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Table 2 List of surgical procedures overriding algorithm categorization

From: A methodology to estimate the potential to move inpatient to one day surgery

Category of procedure

ICD-9-CM surgical procedures

Surgical procedures eligible for day care:

 

1. Procedure requiring circulatory support

No override

2. Highly invasive open access procedure, very small organs excepted:

Plastic operations on hand bone or tendon (7824, 7834, 7854, 7874, 8251, 8252, 8257), Fasciectomy (8344), Plastic operations on peripheral nerves (046, 0474, 0475, 0476, 0479), Repair of orbital wound (1664, 1681), Open reduction with fixation of toe (7938)

3. Moderately invasive open access procedure, small and very small organs excepted

Open reduction without internal fixation of a limb fracture or unspecified bone, excepted femur (7920, 7921, 7922, 7926, 7929), Operations on joints (knee: 7896, 806, 8086, 8096, Wrist: 8012, Elbow: 8042, 8092, unspecified joints: 8010, 8019, 8089, 8090, 8099), Operation on tendons: (8303, 8312), Cranial sinus incision and drainage (0121), Insertion of cardiac pacemaker permanent system (3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3785, 3786, 3787), Operations on orbit: (1663, 1665, 1666), Tubo-ovarian procedures (6529, 6592, 6611, 6631, 6632, 6639), Vascular bypass for dialysis (3927, 3942), Unspecified hemorrhage control (3998).

Surgical procedures not eligible for day care:

 

4. Highly invasive open access procedure, very small organs

Operation on posterior chamber (1471, 1472, 1474), Major reconstruction of finger (8281, 8421, 8422)

5. Moderately invasive open access procedure, small and very small organs

Removal of epithelial growth of anterior chamber (1293), Eye evisceration with implant (1631), Salivary fistula closure (2642), Arthrodesis or open reduction of dislocation of wrist (7983, 8125), foot (7987, 7988, 8111, 8113, 8114, 8115, 8116), Division or excision of non peripheral nerves (cranial: 0401, 0402, 0405, 0441, 0442, 0521, 0522, sympathetic: 0523, 0524, 0525, 0529, 059, others: 0742, 2992, 3191, 3331)

6. Minimally invasive open access procedures

Removal of artificial anus (4976), foreign body from peritoneum (5492), spine theca shunt (0398)

7. Endoscopic, endoluminal access, procedures and closed reduction of fracture

Endosc removal of pancreatic stone: (5294), Implantation of cardiomyo-stimulation system (3767), Closed reduction with fixation of femur (7915), Endovascular repair of non coronary vessels (3971, 3979, 3966, 3972), Percutaneous jejunostomy (4432, 4632), Endoscopic procedure on larynx (3021, 3022), Sinusectomy (2242, 2260, 2263, 2264) Tracheostomy (3121, 3129), Control of nasal hemorrhage by septal graft (2107), Transurethral prostatectomy (6021, 6029), Transurethral removal of ureter obstruction (560)

8. Direct access procedures

Umbilical hernia repair (5341, 5349), Perianal or anal incision or excision (4901, 4902, 4903, 4904, 4993), Reconstruction of external ear (1871, 1872), Corneal transplant (1160, 1161, 1163, 1169), Pedicle skin flap (8670, 8671, 8672, 8673, 8674, 8675), Resection of nose (214), Toe amputation (8411), Testicular repair (6141, 6269, 6299, 6359, 6382).