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Procedure concept

Alpha-fetoprotein test - antenatal

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$1,206.39
median base cost
  • 1,799 patients
  • 16% of all patients
  • top 6.3% across all procedures, by patients
  • 3,208 procedure records
  • $823 – $3,290 lowest to highest

Almost always during ambulatory visits.

Coding

Code
275833003
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Normal pregnancy
3,208 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Alpha-fetoprotein test - antenatal: median 27 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 1,799 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 861; Alpha-fetoprotein test - antenatal: median 27 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 500 10 to 19: 247 patients 20 to 29: 861 patients 30 to 39: 436 patients 40 to 49: 232 patients 50 to 59: 23 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 27 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 861 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 875 patients. once: 875 patients once 875 2 to 3 times: 821 patients 2 to 3 times 821 4 to 10: 103 patients 4 to 10 103 11 to 50: 0 patients 11 to 50 0 more than 50: 0 patients more than 50 0
once, more than any other. 1,799 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.