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Appendix D: Ambulatory-Care Sensitive Conditions and Referral-Sensitive Surgeries
Pages 219-222

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... Severe ENT infections [382, 462, 463, 465, 472.11 219 Secondary diagnosis for newborns only Hemophilus meningitis [320.2] age 1-5 only Age 0-5 Age >5 Exclude otitis media cases t3821 with myringotomy with insertion of tube [20.01
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... ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA Acute bronchitis [466.0] only with secondary diagnosis of 491, 492, 494, 496 Exclude case with secondary diagnosis of sickle cell t282.6]
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... Dental Conditions [321, 522, 323, 323, 328] 227 Examine principal and secondary diagnoses separately "REFERRAL~SENSITIVE" SURGERIES Condition and ICD-9-CH Cadets)
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  • following surgical
  • bypass surgery
  • secondary diagnoses
  • coronary artery

  • congestive heart
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  • volume depletion
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  • preventable conditions
  • subcutaneous tissue
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  • skin grafts

  • hemophilus meningitis
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  • acute bronchitis
  • dental conditions


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