Table 22-1.

2010 National Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistics: Mean Hospital Charges, In-Hospital Death Rates, and Mean Length of Stay for Various Cardiovascular Procedures

Procedure	Mean Hospital Charges, $	In-Hospital Death Rate, %	Mean Length of Stay, d	ICD-9 CM Procedure Codes
Total vascular and cardiac surgery and procedures	71 330	3.00	6.2	35–39, 00.50–00.51, 00.53–00.55, 00.61–00.66
Cardiac revascularization (bypass)	133 247	1.52	8.9	36.1–36.3
PCI	67 086	1.08	3.2	00.66
Cardiac catheterization	39 264	0.87	3.7	37.21–37.23
Pacemakers	65 538	1.12	5.0	37.7–37.8, 00.50, 00.53
Implantable defibrillators	146 941	0.62	5.4	37.94–37.99, 00.51, 00.54
Endarterectomy	35 189	0.22	2.6	38.12
Valves	186 622	4.22	10.9	35.1–35.2, 35.99
Heart transplantation	536 947	3.95	37.0	37.51

ICD-9-CM indicates International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification, 9th Revision; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention. Data derived from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2010.⁹