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Procedure concept

Thoracentesis

One procedure code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Base cost
$7,705.88
median base cost
  • 22 patients
  • 0.19% of all patients
  • top 54% across all procedures, by patients
  • 22 procedure records
  • $6,378 – $25,513 lowest to highest

Almost always during outpatient visits.

Coding

Code
91602002
System
SNOMED-CT

What it is done for

diagnosis concept Suspected lung cancer
22 procedures

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

Age when it is performed

Thoracentesis: median 66 across all procedures: median 38

Age when it is performed Bar chart. Age when it is performed. 22 patients in all; the largest group is 70 to 79 with 7; Thoracentesis: median 66 years; across all procedures: median 38 years. 0 2 4 6 40 to 49: 3 patients 50 to 59: 6 patients 60 to 69: 4 patients 70 to 79: 7 patients 80 to 89: 2 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 66 or older. Across all procedures, half were 38 or older. The 70 to 79 hold the most, 7 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 22 patients. once: 22 patients once 22 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
22 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.