Number 29 n October 26, 2010

National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2007 Summary

by Margaret Jean Hall, Ph.D.; Carol J. DeFrances, Ph.D.; Sonja N. Williams, M.P.H.; Aleksandr Golosinskiy, M.S.;

and Alexander Schwartzman, Division of Health Care Statistics

Abstract

Objectives—This report presents national estimates of hospital inpatient care in

the United States during 2007 and selected trend data. Numbers and rates of

discharges, diagnoses, and procedures are shown by age and sex. Average lengths of

stay are presented for all discharges and for selected diagnostic categories by age

and by sex.

Methods—The estimates are based on data collected through the 2007 National

Hospital Discharge Survey, an annual national probability sample survey of

discharges from nonfederal, general, and short-stay hospitals. Sample data are

weighted to produce annual estimates of inpatient care, excluding newborns.

Diagnoses and procedures are coded using the International Classification of

Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification.

Results—In 2007, there were an estimated 34.4 million hospital discharges,

excluding newborns. The total hospitalization rate leveled off from 1995 to 2007

after declining during the period from 1980 to 1995. Throughout the period from

1970 to 2007 the rates for those aged 65 years and over were significantly higher

than the rates for the younger groups.

Although those aged 65 years and over accounted for only 13 percent of the

total population, they comprised 37 percent of hospital discharges and 43 percent of

hospital days. One-quarter of inpatients under age 15 years were hospitalized for

respiratory diseases. There were 45 million inpatient procedures during 2007 and

15 percent of these were cardiovascular. Males aged 45–64 and 65 years and over

had higher cardiac catheterization rates than females in these age groups each year

from 1997 to 2007. From 2002 to 2007 the rate of inpatient cardiac catheterization

procedures declined.

Keywords: inpatients • diagnoses • procedures • ICD–9–CM

Introduction

This report presents data from the

2007 National Hospital Discharge

Survey (NHDS). The survey has been

conducted continuously by the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention’s

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS) since 1965. NHDS is the

principal source for national data on the

characteristics of discharges from

nonfederal short-stay hospitals. National

estimates of hospital use derived from

NHDS are published annually by

NCHS. This report provides an

overview of the 2007 data (Table 1), and

includes the number and rate of

discharges and average lengths of stay

by age and by sex of patients for

selected diagnoses (Tables 2–7). Average

lengths of stay are also presented for

selected diagnostic categories. Estimates

of the number and rate of selected

procedures performed on hospital

inpatients are shown by age and by sex

(Tables 8–11). Detailed data from NHDS

for earlier years have been published

annually in Series 13 of Vital and

Health Statistics (1). Trend data from

NHDS have been included in annual

Health, United States reports (2). NHDS

data have been used in articles

examining important topics of interest in

public health and health services

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

National Center for Health Statistics 
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research (3–7). A list of NCHS and

selected other publications using NHDS

data is available at http://www.cdc.gov/

nchs/nhds/nhds_products.htm.

Estimates of the number of

procedures shown in this report are for

inpatients only. Surgery and other

medical procedures are performed in a

variety of other health care settings that

are covered by the National Health Care

Surveys. Data from these surveys have

been published (8–12). Reports and

more information about the surveys can

be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

nhcs.htm.

Methods

Data source

NHDS collects data from a sample

of inpatient records acquired from a

national sample of hospitals. Because

persons with multiple discharges during

the year may be sampled more than

once, estimates are for discharges, not

persons. Only hospitals with an average

length of stay of fewer than 30 days for

all patients, and general hospitals and

children’s general hospitals are included

in the survey. Federal, military, and

Department of Veterans Affairs

hospitals, as well as hospital units of

institutions, such as prison hospitals, and

hospitals with fewer than six beds

staffed for patient use, are excluded.

Prior to 1988, NHDS was based on

a two-stage design. The survey was

redesigned in 1988 (13) and thereafter

used a modified, three-stage design.

Units selected at the first stage consist

of either hospitals or geographic areas,

such as counties, groups of counties, or

metropolitan statistical areas in the 50

states and the District of Columbia.

Within a sampled geographic area,

hospitals are selected. Finally at the last

stage, systematic random sampling is

used to select discharges within sampled

hospitals. Until 2003, the hospital

sampling frame for the redesigned

survey was constructed from the SMG

Hospital Market Database (14). In 2003

and 2006, the sample frame was

constructed from the products of

Verispan, L.L.C., specifically their

‘‘Healthcare Market Index,’’ and their

‘‘Hospital Market Profiling Solution’’

(15). These two products were formerly

known as the SMG Hospital Market

Database. The hospital sampling frame

and sample are updated every 3 years

(13).

For 2007, the sample consisted of

501 hospitals, of which 24 were found

to be out of scope (ineligible) because

they had gone out of business or

otherwise failed to meet the criteria for

NHDS universe. Of the 477 in-scope

(eligible) hospitals, 422 responded to the

survey for an unweighted response rate

of 88 percent. The weighted response

rate was 82 percent. Data were collected

for approximately 366,000 discharges.

The survey includes a sample of

discharges from January 1 through

December 31, 2007. NHDS data

collection is authorized under Section

306 of the Public Health Service Act

(Title 42 U.S. Code, 242k). Participation

is voluntary. Data collected in NHDS

are consistent with the Privacy Rule of

the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act (HIPAA). No

personally identifying information, such

as patient’s name, address, or Social

Security number, is collected in NHDS.

All information collected is held in the

strictest confidence according to law,

including the Confidential Information

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act

(Title 5 of PL 107–347). Approval for

the 2007 NHDS protocol was renewed

by the NCHS Research Ethics Review

Board in 2007. Waivers of the

requirements to obtain informed consent

of patients and patient authorization for

release of patient medical record data by

health care providers were granted.

Two data collection procedures are

used in the survey. One is a manual

system in which sample selection and

medical transcription from the hospital

records to abstract forms are performed

by the hospital’s staff or by staff of the

U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of NCHS.

The other data collection procedure is

an automated system in which NCHS

purchases electronic medical record data

from commercial organizations, state

data systems, hospitals, or hospital

associations, and then systematically

samples these data. Whether a particular

hospital’s data are obtained manually or

from these electronic sources is

determined in accordance with

agreements with individual hospitals. In

2007, approximately 45 percent of

respondent hospitals provided data

through the automated system. A

detailed report on the design and

operation of NHDS has been published

(13). The medical abstract form

(Figure I) and the automated data

contain items that relate to the personal

characteristics of the patient. These

items include birth date (converted to

age), sex, race, ethnicity, marital status,

ZIP Code, and expected sources of

payment. Administrative items, such as

admission and discharge dates,

admission type and source, and

discharge status, are also included.

