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Procedure concept

Throat culture

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$1,142.45
median base cost
  • 2,718 patients
  • 24% of all patients
  • #16 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 3,239 procedure records
  • $823 – $3,290 lowest to highest

Almost always during ambulatory visits.

Coding

Code
117015009
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Acute viral pharyngitis
2,412 procedures
diagnosis concept Streptococcal sore throat
827 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Throat culture: median 23 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 2,718 patients in all; the largest group is 0 to 9 with 675; Throat culture: median 23 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 200 400 600 0 to 9: 675 patients 10 to 19: 480 patients 20 to 29: 522 patients 30 to 39: 368 patients 40 to 49: 270 patients 50 to 59: 191 patients 60 to 69: 116 patients 70 to 79: 57 patients 80 to 89: 25 patients 90 and over: 14 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 23 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 0 to 9 hold the most, 675 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 2,276 patients. once: 2,276 patients once 2,276 2 to 3 times: 434 patients 2 to 3 times 434 4 to 10: 8 patients 4 to 10 8 11 to 50: 0 patients 11 to 50 0 more than 50: 0 patients more than 50 0
once, more than any other. 2,718 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.