Table 1.
Case mix, operative time, length of stay (LOS), morbidity, and serious adverse events (SAE) by RVUs. Only patients with a single RVU coded were included (N=14481).
| RVU | CPT | Procedure | N(%) |
*Median LOS (IQR) |
*Median OR Time (IQR) |
Morbidity (%) |
SAE (%) |
Mortality (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.92 | 49560 | Repair of first abdominal wall hernia | 533 (4) | 2 (1–4) | 88.5 (57–128) | 11 | 3 | <1 |
| 15.85 | 19303 | Simple mastectomy | 639 (4) | 1 (1–2) | 89 (64–130) | 6 | 2 | <1 |
| 16.22 | 60240 | Total thyroidectomy | 1470 (10) | 1 (1-1) | 110 (83–145) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18.1 | 43280 | Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication | 1043 (7) | 2 (1–2) | 111 (84–151) | 4 | 3 | <1 |
| 22.59 | 44140 | Open partial colectomy | 1487 (10) | 5 (4–7) | 109 (82–147) | 23 | 14 | 2 |
| 26.42 | 44204 | Laparoscopic partial colectomy | 2245 (16) | 4 (3–5) | 128 (99–170) | 15 | 8 | <1 |
| 29.4 | 43644 | Laparoscopic roux-n-y gastric bypass | 6306 (44) | 2 (2) | 117 (88–152) | 5 | 3 | <1 |
| 35.14 | 43632 | Distal gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy | 88 (1) | 7 (5–8) | 149 (115–190) | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| 39.01 | 47120 | Partial liver resection | 250 (2) | 4 (3–6) | 151 (113–201.5) | 25 | 22 | <1 |
| 44.18 | 43107 | Trans-hiatal esophagectomy | 19 (<1) | 9 (8–11) | 223 (194–281) | 32 | 21 | 5 |
| 52.84 | 48150 | Whipple | 401 (3) | 8 (7–11) | 351 (280.5–421) | 45 | 35 | 2 |
*
Only patients without any post-operative morbidity or mortality were included in these calculations.