Volume 10, Number 11—November 2004
Research
Enhanced Identification of Postoperative Infections among Inpatients
Deborah S. Yokoe*
, Gary A. Noskin†, Susan M. Cunningham†, Gianna Zuccotti‡, Theresa Plaskett‡, Victoria J. Fraser§, Margaret A. Olsen§, Jerome I. Tokars¶, Steven Solomon¶, Trish M. Perl#, Sara E. Cosgrove#, Richard S. Tilson*, Maurice Greenbaum**, David C. Hooper††, Kenneth E. Sands‡‡, John Tully§§, Loreen A. Herwaldt¶¶, Daniel J. Diekema¶¶, Edward S. Wong##, Michael Climo##, and Richard Platt***
, Gary A. Noskin†, Susan M. Cunningham†, Gianna Zuccotti‡, Theresa Plaskett‡, Victoria J. Fraser§, Margaret A. Olsen§, Jerome I. Tokars¶, Steven Solomon¶, Trish M. Perl#, Sara E. Cosgrove#, Richard S. Tilson*, Maurice Greenbaum**, David C. Hooper††, Kenneth E. Sands‡‡, John Tully§§, Loreen A. Herwaldt¶¶, Daniel J. Diekema¶¶, Edward S. Wong##, Michael Climo##, and Richard Platt***Table A1
ICD-9-CM procedure and diagnosis codes to identify study procedures and screen diagnosis codes
| ICD-9-CM codes | Description |
|---|---|
| Procedure codes | |
| CABG | |
| 36.10–36.14 | Aortocoronary bypass of coronary artery/arteries |
| 36.15–36.17 | Internal mammary-coronary artery bypass |
| 36.19 | Other bypass anastomosis for heart revascularization |
| 36.2 | Heart revascularization by arterial implant |
| Cesarean delivery | |
| 74.0–74.2, 74.4 | Cesarean section (classical, low cervical, extraperitoneal, of other specified type) |
| 74.9, 74.91, 74.99 | Cesarean section of unspecified type |
| Breast procedures | |
| 85.23 | Subtotal mastectomy |
| 85.31–85.32 | Reduction mammoplasty |
| 85.33–85.36 | Subcutaneous mammectomy |
| 5.4, 85.41–85.48 | Mastectomy (unilateral or bilateral, simple or radical) |
| 5.50 | Augmentation mammoplasty |
| 5.53 | Unilateral breast implant |
| 5.54 | Bilateral breast implant |
| 5.6 | Mastopexy |
| 5.7 | Total reconstruction of breast |
| Diagnosis codes | Description |
| 998.5, 998.51, 998.59 | Postoperative infection |
| 674.32, 674.34 | Other complications of obstetrical surgical wounds |
| 670.02, 670.04 | Major puerperal infection |
aICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision Clinical Modification; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft procedures.
