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Procedure concept

Suture open wound

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$5,098.33
median base cost
  • 1,502 patients
  • 13% of all patients
  • #64 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 1,612 procedure records
  • $3,809 – $15,234 lowest to highest

Almost always during emergency visits.

Coding

Code
288086009
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Laceration of forearm
340 procedures
diagnosis concept Laceration of hand
336 procedures
diagnosis concept Facial laceration
325 procedures
diagnosis concept Laceration of thigh
311 procedures
diagnosis concept Laceration of foot
300 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Suture open wound: median 36 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 1,502 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 232; Suture open wound: median 36 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 100 200 0 to 9: 185 patients 10 to 19: 212 patients 20 to 29: 232 patients 30 to 39: 186 patients 40 to 49: 229 patients 50 to 59: 217 patients 60 to 69: 121 patients 70 to 79: 67 patients 80 to 89: 30 patients 90 and over: 23 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 36 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 232 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 1,394 patients. once: 1,394 patients once 1,394 2 to 3 times: 108 patients 2 to 3 times 108 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. 1,502 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.