Facilitating Cross-National Comparisons of Indicators for Patient ...

DELSA/ELSA/WD/HTP(2008)1Denominator:66. All surgical and medical discharges age 18 years and older.Exclude cases:• With ICD-9-CM code denoting technical difficulty (e.g., accidental cut, puncture, perforation,or laceration) in the principal diagnosis field or secondary diagnosis present on admission, ifknown• MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium) or principal diagnosis in Annex 2 - CodeList M-3Technical Difficulty with ProcedureCase is a surgical or amedical dischargeAge=18 y or>18 y?noExcludeyesCase isassigned to MDC 14 or the PDxis listed in table M3?yesExcludenoPDx isidentical to the numeratordefinition?yesExcludenoAdd case todenominatorpopulationCount denominator populationand report to OECDsecretariatSDx isidentical to the numeratordefinition?yesCount numerator populationand report to OECDsecretariatAdd case tonumeratorpopulation43