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Table 1.
73218
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, upper extremity, other than joint;
without contrast material(s)
73219
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, upper extremity, other than joint;
with contrast material(s)
73220
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, upper extremity, other than joint;
without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences
73221
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, any joint of upper extremity;
without contrast material(s)
73222
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, any joint of upper extremity;
with contrast material(s)
73223
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, any joint of upper extremity;
without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences
73225
Magnetic resonance angiography, upper extremity, with or without contrast material(s)
system contains 17,000 codes, and all possible code combinations will be exhausted by early 2009. In
contrast, the ICD10 coding system will allow up to 155,000 new code combinations. The United States
is virtually the last industrialized country to adopt the ICD10 standard. With the adoption of this new
coding system, methods to compress codes into a meaningful index will become even more important.
(Anonymous-ICD10, 2008)
requIrements of data PreProcessIng
We want to discuss some of the more recent studies concerning the use of claims data to examine treat-
ment and outcomes for cancer. Claims data are difficult to work with and require considerable prepro-
Table 2.
Appendectomy
Heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Hip fracture repair
Back and neck surgery (except spinal fusion)
Pancreatitis
Back and neck surgery (spinal fusion)
Peripheral vascular bypass
Bariatric surgery
Pneumonia
Bowell obstruction
Prostatectomy
Carotid surgery
Resection/replacement of abdominal aorta
Cholecystectomy
Respiratory failure
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Sepsis
Coronary bypass surgery
Stroke
Diabetic acidosis and coma
Total hip replacement
Gastrointestinal bleed
Total knee replacement
Gastrointestinal surgeries and procedures
Valve replacement surgery
Heart attack
 
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