Admitting diagnosis and a present on

admission checkbox for all of the

diagnosis variables were added to the

data hospitals were required to collect

for billing effective in the last quarter of

2007 only. Although these data items

were included in the 2007 NHDS data

collection, they are not reported in the

NHDS 2007 data file because it was not

possible to make full year estimates

based on 3 months of data. The medical

information about patients includes up

to seven discharge diagnoses, as many

as four surgical and nonsurgical

operations and procedures, and dates of

surgery. Medical data are coded

according to the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth

Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–

CM) (16). In 2002, the ICD–9–CM

Coordination and Maintenance

Committee created Chapter 00,

Procedures and Interventions Not

Elsewhere Classified, as a way of

handling space limitations in the

existing hierarchical structure. For the

2003–2005 NHDS data, this new

chapter was included in the

miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic

procedures and new technologies

category shown in reports for those

years in Tables 8–11. Beginning with the

2006 NHDS report, the 00 codes that

had previous code assignments in other

chapters were included in the categories

and chapters of their previous codes to

make longitudinal analyses of these

conditions easier for researchers. For
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example, ‘‘Balloon angioplasty of

coronary artery or coronary

atherectomy’’ had been reassigned

ICD–CM–9 code 00.66, but it was

included with other operations on the

cardiovascular system.

The NHDS contractor for coding

and entry of the data from the abstracts

gathered through manual data collection,

conducts an ongoing quality control

program. As part of this program,

approximately 10 percent of the

abstracts are independently recoded,

with discrepancies resolved by a chief

coder. The overall error rate for records

manually coded for the 2007 data year

was 0.2 percent for medical (ICD–9–

CM) coding and keying combined and

was also 0.2 percent for demographic

coding and keying combined.

Results

Patient and hospital

characteristics

+ The total hospitalization rate leveled

off from 1995 to 2007 after declining

during the period from 1980 to 1995.

Throughout the entire period from

1970 to 2007, the rates for those aged

65 years and over were significantly

higher than those for the younger age

groups (Figure 1).

+ In 2007, an estimated 34.4 million

inpatients, excluding newborn infants,

were discharged from nonfederal

short-stay hospitals in the United

States (Table 1).

+ The discharge rate was 1,143.9 per

10,000 population: 936.7 for males

and 1,344.0 for females (Table 1).

This difference was largely driven by

the 15–44 year-old female’s discharge

rates (1,247.7 per 10,000 population)

compared with male’s discharge rates

(449.8 per 10,000 population) in this

same age group. It is primarily in the

15–44 year-old group that most of the

hospitalizations for childbirth

occurred. Males had an average

length of stay of 5.3 days compared

with 4.6 days for females (Table 1).

+ The discharge rate per 10,000

population ranged from 947.8 in the

West to 1,347.9 in the Northeast

region. The average length of stay

ranged from 4.3 days in the Midwest

and West to 5.8 days in the Northeast

region (Table 1).

+	 In 2007, those aged 65 years and

over accounted for just 13 percent of

the U.S. population, but 37 percent of

the hospital discharges, and

43 percent of the days of care. In

contrast, 15–44 year-olds comprised

42 percent of the population and

31 percent of the hospital discharges,

but only 24 percent of the days of

care. Children under age 15 years

who made up 20 percent of the

population, were only 6 percent of the

hospitalizations and used only

6 percent of the days of care

(Figure 2).

+	 The average length of stay for those

aged 65 years and over was 5.6 days;

for those 45–64 years, it was 5.1

days; for those 15–44 years, it was

3.7 days; and for children under age

15 years, it was 4.7 days (Table 1).

Diagnoses

+	 Six diagnostic categories together

accounted for 13.1 million or about Rate per 1,000 population 

NOTE: Rates were calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the civilian population. Rates for 1990 and 1995 

were based on population estimates adjusted for the net underenumeration in the 1990 census. Rates for 2000, 2005, and 

2007 were calculated using 2000-based postcensal civilian population estimates. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Hospital Discharge Survey. 

65 years and over 

45–64 years 

Under 15 years 15–44 years 

Total 

0 

50 

100 

150 

200 

250 

300 

350 

400 

450 

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20072005

Year 

Figure 1. Hospitalization rates, by age: United States, 1970–2007

38 percent of all discharges. These

were delivery (4.1 million), heart

disease (4.0 million), psychoses (1.7

million), malignant neoplasms (1.2

million), pneumonia (1.1 million),

and fractures (1.0 million) (Table 2).

+	 Overall, the average length of stay

was 4.8 days, but it was 2.6 days for

delivery, 4.4 days for heart disease,

5.0 days for pneumonia, 5.1 days for

fractures, 6.5 days for malignant

neoplasms, and 7.5 days for

psychoses (Table 4).

+	 Of the 1.0 million discharges

hospitalized for fractures, more than

one-half (531,000) were aged 65

years and over (Table 2). Those 65

years and over had 140.2 discharges

per 10,000 population with a

first-listed diagnosis of fracture

(Table 3), and the average length of

stay for these discharges was 5.6 days

(Table 4). Almost one-half of the

fracture hospitalizations for this age

group were for hip fractures

(fractures of neck of femur).

+	 Among children under age 15 years,

respiratory diseases were responsible

for a quarter of all hospitalizations.
Under 15 years 15–44 years 45–64 years 65 years 

and over 

Population 

Discharges 

Days of care 

0 20 40 60 80

Percent 

NOTE: Population percentages are computed using U.S. Census Bureau 2000-based postcensal estimates of the civilian 


population of the United States as of July 1, 2007.
 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Hospital Discharge Survey.
 

All other diagnoses 

75% 

Respiratory 

diseases 

25% 

Asthma 

28% 

Pneumonia 

26% 

All other 

respiratory 

diseases 

21% 

Acute 

bronchitis and 

bronchiolitis 

25% 

NOTE: Respiratory diseases include codes 460–519 in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, 

Clinical Modification. 

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Hospital Discharge Survey. 

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Figure 2. Distribution of civilian population, hospital discharges, and days of care, by age:

United States, 2007

Figure 3. Hospitalization for respiratory diseases among children under age 15 years:

United States, 2007

Asthma, pneumonia, and acute + About one-fifth (4.1 million) of

bronchitis and bronchiolitis were the female discharges were for childbirth

first-listed diagnoses for over three (Table 5).

quarters of these hospitalizations + About 15 percent (2.1 million) of

(Figure 3). male discharges and 9 percent (1.8

million) of female discharges were

for heart disease (Table 5).

Procedures

+	 During 2007, 45.0 million procedures

were performed on hospital inpatients

(Table 8). Nationally, the rate of

procedures was 1,497.4 per 10,000

population (Table 9). For males, this

rate was 1,216.4 per 10,000

population and for females it was

1,769.1 per 10,000 population

(Table 11).

+	 About 4 million procedures, which

was over one-fifth of all procedures

performed on males, were

cardiovascular (Table 10, Figure 4).

For females, about 3 million of their

procedures—11 percent—fell into this

category (Table 10 and Figure 4).

+	 The rate of cardiovascular procedures

was also higher for males (268.4 per

10,000 population) than for females

(195.0 per 10,000 population)
 

(Table 11).
 

+	 Over 1 million inpatient cardiac

catheterization procedures were

performed in 2007 and more than

90 percent of them were on patients

aged 45 years and over (Table 8).

+	 Males aged 65 years and over, and

those 45–64 years, had higher cardiac

catheterization rates than females in

the same age groups for each of the

years from 1997 to 2007. The rate of

inpatient cardiac catheterization

procedures declined during the time

period from 2002 to 2007 (Figure 5).

