Table 1.

Korean National Health Insurance Service reimbursement codes for radical surgery of rectal cancer

Reimbursement code		Name of radical surgery
LND(+)	LND(‒)
QA921	Q2921	Rectal and sigmoid resection–anterior resection
QA922	Q2922	Rectal and sigmoid resection–low anterior resection
QA923	Q2923	Rectal and sigmoid resection (abdomino-perineal resection)
QA924	Q2924	Rectal and sigmoid resection–abdominal pull through operation
QA925	Q2925	Total coloprotectomy–with ileostomy
QA926	Q2926	Total coloprotectomy (with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis)

LND, lymph node dissection.