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. 2017 Jun 29;9:373–383. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S133830

Table S1.

List of diagnosis and procedure codes

ICD-9 code Definition Resection type Approach
32.20 Thoracoscopic excision of lesion or tissue of lung Wedge VATS
32.28 Endoscopic excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of lung Wedge VATS
32.29 Other local excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of lung Wedge Open
32.30 Thoracoscopic segmental resection of lung Segmentectomy VATS
32.39 Other and unspecified segmental resection of lung Segmentectomy Open
32.41 Thoracoscopic lobectomy of lung Lobectomy VATS
32.49 Other lobectomy of lung Lobectomy Open
32.50 Thoracoscopic pneumonectomy Pneumonectomy VATS
32.59 Other and unspecified pneumonectomy Pneumonectomy Open

Primary outcomes (ICD-9 diagnosis codes) for any air leak complication

ICD-9 code Definition Complication type

512.2 Postoperative air leak Air leak
512.84 Other air leak Air leak
512.1 Iatrogenic pneumothorax Pneumothorax
512.89 Other pneumothorax Pneumothorax

Coding algorithm for Charlson comorbidities25

ICD-9 code Comorbidities

410.x, 412.x Myocardial infarction
428.x Congestive heart failure
443.9, 441.x, 785.4, V43.4 procedure 38.48 Peripheral vascular disease
430.x–438.x Cerebrovascular disease
290.x Dementia
490.x–505.x, 506.4 Chronic pulmonary disease
710.0, 710.1, 710.4, 714.0–714.2, 714.81, 725.x Rheumatic disease
531.x–534.x Peptic ulcer disease
571.2, 571.4–571.6 Mild liver disease
250.0–250.3, 250.7 Diabetes without chronic complication
250.4–250.6 Diabetes with chronic complication
344.1, 342.x Hemiplegia or paraplegia
582.x, 583-583.7, 585.x, 586.x, 588.x Renal disease
140.x–172.x, 174.x–195.8, 200.x–208.x Any malignancy, including lymphoma and leukemia, except malignant neoplasm of skin
456.0–456.21, 572.2–572.8 Moderate or severe liver disease
196.x–199.1 Metastatic solid tumor
042.x–044.x AIDS/HIV

Note: Only select comorbidities based on bivariate analysis were included in the regression models.

Abbreviations: ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.