+	 About 26 percent of all procedures

performed on females were

obstetrical (Figure 4). Cesarean

section and repair of current obstetric

laceration were the most frequent

obstetrical procedures performed

(Table 10).

+	 Females had more operations on the

digestive system than males (3.1

million compared with 2.4 million)

(Table 10 and Figure 4). Similarly, the

rate of digestive procedures was more

for females (202.2 per 10,000

population) than for males (161.5 per

10,000 population) (Table 11).

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Table 1. Hospital discharges by age, region, and sex (number, rate, and average length of stay): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants]

Both sexes Male Female

Standard Standard Standard

Selected characteristic Number error Number error Number error

Number in thousands

Total ............................................... 34,369 1,378 13,834 623 20,535 785

Age

Under 15 years ........................................ 2,181 394 1,221 224 960 171

15–44 years .......................................... 10,571 417 2,845 137 7,727 316

45–64 years .......................................... 8,753 356 4,316 185 4,437 180

65 years and over ....................................... 12,863 573 5,453 264 7,411 317

Region

Northeast ............................................ 7,361 743 3,196 377 4,165 373

Midwest ............................................. 7,706 774 3,021 310 4,685 472

South .............................................. 12,689 641 4,945 266 7,744 397

West ............................................... 6,612 569 2,672 279 3,940 306

Rate per 10,000 population1

Total ............................................... 1,143.9 45.8 936.7 42.2 1,344.0 51.4

Age

Under 15 years ........................................ 358.2 64.8 391.8 71.9 323.0 57.6

15–44 years .......................................... 844.6 33.3 449.8 21.6 1,247.7 51.1

45–64 years .......................................... 1,143.9 46.5 1,156.6 49.5 1,131.7 46.0

65 years and over ....................................... 3,395.1 151.3 3,412.9 165.4 3,382.1 144.6

Region

Northeast ............................................ 1,347.9 136.0 1,204.0 141.9 1,483.9 132.8

Midwest ............................................. 1,162.8 116.7 926.5 95.0 1,391.6 140.2

South .............................................. 1,155.5 58.4 920.6 49.6 1,380.5 70.7

West ............................................... 947.8 81.5 767.5 80.0 1,127.4 87.6

Average length of stay in days

Total ............................................... 4.8 0.1 5.3 0.1 4.6 0.1

Age

Under 15 years ........................................ 4.7 0.3 4.7 0.4 4.8 0.3

15–44 years .......................................... 3.7 0.1 4.9 0.1 3.3 0.1

45–64 years .......................................... 5.1 0.1 5.3 0.1 5.0 0.1

65 years and over ....................................... 5.6 0.1 5.6 0.1 5.6 0.1

Region

Northeast ............................................ 5.8 0.3 6.1 0.3 5.5 0.3

Midwest ............................................. 4.3 0.1 4.6 0.1 4.1 0.1

South .............................................. 4.9 0.1 5.4 0.1 4.6 0.1

West ............................................... 4.3 0.2 4.8 0.2 4.0 0.1

1

Rates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau 2000-based postcensal estimates of the civilian population as of July 1, 2007.
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Table 2. Hospital discharges (number) by first-listed diagnosis and age: United States, 2007
 

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Diagnostic groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Under 15–44 45–64 65 years

All ages 15 years years years and over

Category of first-listed diagnosis and ICD–9–CM code Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1

Number in thousands
 

All conditions ........................................... 34,369 1,378 2,181 394 10,571 417 8,753 356 12,863 573 
 

Infectious and parasitic diseases ..........................001–139 1,215 63 131 27 225 11 295 15 565 32
 

Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .038 592 37 12 3 52 5 136 11 392 27 
 

Neoplasms .......................................140–239 1,598 77 38 10 242 16 649 38 670 32
 

Malignant neoplasms ..........................140–208,230–234 1,225 64 * * 116 11 484 33 596 29
 

Malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum.........153–154,197.5 146 9 * * 10 2 45 5 90 6
 

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung. . .162,176.4,197.0,197.3 179 16 * * * * 64 8 107 9
 

Benign neoplasms .................................210–229 332 18 6 2 118 8 154 11 54 4
 

Benign neoplasm of uterus...........................218–219 174 13 * * 85 7 87 8 * *
 

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders . .240–279 1,816 87 154 29 364 19 545 27 753 41
 

Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 626 32 22 5 156 10 220 13 228 19 
 

Volume depletion ....................................276.5 469 31 102 19 44 6 79 6 244 16
 

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs ................280–289 527 50 * * 127 12 116 11 226 28
 

Anemias .......................................280–285 382 43 24 5 98 11 79 9 181 27
 

Mental disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290–319 2,386 310 148 32 1,251 185 743 85 244 27
 

Psychoses ......................................290–299 1,690 253 89 24 883 149 526 72 193 19
 

Schizophrenic disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 324 40 * * 167 22 131 18 23 4 
 

Major depressive disorder .........................296.2–296.3 430 77 * * 228 44 136 23 44 7
 

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs ..............320–389 794 73 101 25 174 13 224 25 295 36
 

Diseases of the circulatory system .........................390–459 5,890 236 33 8 435 21 1,808 76 3,615 153
 

Essential hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 349 20 * * 51 6 148 10 148 12 
 

Heart disease ............391–392.0,393–398,402,404,410–416,420–429 3,965 165 17 5 250 15 1,205 55 2,493 107
 

Acute myocardial infarction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 577 33 * * 33 5 198 13 346 22 
 

Coronary atherosclerosis ..........................414.0,414.2 812 54 * * 32 3 329 21 451 33
 

Other ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . .411–413,414.1,414.3–414.9 182 14 * * 14 2 81 9 88 7
 

Cardiac dysrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 827 39 * * 51 4 207 13 562 28 
 

Congestive heart failure ......................428.0,428.2–428.4 982 43 * * 40 4 227 14 713 33
 

Cerebrovascular disease .............................430–438 829 42 *5 *1 44 5 223 14 558 30
 

Diseases of the respiratory system ........................460–519 3,300 162 547 92 332 16 781 37 1,641 88
 

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466 196 24 138 22 12 2 16 3 31 4 
 

Pneumonia ......................................480–486 1,056 56 141 18 89 6 217 13 610 43
 

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 476 27 * * 18 4 141 10 316 20 
 

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 456 39 151 32 86 7 123 10 96 8 
 

Diseases of the digestive system..........................520–579 3,290 134 203 35 819 38 1,040 46 1,229 52
 

Appendicitis .....................................540–543 300 22 71 12 149 10 53 5 27 4
 

Noninfectious enteritis and colitis ........................555–558 304 19 40 8 86 8 74 6 104 9
 

Intestinal obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 315 18 12 2 44 5 100 8 159 11 
 

Diverticula of intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562 276 17 * * 39 6 97 7 139 10 
 

Cholelithiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574 310 16 *2 *1 110 8 88 6 109 7 
 

Acute pancreatitis....................................577.0 235 13 * * 77 6 101 8 55 5
 

Diseases of the genitourinary system .......................580–629 2,092 85 71 14 523 28 550 28 947 45
 

Calculus of kidney and ureter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592 135 8 * * 50 5 54 4 31 3 
 

Urinary tract infection .................................599.0 517 34 23 5 40 5 85 10 370 28
 

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium2 .........630–677 498 31 * * 490 31 * * . . . . . .
 

