Table 2.
Summary of Dupuytren's contracture procedures for inpatient admissions by OPCS code and year
| OPCS | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Fasciectomy | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| T521 | Palmar Fasciectomy | 6,355 | 87.5 | 5,975 | 86.7 | 5,661 | 87.6 | 4,706 | 86.4 | 3,352 | 66.7 |
| T525 | Digital Fasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 819 | 16.3 |
| T528 | Other specified excision of other fascia | 168 | 2.3 | 182 | 2.6 | 97 | 1.5 | 113 | 2.1 | 43 | 0.9 |
| T529 | Unspecified excision of other fascia | 56 | 0.8 | 78 | 1.1 | 52 | 0.8 | 47 | 0.9 | 42 | 0.8 |
| Total | 6,579 | 90.6 | 6235 | 90.4 | 5,810 | 89.9 | 4,866 | 89.3 | 4,256 | 84.7 | |
| Revision of Fasciectomy | |||||||||||
| T522 | Revision of Palmar Fasciectomy | 309 | 4.3 | 347 | 5.0 | 370 | 5.7 | 344 | 6.3 | 266 | 5.3 |
| T526 | Revision of Digital Fasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 80 | 1.6 |
| Total | 309 | 4.3 | 347 | 5.0 | 370 | 5.7 | 344 | 6.3 | 346 | 6.9 | |
| Fasciotomy | |||||||||||
| T541 | Division of Palmar Fascia | 279 | 3.8 | 232 | 3.4 | 198 | 3.1 | 180 | 3.3 | 154 | 3.1 |
| Dermofasciectomy | |||||||||||
| T561 | Dermofasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 210 | 4.2 |
| Amputations | |||||||||||
| X083 | Amputation of phalanx of finger | 24 | 0.3 | 21 | 0.3 | 20 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.2 |
| X084 | Amputation of finger NEC | 66 | 0.9 | 59 | 0.9 | 61 | 0.9 | 45 | 0.8 | 48 | 1.0 |
| X088 | Other specified amputation of hand | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 92 | 1.3 | 81 | 1.2 | 84 | 1.3 | 56 | 1.0 | 60 | 1.2 | |
| Grand Total | 7,259 | 6,895 | 6,462 | 5,446 | 5,026 | ||||||