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Procedure concept

Episiotomy

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Base cost
$3,175.80
median base cost
  • 720 patients
  • 6.4% of all patients
  • #108 of 879 across all procedures, by patients
  • 853 procedure records
  • $2,239 – $8,954 lowest to highest

Almost always during emergency visits.

Coding

Code
85548006
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

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

Age when it is performed

Episiotomy: median 28 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 720 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 346; Episiotomy: median 28 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 100 200 300 10 to 19: 68 patients 20 to 29: 346 patients 30 to 39: 208 patients 40 to 49: 87 patients 50 to 59: 11 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 28 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 346 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 606 patients. once: 606 patients once 606 2 to 3 times: 114 patients 2 to 3 times 114 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. 720 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.