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .................680–709 752 41 83 20 192 11 240 15 236 15
 

Cellulitis and abscess ...............................681–682 554 28 52 10 152 10 189 13 161 11
 

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue .......710–739 1,881 112 28 7 270 16 702 43 880 61
 

Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 718 56 * * 18 3 271 23 429 34 
 

Intervertebral disc disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 320 22 * * 99 8 145 10 76 8 
 

Congenital anomalies .................................740–759 185 42 * * 29 4 29 8 14 4
 

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period ..............760–779 171 34 169 34 * * * * * *
 

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions ...................780–799 188 23 44 11 52 6 46 7 46 10
 

Injury and poisoning..................................800–999 2,855 154 190 31 796 44 768 40 1,102 67
 

Fractures, all sites3 .................................800–829 1,045 68 60 11 249 21 205 15 531 35
 

Fracture of neck of femur3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 297 22 * * 9 2 25 3 264 21 
 

Poisonings ......................................960–989 239 16 13 3 123 9 76 7 28 4
 

Certain complications of surgical and medical care .............996–999 908 54 32 7 186 13 336 20 355 27
 

Supplementary classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V01–V86 4,930 234 65 14 4,249 209 217 19 400 42
 

Females with deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V27 4,136 206 *7 *2 4,121 206 8 1 ... ... 
 

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. . . . Category not applicable.
 1

SE is standard error.
 2

First-listed diagnosis for females with deliveries is coded V27, shown under ‘‘Supplementary classifications.’’
 3

Excludes fractures coded as 733.1, pathologic fracture.
 
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Table 3. Hospital discharges (rate) by first-listed diagnosis and age: United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Diagnostic groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Under 15–44 45–64 65 years

All ages 15 years years years and over

Category of first-listed diagnosis and ICD–9–CM code Rate SE1 Rate SE1 Rate SE1 Rate SE1 Rate SE1

Rate per 10,000 population2
 

All conditions ............................................... 1,143.9 45.8 358.2 64.8 844.6 33.3 1,143.9 46.5 3,395.1 151.3
 

Infectious and parasitic diseases .............................001–139 40.4 2.1 21.4 4.5 18.0 0.9 38.5 2.0 149.0 8.5
 

Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .038 19.7 1.2 1.9 0.5 4.2 0.4 17.8 1.4 103.6 7.0
 

Neoplasms ...........................................140–239 53.2 2.6 6.2 1.7 19.3 1.3 84.8 5.0 176.8 8.5
 

Malignant neoplasms .............................140–208,230–234 40.8 2.1 * * 9.3 0.9 63.2 4.3 157.2 7.7
 

Malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum ............153–154,197.5 4.9 0.3 * * 0.8 0.1 5.9 0.7 23.7 1.7
 

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung ......162,176.4,197.0,197.3 6.0 0.5 * * * * 8.4 1.0 28.2 2.3
 

Benign neoplasms .....................................210–229 11.1 0.6 1.1 0.3 9.4 0.6 20.1 1.4 14.3 1.2
 

Benign neoplasm of uterus ..............................218–219 5.8 0.4 * * 6.8 0.5 11.4 1.1 * *
 

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders ......240–279 60.4 2.9 25.2 4.7 29.1 1.6 71.3 3.5 198.8 10.8
 

Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 20.8 1.1 3.6 0.8 12.5 0.8 28.8 1.7 60.2 5.0 
 

Volume depletion........................................276.5 15.6 1.0 16.8 3.1 3.5 0.4 10.3 0.8 64.3 4.2
 

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs....................280–289 17.5 1.7 * * 10.2 1.0 15.2 1.5 59.7 7.4
 

Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280–285 12.7 1.4 3.9 0.8 7.9 0.8 10.3 1.2 47.8 7.2
 

Mental disorders .......................................290–319 79.4 10.3 24.3 5.2 100.0 14.8 97.1 11.2 64.5 7.2
 

Psychoses ..........................................290–299 56.3 8.4 14.6 4.0 70.5 11.9 68.7 9.4 50.9 5.1
 

Schizophrenic disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 10.8 1.3 * * 13.3 1.8 17.1 2.3 6.1 1.0 
 

Major depressive disorder ............................296.2–296.3 14.3 2.6 * * 18.2 3.5 17.7 3.0 11.7 1.9
 

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs ..................320–389 26.4 2.4 16.7 4.2 13.9 1.1 29.2 3.3 77.9 9.4
 

Diseases of the circulatory system ............................390–459 196.0 7.8 5.3 1.4 34.7 1.7 236.3 9.9 954.0 40.5
 

Essential hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 11.6 0.7 * * 4.1 0.5 19.3 1.3 39.0 3.1 
 

Heart disease................391–392.0,393–398,402,404,410–416,420–429 131.9 5.5 2.8 0.8 19.9 1.2 157.4 7.2 658.1 28.4
 

Acute myocardial infarction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 19.2 1.1 * * 2.6 0.4 25.8 1.7 91.4 5.7 
 

Coronary atherosclerosis .............................414.0,414.2 27.0 1.8 * * 2.6 0.3 43.0 2.7 119.1 8.7
 

Other ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411–413,414.1,414.3–414.9 6.1 0.4 * * 1.1 0.2 10.5 1.2 23.1 1.9
 

Cardiac dysrhythmias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 27.5 1.3 * * 4.1 0.4 27.0 1.7 148.3 7.4
 

Congestive heart failure ..........................428.0,428.2–428.4 32.7 1.4 * * 3.2 0.3 29.6 1.8 188.3 8.7
 

Cerebrovascular disease .................................430–438 27.6 1.4 *0.8 *0.2 3.5 0.4 29.1 1.9 147.2 8.0
 

Diseases of the respiratory system ............................460–519 109.8 5.4 89.8 15.1 26.5 1.3 102.0 4.9 433.2 23.2
 

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466 6.5 0.8 22.6 3.6 1.0 0.2 2.1 0.3 8.1 1.1 
 

Pneumonia .........................................480–486 35.2 1.9 23.1 3.0 7.1 0.5 28.3 1.7 161.0 11.5
 

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 15.8 0.9 * * 1.4 0.3 18.5 1.3 83.4 5.2 
 

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 15.2 1.3 24.8 5.3 6.9 0.5 16.0 1.4 25.4 2.0 
 

Diseases of the digestive system .............................520–579 109.5 4.5 33.3 5.8 65.4 3.0 135.9 6.0 324.2 13.6
 

Appendicitis .........................................540–543 10.0 0.7 11.6 2.0 11.9 0.8 6.9 0.6 7.2 1.1
 

Noninfectious enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555–558 10.1 0.6 6.6 1.4 6.9 0.6 9.7 0.7 27.4 2.3
 

Intestinal obstruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 10.5 0.6 2.0 0.4 3.5 0.4 13.1 1.0 41.9 2.9 
 

Diverticula of intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562 9.2 0.6 * * 3.1 0.5 12.7 1.0 36.6 2.6 
 

Cholelithiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574 10.3 0.5 *0.4 *0.1 8.8 0.6 11.5 0.8 28.9 1.8 
 

Acute pancreatitis .......................................577.0 7.8 0.4 * * 6.1 0.5 13.2 1.1 14.5 1.3
 

Diseases of the genitourinary system...........................580–629 69.6 2.8 11.7 2.3 41.8 2.2 71.8 3.6 250.0 11.9
 

Calculus of kidney and ureter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592 4.5 0.3 * * 4.0 0.4 7.0 0.5 8.1 0.9 
 

Urinary tract infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .599.0 17.2 1.1 3.7 0.9 3.2 0.4 11.0 1.3 97.6 7.4
 

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium3 ............630–677 16.6 1.0 * * 39.1 2.5 * * . . . . . .
 

