 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 810 procedure records
  • $4,164 – $16,658 lowest to highest

Almost always during ambulatory visits.

Coding

Code
274031008
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Polyp of colon
644 procedures
diagnosis concept Recurrent rectal polyp
166 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Rectal polypectomy: median 60 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 633 patients in all; the largest group is 50 to 59 with 243; Rectal polypectomy: median 60 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 100 200 50 to 59: 243 patients 60 to 69: 228 patients 70 to 79: 162 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, 243 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 464 patients. once: 464 patients once 464 2 to 3 times: 169 patients 2 to 3 times 169 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. 633 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.