Table 1.
The PSIs and HACs used to search the NIS
| Complication, PSIs | ICD-9 |
|---|---|
| Anesthetic complication | |
| Misplaced endotracheal tube | E876.3 |
| Adverse effects in therapeutic use, other CNS depressants and anesthetics | E938.1-9 |
| Poisoning by other CNS depressants and anesthetics | 968.1-4, 968.7, E855.1 |
| Pressure ulcer | 707.0, 707.00-9 |
| Foreign body retained after procedure/surgery | 998.4, 998.7, E871.0, E871.3-9 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax | 512.1 |
| CVL infection | |
| Prior to October 1, 2007 | 996.62 |
| October 1, 2007–October 1, 2011 | 999.31 |
| After October 1, 2011 | 999.31, 999.32 |
| Postoperative hip fracture | 820.00-3, 820.09-13, 820.19-22, 820.30-32, 820.8-9 |
| Physiologic and metabolic derangements | |
| Secondary diabetes with ketoacidosis | 249.10-1, 249.20-1, 249.30-1 |
| Diabetes with ketoacidosis | 250.10-3 |
| Diabetes with hyperosmolarity | 250.20-3 |
| Diabetes with other coma | 250.30-3 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage | 998.11-2 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure | |
| Acute respiratory failure | 518.51, 518.53, 518.81, 518.84 |
| Mechanical ventilation for 96 consecutive hours or more | 967.2 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 967.0-1 |
| Reintubation | 960.4 |
| DVT | 451.11, 451.19, 451.2, 451.81, 451.9, 453.40-2, 453.8-9 |
| PE | 415.1, 415.11, 415.13, 415.19 |
| Sepsis | 038.0, 038.1, 038.10-2, 038.19, 038.2-3, 785.52, 785.59, 998.0, 998.00, 998.02, 038.40-4, 038.49, 038.8-9, 995.91-2 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence | 546.1 |
| Accidental puncture or laceration | E870.0-9, 998.2 |
| Transfusion reaction | 999.6, 999.60-3, 999.69, 999.7, 999.70-4, E876.0 |
| Complications, HACs | ICD-9 |
| Foreign object retained after surgery | 998.4, 998.7 |
| Air embolism | 999.1 |
| Blood incompatibility | 999.60-3, 999.69 |
| Pressure ulcer stages III–IV | 707.23-4 |
| Falls and trauma | |
| Fracture | 800-829 |
| Dislocation | 830-839 |
| Intracranial injury | 850-854 |
| Crushing injury | 925-929 |
| Burn | 940-949 |
| Other injuries | 991-994 |
| Catheter-associated UTI | 996.64, 112.2, 590.10-1, 590.2-3, 590.80-1, 595.0, 597.0, 599.0 |
| Manifestations of poor glycemic control | 250.10-13, 250.20-23, 251.0, 249.10-11, 249.20-21 |
| Surgical site infection | |
| Mediastinitis, following coronary artery bypass grafting | 519.2, 36.10-19 |
| Following certain orthotopic procedures (spine, neck, shoulder, elbow) | 996.67, 998.59, 81.01-08, 81.23-24, 81.31-38, 81.83, 81.85 |
| Following bariatric surgery for obesity (laparoscopic gastric bypass, gastroenterostomy, laparoscopic gastric restrictive surgery) | 539.01, 539.81, 998.59, 44.38, 44.39 44.95 |
| DVT and PE following certain procedures (total knee replacement, hip replacement) | 415.11, 415.13, 415.19, 453.40-42, 00.85-87, 81.51-52, 81.54 |