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .....................680–709 25.0 1.3 13.7 3.4 15.3 0.9 31.4 2.0 62.3 4.0
 

Cellulitis and abscess ...................................681–682 18.4 0.9 8.5 1.6 12.1 0.8 24.7 1.7 42.6 2.9
 

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue...........710–739 62.6 3.7 4.7 1.2 21.6 1.2 91.7 5.7 232.3 16.0
 

Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 23.9 1.9 * * 1.5 0.3 35.4 3.0 113.1 8.9 
 

Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 10.6 0.7 * * 7.9 0.7 18.9 1.4 20.0 2.0 
 

Congenital anomalies ....................................740–759 6.2 1.4 * * 2.3 0.3 3.8 1.1 3.8 1.0
 

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period..................760–779 5.7 1.1 27.8 5.6 * * * * * *
 

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions .......................780–799 6.3 0.8 7.3 1.8 4.2 0.5 6.0 0.9 12.2 2.6
 

Injury and poisoning .....................................800–999 95.0 5.1 31.2 5.1 63.6 3.5 100.4 5.2 290.8 17.8
 

Fractures, all sites4 ....................................800–829 34.8 2.3 9.8 1.7 19.9 1.7 26.8 2.0 140.2 9.2
 

Fracture of neck of femur4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 9.9 0.7 * * 0.7 0.1 3.2 0.4 69.6 5.5 
 

Poisonings..........................................960–989 8.0 0.5 2.1 0.4 9.8 0.7 10.0 0.9 7.3 0.9
 

Certain complications of surgical and medical care .................996–999 30.2 1.8 5.2 1.2 14.8 1.0 43.9 2.6 93.6 7.0
 

Supplementary classifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V01–V86 164.1 7.8 10.6 2.3 339.4 16.7 28.4 2.5 105.6 11.2
 

Females with deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V27 137.7 6.9 *1.1 *0.3 329.2 16.4 1.1 0.2 . . . . . .
 

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. . . . Category not applicable.
 1

SE is standard error.
 2

Rates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau 2000-based postcensal estimates of the civilian population as of July 1, 2007.
 3

First-listed diagnosis for females with deliveries is coded V27, shown under ‘‘Supplementary classifications.’’
 4

Excludes fractures coded as 733.1, pathologic fracture.
 
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Table 4. Hospital discharges by first-listed diagnosis and age (average length of stay): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Diagnostic groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Under 15–44 45–64 65 years

All ages 15 years years years and over

Category of first-listed diagnosis and ICD–9–CM code ALOS1 SE2 ALOS1 SE2 ALOS1 SE2 ALOS1 SE2 ALOS1 SE2

All conditions ........................................... 4.8 0.1 4.7 0.3 3.7 0.1 5.1 0.1 5.6 0.1

Infectious and parasitic diseases ..........................001–139 7.2 0.2 3.4 0.3 6.3 0.4 8.4 0.5 7.9 0.2

Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .038 9.4 0.3 7.1 1.1 10.1 1.3 11.3 0.9 8.6 0.3

Neoplasms .......................................140–239 5.8 0.1 6.3 1.1 4.2 0.2 5.4 0.2 6.7 0.2

Malignant neoplasms ..........................140–208,230–234 6.5 0.1 6.7 1.2 5.9 0.4 6.2 0.2 6.9 0.2

Malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum.........153–154,197.5 8.5 0.4 * * 7.2 0.7 8.7 1.2 8.5 0.4

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung. . .162,176.4,197.0,197.3 6.8 0.3 * * 6.1 0.8 6.0 0.4 7.3 0.5

Benign neoplasms .................................210–229 3.4 0.1 3.3 0.4 2.6 0.1 3.0 0.1 6.0 0.7

Benign neoplasm of uterus...........................218–219 2.4 0.1 * * 2.4 0.1 2.5 0.1 * *

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders . .240–279 4.2 0.1 2.9 0.2 3.2 0.1 4.2 0.2 4.9 0.2

Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 5.1 0.3 3.1 0.8 3.8 0.3 5.3 0.3 6.2 0.5

Volume depletion ....................................276.5 3.4 0.1 2.1 0.1 2.7 0.2 3.2 0.2 4.1 0.1

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs ................280–289 5.1 0.4 3.3 0.2 5.4 0.4 5.3 0.6 5.2 0.5

Anemias .......................................280–285 5.1 0.6 3.6 0.4 5.8 0.5 4.9 0.8 5.0 0.7

Mental disorders ....................................290–319 7.1 0.3 13.3 3.2 6.2 0.2 7.1 0.3 8.0 0.4

Psychoses ......................................290–299 7.5 0.2 9.7 1.3 6.6 0.2 8.2 0.4 8.6 0.4

Schizophrenic disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 11.1 0.5 * * 9.8 0.5 12.6 0.8 12.8 1.0

Major depressive disorder .........................296.2–296.3 6.3 0.2 7.1 0.7 5.4 0.2 6.7 0.3 9.8 0.5

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs ..............320–389 5.9 0.9 3.9 0.3 4.7 0.4 6.3 1.2 6.9 1.1

Diseases of the circulatory system .........................390–459 4.5 0.1 5.9 1.0 4.4 0.2 4.1 0.1 4.7 0.1

Essential hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 2.6 0.1 * * 2.3 0.2 2.5 0.1 2.9 0.2

Heart disease ............391–392.0,393–398,402,404,410–416,420–429 4.4 0.1 5.6 1.3 3.8 0.2 3.9 0.1 4.7 0.1

Acute myocardial infarction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 5.1 0.1 * * 3.5 0.3 4.2 0.2 5.8 0.1

Coronary atherosclerosis ..........................414.0,414.2 3.4 0.1 * * 2.4 0.1 3.2 0.1 3.6 0.1

Other ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . .411–413,414.1,414.3–414.9 2.4 0.1 * * 2.7 0.5 2.1 0.1 2.7 0.2

Cardiac dysrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 3.6 0.1 3.5 0.9 2.3 0.1 3.2 0.1 3.9 0.1

Congestive heart failure ......................428.0,428.2–428.4 5.1 0.1 * * 5.2 0.7 4.9 0.2 5.1 0.1

