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Procedure concept

Lung volume reduction surgery

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$12,924.60
median base cost
  • 38 patients
  • 0.34% of all patients
  • top 44% across all procedures, by patients
  • 38 procedure records
  • $12,925 – $51,698 lowest to highest

Almost always during inpatient visits.

Coding

Code
429609002
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Pulmonary emphysema
24 procedures
diagnosis concept Chronic obstructive bronchitis
14 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Lung volume reduction surgery: median 50 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 38 patients in all; the largest group is 50 to 59 with 13; Lung volume reduction surgery: median 50 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 5 10 20 to 29: 3 patients 30 to 39: 3 patients 40 to 49: 13 patients 50 to 59: 13 patients 60 to 69: 6 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 50 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 50 to 59 hold the most, 13 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 38 patients. once: 38 patients once 38 2 to 3 times: 0 patients 2 to 3 times 0 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
38 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.