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Surgeons’ Volume-Outcome Relationship for Lobectomies and Wedge Resections for Cancer Using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Techniques

Table 10

Comorbid Conditions.

Comorbid conditions (existing for patient any time during or before procedure stay in Premier data)

Myocardial infarction, acute or old410.xx, 412
Congestive heart failure428.0
Other chronic or unspecified heart failure428.20, 428.22, 428.30, 428.32, 428.40, 428.42, 428.9
Peripheral vascular disease440.xx, 443.8x, 443.9
Dementia290.xx, 294.xx, 331.0, 331.11, 331.19, 331.2, 331.7, 331.82
Chronic pulmonary disease490.xx–494.xx, 495.x, 496, 500–505
Connective tissue disease710.xx, 714.xx
Liver disease571.x, 572. , 573.xx
Chronic viral hepatitis070.22–070.23, 070.32–070.33, 070.44, 070.54
Renal insufficiency, chronic585.xx
Diabetes mellitus249.xx, 250.xx