Cerebrovascular disease .............................430–438 5.3 0.2 * * 8.3 1.7 5.4 0.4 5.0 0.2

Diseases of the respiratory system ........................460–519 5.1 0.1 3.3 0.2 4.3 0.2 5.4 0.2 5.7 0.1

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466 3.1 0.1 2.9 0.1 2.4 0.3 3.7 0.4 3.8 0.2

Pneumonia ......................................480–486 5.0 0.1 3.2 0.2 4.6 0.3 5.1 0.2 5.4 0.1

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 4.7 0.1 * * 4.4 0.5 4.6 0.3 4.7 0.1

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 3.4 0.1 2.4 0.1 3.1 0.2 4.0 0.2 4.6 0.2

Diseases of the digestive system..........................520–579 4.6 0.1 4.3 0.4 3.7 0.1 4.7 0.1 5.3 0.1

Appendicitis .....................................540–543 3.1 0.2 3.5 0.3 2.3 0.1 2.9 0.2 6.6 1.4

Noninfectious enteritis and colitis ........................555–558 4.4 0.2 2.9 0.5 4.3 0.3 4.5 0.3 5.0 0.4

Intestinal obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 6.0 0.2 5.5 1.2 4.5 0.3 5.9 0.4 6.5 0.3

Diverticula of intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562 4.8 0.1 * * 4.4 0.3 4.5 0.2 5.0 0.2

Cholelithiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574 3.9 0.1 *2.7 *0.2 2.7 0.1 3.5 0.2 5.5 0.2

Acute pancreatitis....................................577.0 6.1 0.5 *4.1 *0.6 4.9 0.3 7.1 1.2 5.9 0.5

Diseases of the genitourinary system .......................580–629 4.1 0.1 2.9 0.1 2.8 0.1 4.0 0.2 5.0 0.1

Calculus of kidney and ureter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592 2.5 0.1 * * 2.2 0.1 2.7 0.2 2.7 0.2

Urinary tract infection .................................599.0 4.6 0.1 2.6 0.1 3.6 0.4 4.5 0.3 4.9 0.2

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium3 .........630–677 2.9 0.1 * * 2.8 0.1 * * . . . . . .

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .................680–709 4.8 0.1 2.8 0.2 4.7 0.3 5.0 0.2 5.5 0.2

Cellulitis and abscess ...............................681–682 4.5 0.1 2.6 0.1 4.0 0.2 4.7 0.2 5.2 0.2

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue .......710–739 4.1 0.2 4.2 0.4 3.7 0.3 3.9 0.2 4.4 0.3

Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 3.7 0.1 * * 3.1 0.1 3.4 0.1 3.9 0.1

Intervertebral disc disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 3.1 0.1 * * 2.6 0.2 2.9 0.1 4.1 0.4

Congenital anomalies .................................740–759 6.1 1.3 5.3 0.9 3.5 0.3 * * * *

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period ..............760–779 7.8 1.0 7.9 1.0 * * * * * *

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions ...................780–799 3.1 0.3 2.9 0.5 2.7 0.4 3.0 0.4 3.8 0.3

Injury and poisoning..................................800–999 5.3 0.1 4.2 0.4 4.4 0.2 5.7 0.2 5.8 0.2

Fractures, all sites4 .................................800–829 5.1 0.2 2.5 0.2 4.3 0.2 5.7 0.4 5.6 0.2

Fracture of neck of femur4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 6.1 0.2 * * 6.2 1.2 6.2 0.6 6.1 0.2

Poisonings ......................................960–989 3.0 0.2 1.6 0.1 2.5 0.1 3.0 0.2 5.4 1.2

Certain complications of surgical and medical care .............996–999 6.2 0.2 7.9 1.7 5.4 0.3 6.1 0.2 6.5 0.3

Supplementary classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V01–V86 3.7 0.1 4.9 0.6 2.7 0.0 8.5 0.6 10.8 0.4

Females with deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V27 2.6 0.0 *3.3 *0.6 2.6 0.0 3.8 0.4 . . . . . .

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. . . . Category not applicable. 0.0 Quantity more than zero, but less than 0.05.
 1

ALOS is average length of stay.
 2

SE is standard error of average length of stay.
 3

First-listed diagnosis for females with deliveries is coded V27, shown under ‘‘Supplementary classifications.’’
 4

Excludes fractures coded as 733.1, pathologic fracture.
 
National Health Statistics Reports n Number 29 n October 26, 2010 Page 11

Table 5. Hospital discharges by first-listed diagnosis and sex (number): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Diagnostic groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Both sexes Male Female

Category of first-listed diagnosis and ICD–9–CM code Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1

Number in thousands

All conditions ............................................. 34,369 1,378 13,834 623 20,535 785

Infectious and parasitic diseases ............................001–139 1,215 63 570 34 645 34

Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .038 592 37 271 19 321 20

Neoplasms .........................................140–239 1,598 77 648 37 950 48

Malignant neoplasms ............................140–208,230–234 1,225 64 580 34 644 35

Malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum...........153–154,197.5 146 9 70 5 76 6

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung.....162,176.4,197.0,197.3 179 16 87 9 93 10

Benign neoplasms ...................................210–229 332 18 51 5 281 16

Benign neoplasm of uterus.............................218–219 174 13 . . . . . . 174 13

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders . . .240–279 1,816 87 771 41 1,045 50

Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 626 32 322 17 304 18

Volume depletion.....................................276.5 469 31 188 17 281 19

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs ..................280–289 527 50 216 23 311 29

Anemias .........................................280–285 382 43 146 19 236 26

Mental disorders ......................................290–319 2,386 310 1,261 157 1,125 160

Psychoses ........................................290–299 1,690 253 852 121 838 137

Schizophrenic disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 324 40 180 23 144 21

Major depressive disorder ...........................296.2–296.3 430 77 180 31 250 47

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs ................320–389 794 73 353 41 441 33

Diseases of the circulatory system ...........................390–459 5,890 236 3,016 135 2,873 107

Essential hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 349 20 138 11 211 13

Heart disease ..............391–392.0,393–398,402,404,410–416,420–429 3,965 165 2,121 97 1,844 74

Acute myocardial infarction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 577 33 341 22 236 14

Coronary atherosclerosis ............................414.0,414.2 812 54 527 39 285 18

Other ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411–413,414.1,414.3–414.9 182 14 96 8 86 8

Cardiac dysrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 827 39 421 24 407 20

Congestive heart failure ........................428.0,428.2–428.4 982 43 464 25 518 24

Cerebrovascular disease ...............................430–438 829 42 371 23 458 22

Diseases of the respiratory system ..........................460–519 3,300 162 1,536 83 1,765 88

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466 196 24 101 15 95 10

Pneumonia ........................................480–486 1,056 56 502 27 554 36

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 476 27 217 13 259 17

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 456 39 182 22 274 20

Diseases of the digestive system............................520–579 3,290 134 1,510 68 1,781 72

Appendicitis .......................................540–543 300 22 179 15 121 9

Noninfectious enteritis and colitis ..........................555–558 304 19 121 11 183 12

