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| Table VI-3. Descriptions and Selected Data on the 50 Most Frequent Procedures | ||||
| Procedure | Description | Number of Discharges | Average Length of Stay (Days) | Average Total Charges ($) |
| 64.0 | CIRCUMCISION | 32,733 | 2.08 | $1,474 |
| 73.6 | EPISIOTOMY | 20,877 | 1.64 | $2,995 |
| 74.1 | LOW CERVICAL CESAREAN SECTION | 16,105 | 3.13 | $5,853 |
| 73.59 | OTHER MANUALLY ASSISTED DELIVERY | 13,615 | 1.63 | $2,874 |
| 37.22 | LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 12,840 | 3.86 | $9,960 |
| 75.69 | REPAIR OF OTHER CURRENT OBSTETRIC LACERATION | 12,787 | 1.56 | $2,903 |
| 36.01 | SINGLE VESSEL PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA) | 10,454 | 3.60 | $17,537 |
| 68.4 | TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY | 9,563 | 3.13 | $7,339 |
| 45.16 | ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY (EGD) WITH CLOSED BIOPSY | 6,503 | 5.69 | $8,454 |
| 81.54 | TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT | 6,341 | 4.64 | $18,329 |
| 45.13 | OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE | 5,431 | 5.80 | $8,577 |
| 51.23 | LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY | 5,309 | 4.17 | $10,798 |
| 99.55 | PROPHYLACTIC ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINE AGAINST OTHER DISEASES | 5,161 | 1.99 | $1,256 |
| 03.31 | SPINAL TAP | 5,037 | 5.36 | $7,841 |
| 79.35 | OPEN REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION | 4,316 | 6.41 | $13,992 |
| 87.03 | COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY OF HEAD | 4,280 | 5.64 | $6,733 |
| 96.71 | CONTINUOUS MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS | 4,272 | 6.94 | $15,482 |
| 38.93 | VENOUS CATHETERIZATION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED | 4,242 | 9.67 | $15,726 |
| 80.51 | EXCISION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC | 4,186 | 2.55 | $8,269 |
| 99.25 | INJECTION OR INFUSION OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE | 4,123 | 4.67 | $8,825 |
| 72.71 | VACUUM EXTRACTION WITH EPISIOTOMY | 4,043 | 1.82 | $3,274 |
| 88.72 | DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND OF HEART | 3,567 | 5.57 | $8,108 |
| 38.12 | ENDARTERECTOMY OF OTHER VESSELS OF HEAD AND NECK | 3,461 | 3.40 | $11,227 |
| 81.51 | TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT | 3,425 | 4.90 | $18,155 |
| 47.0 | APPENDECTOMY | 3,406 | 3.49 | $7,584 |
| 89.54 | ELECTROGRAPHIC MONITORING | 3,357 | 3.80 | $5,071 |
| 86.22 | EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF WOUND, INFECTION, OR BURN | 3,341 | 9.87 | $16,678 |
| 68.5 | VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY | 3,222 | 2.21 | $6,769 |
| 93.39 | OTHER PHYSICAL THERAPY | 2,868 | 10.03 | $10,633 |
| 39.95 | HEMODIALYSIS | 2,845 | 5.84 | $8,487 |
| 36.13 | AORTOCORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES | 2,643 | 8.96 | $40,086 |
| 60.29 | OTHER TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATECTOMY | 2,635 | 3.77 | $6,916 |
| 79.36 | OPEN REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF TIBIA AND FIBULA WITH INTERNAL FIXATION | 2,609 | 3.69 | $9,707 |
| 96.04 | INSERTION OF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE | 2,479 | 10.16 | $21,434 |
| 72.1 | LOW FORCEPS OPERATION WITH EPISIOTOMY | 2,381 | 1.87 | $3,526 |
| 81.52 | PARTIAL HIP REPLACEMENT | 2,344 | 6.43 | $15,210 |
| 96.72 | CONTINUOUS MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE | 2,227 | 21.40 | $53,142 |
| 37.23 | COMBINED RIGHT AND LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 2,195 | 5.82 | $14,076 |
| 99.04 | TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS | 2,124 | 6.16 | $8,474 |
| 36.14 | AORTOCORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES | 2,060 | 9.44 | $42,029 |
| 34.91 | THORACENTESIS | 2,059 | 8.18 | $11,679 |
| 43.11 | PERCUTANEOUS (ENDOSCOPIC) GASTROSTOMY (PEG) | 1,993 | 11.72 | $16,173 |
| 39.29 | OTHER (PERIPHERAL) VASCULAR SHUNT OR BYPASS | 1,960 | 6.90 | $17,325 |
| 45.23 | COLONOSCOPY | 1,929 | 5.51 | $7,556 |
| 36.12 | AORTOCORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES | 1,921 | 8.63 | $38,615 |
| 45.25 | CLOSED BIOPSY OF LARGE INTESTINE (ENDOSCOPIC) | 1,914 | 6.22 | $8,329 |
| 51.22 | CHOLECYSTECTOMY | 1,898 | 7.02 | $15,697 |
| 88.01 | COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY OF ABDOMEN | 1,878 | 5.72 | $7,531 |
| 03.09 | OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL | 1,778 | 4.14 | $11,687 |
| 45.76 | SIGMOIDECTOMY | 1,574 | 9.90 | $20,384 |
Source: Indiana State Department of Health and Indiana Hospital&Heatlh Association |
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