Table 5 Percent distribution of types of AEs by surgical procedure categories, in top 15 rank order by AE rate/1,000 stays*
Procedure code (ICD-9-CM) | Surgical procedure category | Rate of AEs per 1,000 stays | % Care management | % Transfusions | % Clinical support services | % Falls | % Medications | % Invasive procedures | % Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | Operations on heart and pericardium | 556.7 | 18.0 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 5.8 | 16.8 | 23.8 | 7.6 |
35 | Operations on valves and septa of heart | 446.1 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 22.5 | 21.8 | 6.8 |
50 | Operations on liver | 418.7 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 3.5 | 11.8 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 14.1 |
31 | Other operations on larynx and trachea | 371.7 | 24.5 | 10.4 | 18.7 | 4.3 | 21.6 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
34 | Operations on chest wall, pleura, mediastinum, & diaphragm | 350.6 | 18.0 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 4.9 | 28.7 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
1 | Incision and excision of skull, brain, and cerebral meninges | 331.8 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 15.2 | 22.9 | 20.0 | 10.0 |
43 | Incision and excision of stomach | 331.5 | 23.0 | 16.4 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 24.6 | 13.1 | 4.9 |
52 | Operations on pancreas | 320.1 | 13.5 | 5.6 | 15.7 | 9.0 | 21.3 | 30.3 | 4.5 |
41 | Operations on bone marrow and spleen | 270.7 | 8.6 | 20.0 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 14.3 |
32 | Excision of lung and bronchus | 266.7 | 22.5 | 8.5 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 22.5 | 15.5 | 9.9 |
45 | Incision, excision, and anastomosis of intestine | 259.5 | 20.8 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 21.6 | 13.6 | 6.9 |
46 | Other operations on intestine | 248.3 | 30.9 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 22.7 | 12.7 | 6.4 |
36 | Operations on vessels of heart | 242.6 | 11.2 | 19.6 | 13.1 | 5.1 | 18.2 | 23.8 | 8.9 |
74 | Cesarean section and removal of fetus | 228.1 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 30.8 |
84 | Other procedures of musculoskeletal system | 215.9 | 27.8 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 10.6 | 8.8 |
Overall for all surgical groups | 82.8 | 20.8 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 9.9 | |