Intestinal obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 315 18 147 11 168 10

Diverticula of intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562 276 17 116 8 160 12

Cholelithiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574 310 16 104 7 206 12

Acute pancreatitis......................................577.0 235 13 122 8 114 8

Diseases of the genitourinary system .........................580–629 2,092 85 673 30 1,419 62

Calculus of kidney and ureter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592 135 8 71 6 64 5

Urinary tract infection ...................................599.0 517 34 149 12 368 26

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium2 ...........630–677 498 31 . . . . . . 498 31

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue ...................680–709 752 41 396 24 355 19

Cellulitis and abscess .................................681–682 554 28 294 17 260 14

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue .........710–739 1,881 112 804 49 1,077 67

Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 718 56 283 25 435 34

Intervertebral disc disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 320 22 161 12 159 13

Congenital anomalies ...................................740–759 185 42 96 25 90 19

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period ................760–779 171 34 94 18 77 17

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions .....................780–799 188 23 82 10 106 14

Injury and poisoning....................................800–999 2,855 154 1,441 81 1,415 79

Fractures, all sites3 ...................................800–829 1,045 68 472 35 573 37

Fracture of neck of femur3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 297 22 89 8 208 17

Poisonings ........................................960–989 239 16 113 10 126 9

Certain complications of surgical and medical care ...............996–999 908 54 441 27 467 30

Supplementary classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V01–V86 4,930 234 367 40 4,564 219

Females with deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V27 4,136 206 . . . . . . 4,136 206

. . . Category not applicable.
 1

SE is standard error.
 2

First-listed diagnosis for females with deliveries is coded V27, shown under ‘‘Supplementary classifications.’’
 3

Excludes fractures coded as 733.1, pathologic fracture.
 
Page 12 National Health Statistics Reports n Number 29 n October 26, 2010

Table 6. Hospital discharges by first-listed diagnosis and sex (rate): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Diagnostic groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Both sexes Male Female

Category of first-listed diagnosis and ICD–9–CM code Rate SE1 Rate SE1 Rate SE1

Rate per 10,000 population2

All conditions............................................. 1,143.9 45.8 936.7 42.2 1,344.0 51.4

Infectious and parasitic diseases ...........................001–139 40.4 2.1 38.6 2.3 42.2 2.2

Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .038 19.7 1.2 18.4 1.3 21.0 1.3

Neoplasms ........................................140–239 53.2 2.6 43.9 2.5 62.2 3.1

Malignant neoplasms ...........................140–208,230–234 40.8 2.1 39.3 2.3 42.2 2.3

Malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum ..........153–154,197.5 4.9 0.3 4.8 0.4 5.0 0.4

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung ....162,176.4,197.0,197.3 6.0 0.5 5.9 0.6 6.1 0.6

Benign neoplasms ..................................210–229 11.1 0.6 3.4 0.3 18.4 1.0

Benign neoplasm of uterus ............................218–219 5.8 0.4 . . . . . . 11.4 0.9

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders....240–279 60.4 2.9 52.2 2.8 68.4 3.3

Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 20.8 1.1 21.8 1.2 19.9 1.2

Volume depletion .....................................276.5 15.6 1.0 12.7 1.1 18.4 1.2

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs .................280–289 17.5 1.7 14.6 1.5 20.3 1.9

Anemias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280–285 12.7 1.4 9.9 1.3 15.5 1.7

Mental disorders .....................................290–319 79.4 10.3 85.4 10.6 73.6 10.5

Psychoses .......................................290–299 56.3 8.4 57.7 8.2 54.9 9.0

Schizophrenic disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 10.8 1.3 12.2 1.6 9.4 1.4

Major depressive disorder ..........................296.2–296.3 14.3 2.6 12.2 2.1 16.4 3.1

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs................320–389 26.4 2.4 23.9 2.8 28.9 2.2

Diseases of the circulatory system ..........................390–459 196.0 7.8 204.2 9.2 188.1 7.0

Essential hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 11.6 0.7 9.3 0.7 13.8 0.9

Heart disease .............391–392.0,393–398,402,404,410–416,420–429 131.9 5.5 143.6 6.6 120.7 4.8

Acute myocardial infarction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 19.2 1.1 23.1 1.5 15.4 0.9

Coronary atherosclerosis ...........................414.0,414.2 27.0 1.8 35.7 2.6 18.6 1.2

Other ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411–413,414.1,414.3–414.9 6.1 0.4 6.5 0.6 5.7 0.5

Cardiac dysrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 27.5 1.3 28.5 1.6 26.6 1.3

Congestive heart failure........................428.0,428.2–428.4 32.7 1.4 31.4 1.7 33.9 1.6

Cerebrovascular disease...............................430–438 27.6 1.4 25.1 1.6 30.0 1.5

Diseases of the respiratory system..........................460–519 109.8 5.4 104.0 5.6 115.5 5.8

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466 6.5 0.8 6.8 1.0 6.3 0.7

Pneumonia .......................................480–486 35.2 1.9 34.0 1.8 36.3 2.3

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 15.8 0.9 14.7 0.9 17.0 1.1

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 15.2 1.3 12.3 1.5 17.9 1.3

Diseases of the digestive system ...........................520–579 109.5 4.5 102.2 4.6 116.5 4.7

Appendicitis.......................................540–543 10.0 0.7 12.1 1.0 7.9 0.6

Noninfectious enteritis and colitis .........................555–558 10.1 0.6 8.2 0.7 12.0 0.8

Intestinal obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 10.5 0.6 10.0 0.7 11.0 0.7

Diverticula of intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562 9.2 0.6 7.9 0.5 10.5 0.8

Cholelithiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574 10.3 0.5 7.0 0.5 13.5 0.8

Acute pancreatitis .....................................577.0 7.8 0.4 8.2 0.6 7.5 0.5

Diseases of the genitourinary system ........................580–629 69.6 2.8 45.6 2.0 92.9 4.1

Calculus of kidney and ureter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592 4.5 0.3 4.8 0.4 4.2 0.3

Urinary tract infection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .599.0 17.2 1.1 10.1 0.8 24.1 1.7

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium3 ..........630–677 16.6 1.0 . . . . . . 32.6 2.1

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue...................680–709 25.0 1.3 26.8 1.7 23.3 1.3

Cellulitis and abscess ................................681–682 18.4 0.9 19.9 1.2 17.0 0.9

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue ........710–739 62.6 3.7 54.4 3.3 70.5 4.4

Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 23.9 1.9 19.2 1.7 28.4 2.2

Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 10.6 0.7 10.9 0.8 10.4 0.9

Congenital anomalies ..................................740–759 6.2 1.4 6.5 1.7 5.9 1.2

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period ...............760–779 5.7 1.1 6.4 1.2 5.0 1.1

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions ....................780–799 6.3 0.8 5.6 0.7 6.9 0.9

Injury and poisoning ...................................800–999 95.0 5.1 97.5 5.5 92.6 5.2

Fractures, all sites4 ..................................800–829 34.8 2.3 32.0 2.3 37.5 2.4

Fracture of neck of femur4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 9.9 0.7 6.1 0.6 13.6 1.1

Poisonings .......................................960–989 8.0 0.5 7.7 0.7 8.3 0.6

Certain complications of surgical and medical care ..............996–999 30.2 1.8 29.9 1.8 30.5 1.9

Supplementary classifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V01–V86 164.1 7.8 24.8 2.7 298.7 14.3

Females with deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V27 137.7 6.9 . . . . . . 270.7 13.5

. . . Category not applicable.
 1

SE is standard error of rate.
 2

Rates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau 2000-based postcensal estimates of the civilian population as of July 1, 2007.
 3

First-listed diagnosis for females with deliveries is coded V27, shown under ‘‘Supplementary classifications.’’
 4

Excludes fractures coded as 733.1, pathologic fracture.
 
