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Procedure concept

Excision of appendix

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$7,153.48
median base cost
  • 119 patients
  • 1.1% of all patients
  • top 31% across all procedures, by patients
  • 119 procedure records
  • $5,088 – $20,351 lowest to highest

Almost always during inpatient visits.

Coding

Code
80146002
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Appendicitis
119 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Excision of appendix: median 30 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 119 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 27; Excision of appendix: median 30 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 10 20 0 to 9: 14 patients 10 to 19: 15 patients 20 to 29: 27 patients 30 to 39: 22 patients 40 to 49: 17 patients 50 to 59: 20 patients 60 to 69: 2 patients 70 to 79: 1 patient 80 to 89: 1 patient 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 30 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 27 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 119 patients. once: 119 patients once 119 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
119 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.