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Procedure concept

Bone density scan

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$5,781.18
median base cost
  • 714 patients
  • 6.3% of all patients
  • #109 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 1,093 procedure records
  • $3,905 – $15,619 lowest to highest

Split between emergency (46%) and ambulatory (33%) visits.

Coding

Code
312681000
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

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

Age when it is performed

Bone density scan: median 68 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 714 patients in all; the largest group is 60 to 69 with 249; Bone density scan: median 68 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 100 200 0 to 9: 7 patients 10 to 19: 6 patients 20 to 29: 1 patient 30 to 39: 4 patients 40 to 49: 7 patients 50 to 59: 115 patients 60 to 69: 249 patients 70 to 79: 187 patients 80 to 89: 93 patients 90 and over: 45 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 68 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 60 to 69 hold the most, 249 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 617 patients. once: 617 patients once 617 2 to 3 times: 60 patients 2 to 3 times 60 4 to 10: 29 patients 4 to 10 29 11 to 50: 8 patients 11 to 50 8 more than 50: 0 patients more than 50 0
once, more than any other. 714 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.