Table 3.

Pancreatic surgery morbidity, mortality and observed/expected indices

CPT code	Principal procedure	n	Observed morbidity, %	Expected morbidity, %	Morbidity index	Observed mortality, %	Expected mortality, %	Mortality index
Pancreatectomy
48140	Pancreatectomy, distal w/o PJ	1241	26.8	17.0	1.58	1.9	1.4	1.36
48145	Pancreatectomy, distal w PJ	103	35.0	18.0	1.94	1.9	1.0	1.90
48146	Pancreatectomy, distal subtotal	47	31.9	25.2	1.27	4.3	2.4	1.79
48150	Pancreatectomy, proximal Whipple w PJ	1588	37.0	44.2	0.84	3.3	3.5	0.94
48152	Pancreatectomy, proximal Whipple w/o PJ	70	48.6	42.0	1.16	10.0	4.7	2.13
48153	Pancreatectomy, proximal PPPD w PJ	1184	30.8	42.2	0.73	2.1	2.9	0.72
48154	Pancreatectomy, proximal PPPD w/o PJ	47	36.2	40.9	0.89	8.5	5.3	1.60
48155	Pancreatectomy, total	93	37.6	25.0	1.50	5.4	3.4	1.59
Total		4373	32.4	34.6	0.94	2.7	2.7	1.01
Other pancreatic
48120	Excision of lesion	113	18.6	11.8	1.58	0.0	0.6	0.00
48148	Excision of ampulla	20	30.0	15.5	1.94	0.0	1.1	0.00
48180	Pancreatojejunostomy, side-to-side*	63	23.8	18.3	1.30	1.6	0.8	2.00
48510	Pseudocyst, external drainage	52	32.7	31.3	1.04	1.9	7.1	0.27
48520	Pseudocyst, cystenterostomy	131	26.7	21.4	1.25	1.5	2.2	0.68
48540	Pseudocyst, Roux-Y	96	16.7	16.3	1.02	0.0	0.9	0.00
48548	Pancreatojejunostomy, side-to-side	70	22.9	19.4	1.18	0.0	0.9	0.00
48999	Unlisted	156	20.5	7.5	2.70	1.3	0.7	1.86
Total		701	22.5	16.1	1.40	0.9	1.5	0.57

^*Code deleted in 2007

CPT code, current procedure terminology; PJ, pancreatojejunostomy; PPPD, pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy