TABLE 4.
COILED index (19) for the risk of death or readmission within 30 days after discharge after intestinal surgery.
| Variable | Points | Odds Ratio |
95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Comorbidity: Chronic Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failurea | 1 | 1.29 | 1.25 - 1.33 |
| O | Ostomy Creation | |||
| Colostomy | 1 | 1.15 | 1.11 - 1.19 | |
| Ileostomy | 3 | 1.99 | 1.90 - 2.08 | |
| I | Indication for Surgery | |||
| Diverticulitis | 0 | 1.00 | - | |
| Cancer | 1 | 1.23 | 1.19 - 1.28 | |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease | 1 | 1.33 | 1.24 - 1.44 | |
| Other | 2 | 1.51 | 1.46 - 1.57 | |
| L | Length of Stay (Postoperative) | 1.56 | 1.52 - 1.60 | |
| 2 - 3 days | 0 | |||
| 4 - 5 days | 1 | |||
| 6 - 7 days | 2 | |||
| 8 - 14 days | 3 | |||
| 15 - 21 days | 4 | |||
| E | ER visits in the 6 months prior to the index surgical admission | 1 | 1.33 | 1.29 - 1.37 |
| D | Discharge Destination | |||
| Home | 0 | 1.00 | - | |
| Home With Home Health | 1 | 1.27 | 1.23 - 1.32 | |
| Facility: Skilled Nursing, Rehab, or Other | 2 | 1.63 | 1.56 - 1.70 | |
| TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS | 14 | |||
a
From the Elixhauser ICD-9 coding system19. Chronic pulmonary disease includes diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ICD-9 code 491.20), emphysema (492.8), and asthma (493)