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Table 1 ICD-9 codes for postoperative in-hospital complications

From: Trends and outcomes in the utilization of laparoscopic appendectomies in a low-income population in Taiwan from 2003 to 2011

Complications

ICD-9 codes

Mechanical wound complications

998.12, 998.13, 998.3, 998.6, and 998.83

Infections

998.5, 998.51, and 998.59

Urinary complications

997.5

Pulmonary complications

512.1, 518.4, 518.5, and 997.3

Gastrointestinal complications

997.4

Cardiovascular complications

415.11, 997.02, 997.1, 997.2, and 997.79

Systemic complications

998.0 and 998.89

Complications during procedure

998.11, 998.2, and 998.4