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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Dec 19;51(3):178–191. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.12.005

Table 2. Scoring Paradigm for the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) in Each Variant.

RAI-C
RAI-A
RAI-VQI RAI-ICD
Without Cancer With Cancer Without Cancer With Cancer Without Cancer With Cancer
Age in Years
 ≤ 19 0 28 0 28 0 1 39
 20–24 1 29 1 29 1 3 39
 25–29 4 29 4 29 4 5 39
 30–34 6 30 6 30 6 6 39
 35–39 8 30 8 30 8 9 40
 40–44 10 31 10 31 10 10 40
 45–49 12 31 12 31 12 12 40
 50–54 14 32 14 32 14 14 40
 55–59 16 32 16 32 16 15 40
 60–64 18 33 18 33 18 17 40
 65–69 20 34 20 34 20 19 40
 70–74 22 34 22 34 22 21 40
 75–79 24 35 24 35 24 23 40
 80–84 26 35 26 35 26 25 40
 85–89 28 36 28 36 28 27 40
 90–94 30 36 30 36 30 28 41
 95–99 32 37 32 37 30 30 41
 ≥ 100 34 37 34 37 30 41 41
Biological Sex (Male) 3 3 3 1
Unintentional Weight Loss 4 4 10
Poor Appetite 4 4 9
Nutrition
 BMI < 20 8
 BMI 20–34.9 0
 BMI ≥ 35 8
Renal Failure 8 8 8 5
Congestive Heart Failure 5 5 5 5
Dyspnea 3 3 3 3
Other Living Setting 1 1 1
Functional Status Without Cognitive Decline With Cognitive Decline Without Cognitive Decline With Cognitive Decline
 Independent 0 5 0 6
 Partially Dependent 7 11 4 8
 Totally Dependent 14 16 8 11
ADL Score Without Cognitive Decline With Cognitive Decline
 0 0 5
 1 1 6
 2 2 6
 3 3 7
 4 4 8
 5 4 8
 6 5 9
 7 6 10
 8 7 11
 9 8 11
 10 9 12
 11 10 13
 12 11 13
 13 11 14
 14 12 15
 15 13 15
 16 14 16
Cognition (Preoperative Ranking)
 0–1 0
 2 2
 3 5
 4 10
 5 16

C, clinical; A, administrative; VQI, Vascular Quality Initiative; ICD, International Classification of Diseases; BMI, body mass index; ADL, activities of daily living.