Table 1.
Comparison of 2016 and 2017 CPT® codes/patient day by department
Annualized proportion of CPT® codes/patient day | ||||||||
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Department | No. of CPT codes (2016) | No. of CPT codes (2017) | No. of patient days (2016) | No. of patient days (2017) | Proportion 1 (2016) | Proportion 2 (2017) | % change | p value |
ED | 76,323 | 79,413 | 114,798 | 117,075 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 2.0 | < 0.0001 |
Non-ED | 46,376 | 61,100 | 159,900 | 164,452 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 28.1 | < 0.0001 |
Total | 122,699 | 140,513 | 274,698 | 281,527 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 11.7 | < 0.0001 |
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