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Procedure concept

Sputum examination

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$3,330.90
median base cost
  • 1,033 patients
  • 9.1% of all patients
  • #89 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 1,082 procedure records
  • $2,508 – $10,031 lowest to highest

Almost always during ambulatory visits.

Coding

Code
269911007
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Acute bronchitis
1,082 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Sputum examination: median 35 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 1,033 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 160; Sputum examination: median 35 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 50 100 150 0 to 9: 141 patients 10 to 19: 139 patients 20 to 29: 160 patients 30 to 39: 140 patients 40 to 49: 127 patients 50 to 59: 138 patients 60 to 69: 101 patients 70 to 79: 52 patients 80 to 89: 23 patients 90 and over: 12 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 35 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 160 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 986 patients. once: 986 patients once 986 2 to 3 times: 47 patients 2 to 3 times 47 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. 1,033 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.