Table 1.
Class | Description |
1 | Patient is a completely health fit patient |
2 | Patient has mild systemic disease |
3 | Patient has severe systemic disease that is not incapacitating |
4 | Patient has incapacitating disease that is a constant threat to life |
5 | A moribund patient who is not expected to live 24 h with or without surgery |
E. Emergency surgery, E is placed after the Roman numeral.