Percentage of abdominopelvic surgery cases with reclosure of postoperative disruption of abdominal wall.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Discharges among cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules for the denominator with ICD-9-CM procuedure code for reclosure of postoperative disruption of abdominal wall procedure.
Denominator
All abdominopelvic surgical discharges age 18 and older.
Exclusions
Exclude cases:
• where a procedure for reclosure of postoperative disruption of abdominal wall occurs before or on the same day as the first abdominopelvic surgery procedure
Note: If day of procedure is not available in the input data file, the rate may be slightly lower than if the information was available
• where length of stay is less than 2 days
• with any diagnosis or procedure code for immunocompromised state
• MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium).
Measure Record
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