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. 2012 Jul 2;5:342. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-342

Table 3.

Median Charges and Total Hospital Days for CV Rehospitalizations among ACS-PCI Patients

DRG Group (Codes and Descriptions) Within 30 Days Post-Index PCI
31 Day to 15 Month Post-Index PCI
Total Median charge Median LOS Total hospital days Total Median charge Median LOS Total hospital days
Revascularization Procedures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
106 Coronary Bypass with PTCA
9
$93266
8
70
4
$43843
6
22
518 PCI w/o stent
8
$24983
1
12
28
$28559
1
58
555 Bare metal stent with MCVdx
18
$28098
2
44
57
$45282
2
226
556 Bare metal stent w/o MCVdx
13
$23480
1
19
21
$28942
1
41
557 Drug eluting stent with MCVdx
64
$24753
2
138
95
$43879
2
205
558 Drug eluting stent w/o MCVdx
148
$34172
1
205
230
$37166
1
340
Chest Pain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
143 Chest Pain
43
$7866
1
58
118
$9270
1
167
Heart Failure/Shock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
127 Heart Failure & Shock
9
$10405
3
55
41
$13304
3
168
Stroke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
014 Intracranial hemorr & stroke w infarct
3
$11100
3
13
7
$12026
4
45
Other CV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
124 Circ disor except AMI, w cardiac cath & complex dx
21
$14613
1
38
71
$17917
2
183
125 Circ disor except AMI, w cardiac cath w/o complex dx
42
$16494
2
75
78
$17552
2
134
132 Atherosclerosis w CC
7
$10431
3
19
30
$7777
1
47
144 Oth circulatory system diagnoses w CC
11
$14584
3
44
12
$10805
3
43
515 Cardiac defibrillator impl w/o card cath 7 $120772 5 29 46 $97141 1 136

Abbreviations: ACS = acute coronary syndrome; AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CC = complications and comorbidities; CV = cardiovascular; cath = catheterization; Circ = circulatory; DRG = Diagnosis Related Group codes version 24; dx = diagnosis; hemorr = hemmorage; impl = implant; infarct = infarction; disor = disorder; LOS = length of stay; MCC = major complications and comorbidities; MCVdx = major cardiovascular diagnosis; oth = other; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; PTCA = Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; w = with; w/o = without.