Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures Cohort

The Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures Cohort includes all encounters with an MS-DRG for a percutaneous intracardiac procedure with a principal procedure code for an atrial appendage occlusion.

To leverage this cohort:

  • Profile filters: In the Profile Editor, add the cohort as a profile filter. With this option, you can further customize the profile with additional filters.
  • Statistical Process Control: Add a Statistical Process Control section to a scorecard and select the cohort from the dropdown. Within this section, the cohort is not customizable and must be used as-is. When drilling into a chart in the SPC section, you can select to create a profile of the encounters you're drilling into so you can analyze and customize further.

Cohort inclusions

To be included in this cohort, encounter must be grouped into MS-DRG 273-274 (percutaneous intracardiac procedure) and have a procedure code for a left atrial appendage occlusion (one of: 02L70CK, 02L70DK, 02L70ZK, 02L73CK, 02L73DK, 02L73ZK, 02L74CK, 02L74DK, 02L74ZK).

Cohort exclusions

  • Encounters transferred in, transferred out, or discharged Against Medical Advice (AMA) are excluded from this cohort (Admit sources 4, 7; discharge dispositions 2, 7, 43, 82, 88).

Statistical Process Control (SPC) measures

The following measures pertain to this cohort in the Statistical Process Control section of scorecards.

Key measures

  • Length of Stay (LOS)
  • 1 to 30 Day Readmission Rate Forward
  • Charges - Principal Procedure (sum of OR Charges on the day of the Principal Procedure)

Adverse events

These measures flag the encounter if the condition is present. The adverse events are aggregated in the Adverse Event bar chart.

  • Any PSI
  • Any HAC
  • Dysglycemia
  • Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
  • Postoperative Respiratory Failure
  • Postoperative Renal Failure
  • Prolonged Intubation
  • Pleural effusion
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Myocardial rupture
  • Mortality (Rate)
  • Stroke/Cerebrovascular Incident
  • Reaction to Anesthesia