Table 6.
Surgical characteristics for primary and revision surgeries in NSQIP database.
| Surgical characteristic | Primary placement
|
Revision/removal
|
All
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| Unilateral vs. bilateral placement | |||
| Unilateral | 88 (68.8) | a | 88 (45.4)a |
| Bilateral | 40 (31.3) | 40 (20.6)a | |
| Microelectrode recording used | |||
| No | 11 (8.6) | a | 11 (5.7)a |
| Yes | 117 (91.4) | 117 (60.3)a | |
| Battery placement/replacement/removal in same surgeryb | |||
| No | 2 (1.6) | 43 (65.2) | 45 (23.2) |
| Placement or revision (CPT 61885 or 61886) | 124 (96.9) | 8 (12.1) | 132 (68.0) |
| Removal or revision (CPT 61888) | 0 | 13 (19.7) | 13 (6.7) |
| Dual codedc | 2 (1.6) | 2 (3.0) | 4 (2.1) |
| Any complication | |||
| No | 118 (92.2) | 59 (89.4) | 177 (91.2) |
| Yes | 10 (7.8) | 7 (10.6) | 17 (8.8) |
a
There is no explicit code for unilateral vs. bilateral revision/removal of electrodes, nor for the utilization of microelectrode recording for revision. Therefore, none of the cases marked as revisions/removals could be categorized.
b
There is one CPT code for revision/removal of pulse generators (61888) and two for primary placement or revision (61885 and 61886).
c
These cases listed both the 61888 CPT code for revision/removal and either 61885 or 61886 for placement/revision.