Table 4.
Length of stay for inpatient admissions by year and OPCS code
| OPCS | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Description | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| T521 | Palmar Fasciectomy | 1.48 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 2.56 | 1.29 | 1.42 | 1.17 | 1.61 | 1.04 | 1.31 |
| T525 | Digital Fasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.97 | 1.04 |
| T528 | Other specified excision of other fascia | 1.60 | 1.08 | 1.48 | 0.81 | 1.16 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.94 |
| T529 | Unspecified excision of other fascia | 1.30 | 1.01 | 1.37 | 0.97 | 1.08 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.68 | 1.31 | 2.09 |
| T522 | Revision of Palmar Fasciectomy | 1.54 | 1.95 | 1.31 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 1.07 | 1.23 | 0.96 | 1.10 | 1.02 |
| T526 | Revision of Digital Fasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.89 | 0.75 |
| T541 | Division of Palmar Fascia | 1.57 | 2.47 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.25 | 1.44 | 3.48 | 0.95 | 0.92 |
| T561 | Dermofasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.14 | 0.76 |
| X083 | Amputation of phalanx of finger | 1.38 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 0.80 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.18 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.70 |
| X084 | Amputation of finger NEC | 1.32 | 1.45 | 1.41 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.30 | 1.07 | 0.78 | 1.02 | 0.96 |
| X088 | Other specified amputation of hand | 2.50 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 1.48 | 1.42 | 1.35 | 2.41 | 1.28 | 1.39 | 1.17 | 1.65 | 1.03 | 1.22 | |