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Procedure concept

Plain X-ray of chest

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$4,070.24
median base cost
  • 1,421 patients
  • 13% of all patients
  • #68 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 3,081 procedure records
  • $3,130 – $12,521 lowest to highest

Split between inpatient (47%) and emergency (31%) visits.

Coding

Code
399208008
System
SNOMED-CT

Age when it is performed

Plain X-ray of chest: median 55 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 1,421 patients in all; the largest group is 50 to 59 with 348; Plain X-ray of chest: median 55 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 100 200 300 0 to 9: 75 patients 10 to 19: 69 patients 20 to 29: 95 patients 30 to 39: 81 patients 40 to 49: 187 patients 50 to 59: 348 patients 60 to 69: 274 patients 70 to 79: 209 patients 80 to 89: 72 patients 90 and over: 11 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 55 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 50 to 59 hold the most, 348 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 839 patients. once: 839 patients once 839 2 to 3 times: 370 patients 2 to 3 times 370 4 to 10: 193 patients 4 to 10 193 11 to 50: 19 patients 11 to 50 19 more than 50: 0 patients more than 50 0
once, more than any other. 1,421 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.