Hospital Coding of Postoperative Ileus: A Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Postoperative ileus (POI) is among the most common complications affecting patients who undergo major abdominal surgery. Because of the high volume of major surgery and the high incidence of postoperative ileus, failure to code for this complication may have a significant impact on hospital reimbursement and quality measures. Objectives This paper investigates the magnitude of the difference between the prevalence of POI as coded in administrative data versus the prevalence based upon a prospectively applied operational definition of POI in patients undergoing intestinal resection surgery. Methods Data was collected during the course of a prospective study at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics on an investigational digital health device for predicting operationally defin

SUBMITTER: Cromwell JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098212 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature