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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2010 Feb 22;170(4):363–368. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.553

Figure 2. Trends in medical comanagement by type of surgery for patients hospitalized for a surgical procedure between 1996 and 2006.

Figure 2

General surgery includes cholecystectomy (DRG 493, 195, 196, 197, 198) and resection for colorectal cancer (DRG 148, 149),

Vascular surgery includes abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (DRG 110), lower extremity revascularization (DRG 553, 554, 478) and major leg amputation (DRG 113, 213, 285)

Cardiothoracic surgery includes coronary artery bypass grafting (DRG 105, 547, 548, 549, 550), aortic/mitral valve replacement (DRG 104, 105) and lung resection for cancer (DRG 75)

Urology includes radical prostatectomy (DRG 334), transurethral resection of the prostrate for BPH (476, 306) and radical nephrectomy for renal cancer (DRG 303)

Orthopedic surgery includes back surgery (DRG 496, 497, 498, 499), knee replacement (DRG 544), hip replacement (DRG 544) and repair for hip fracture (DRG 210, 211, 544)