National Health Statistics Reports n Number 29 n October 26, 2010 Page 13

Table 7. Hospital discharges by first-listed diagnosis and sex (average length of stay): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Diagnostic groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Both sexes Male Female

Category of first-listed diagnosis and ICD–9–CM code ALOS1 SE2 ALOS1 SE2 ALOS1 SE2

All conditions............................................. 4.8 0.1 5.3 0.1 4.6 0.1

Infectious and parasitic diseases ...........................001–139 7.2 0.2 7.4 0.3 7.1 0.2

Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .038 9.4 0.3 9.7 0.6 9.1 0.4

Neoplasms ........................................140–239 5.8 0.1 6.7 0.2 5.2 0.1

Malignant neoplasms ...........................140–208,230–234 6.5 0.1 6.9 0.2 6.1 0.2

Malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum ..........153–154,197.5 8.5 0.4 8.6 0.6 8.4 0.5

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung ....162,176.4,197.0,197.3 6.8 0.3 7.3 0.4 6.4 0.4

Benign neoplasms ..................................210–229 3.4 0.1 4.5 0.4 3.2 0.2

Benign neoplasm of uterus ............................218–219 2.4 0.1 . . . . . . 2.4 0.1

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders....240–279 4.2 0.1 4.3 0.2 4.1 0.2

Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 5.1 0.3 5.0 0.2 5.2 0.4

Volume depletion .....................................276.5 3.4 0.1 3.1 0.1 3.6 0.1

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs .................280–289 5.1 0.4 5.3 0.5 4.9 0.4

Anemias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280–285 5.1 0.6 5.3 0.7 4.9 0.6

Mental disorders .....................................290–319 7.1 0.3 7.1 0.4 7.2 0.3

Psychoses .......................................290–299 7.5 0.2 7.4 0.3 7.7 0.3

Schizophrenic disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 11.1 0.5 10.6 0.6 11.8 0.7

Major depressive disorder ..........................296.2–296.3 6.3 0.2 6.4 0.2 6.3 0.2

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs................320–389 5.9 0.9 6.2 0.9 5.6 0.8

Diseases of the circulatory system ..........................390–459 4.5 0.1 4.4 0.1 4.6 0.1

Essential hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 2.6 0.1 2.7 0.2 2.6 0.1

Heart disease .............391–392.0,393–398,402,404,410–416,420–429 4.4 0.1 4.3 0.1 4.5 0.1

Acute myocardial infarction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410 5.1 0.1 5.0 0.2 5.3 0.2

Coronary atherosclerosis ...........................414.0,414.2 3.4 0.1 3.4 0.1 3.4 0.1

Other ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411–413,414.1,414.3–414.9 2.4 0.1 2.3 0.2 2.5 0.1

Cardiac dysrhythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427 3.6 0.1 3.6 0.1 3.7 0.1

Congestive heart failure........................428.0,428.2–428.4 5.1 0.1 5.1 0.1 5.1 0.1

Cerebrovascular disease...............................430–438 5.3 0.2 5.3 0.3 5.4 0.3

Diseases of the respiratory system..........................460–519 5.1 0.1 5.0 0.1 5.2 0.1

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466 3.1 0.1 3.1 0.1 3.1 0.2

Pneumonia .......................................480–486 5.0 0.1 4.8 0.1 5.2 0.1

Chronic bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 4.7 0.1 4.5 0.2 4.8 0.1

Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 3.4 0.1 3.1 0.1 3.7 0.1

Diseases of the digestive system ...........................520–579 4.6 0.1 4.7 0.1 4.6 0.1

Appendicitis.......................................540–543 3.1 0.2 3.4 0.3 2.7 0.1

Noninfectious enteritis and colitis .........................555–558 4.4 0.2 3.9 0.2 4.7 0.3

Intestinal obstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 6.0 0.2 5.7 0.3 6.2 0.3

Diverticula of intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562 4.8 0.1 4.6 0.2 4.9 0.2

Cholelithiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574 3.9 0.1 4.4 0.2 3.7 0.1

Acute pancreatitis .....................................577.0 6.1 0.5 6.2 0.9 5.9 0.5

Diseases of the genitourinary system ........................580–629 4.1 0.1 4.5 0.1 3.9 0.1

Calculus of kidney and ureter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592 2.5 0.1 2.3 0.1 2.8 0.2

Urinary tract infection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .599.0 4.6 0.1 4.4 0.1 4.7 0.2

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium3 ..........630–677 2.9 0.1 . . . . . . 2.9 0.1

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue...................680–709 4.8 0.1 4.9 0.2 4.8 0.1

Cellulitis and abscess ................................681–682 4.5 0.1 4.3 0.1 4.7 0.1

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue ........710–739 4.1 0.2 4.0 0.2 4.2 0.2

Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 3.7 0.1 3.6 0.2 3.7 0.1

Intervertebral disc disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .722 3.1 0.1 2.7 0.1 3.5 0.2

Congenital anomalies ..................................740–759 6.1 1.3 4.7 0.7 7.7 2.2

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period ...............760–779 7.8 1.0 7.9 1.1 7.8 0.9

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions ....................780–799 3.1 0.3 3.3 0.4 2.9 0.3

Injury and poisoning ...................................800–999 5.3 0.1 5.2 0.2 5.3 0.2

Fractures, all sites4 ..................................800–829 5.1 0.2 5.2 0.2 5.1 0.2

Fracture of neck of femur4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 6.1 0.2 6.5 0.3 5.9 0.2

Poisonings .......................................960–989 3.0 0.2 3.2 0.3 2.7 0.1

Certain complications of surgical and medical care ..............996–999 6.2 0.2 6.2 0.2 6.2 0.2

Supplementary classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V01-V86 3.7 0.1 9.7 0.5 3.2 0.1

Females with deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V27 2.6 0.0 . . . . . . 2.6 0.0

. . . Category not applicable.

0.0 Quantity more than zero, but less than 0.05.
 1

ALOS is average length of stay.
 2

SE is standard error of average length of stay.
 3

First-listed diagnosis for females with deliveries is coded V27, shown under ‘‘Supplementary classifications.’’
 4

Excludes fractures coded as 733.1, pathologic fracture.
 
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Table 8. All-listed procedures for hospital discharges by procedure category and age (number): United States, 2007
 

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Procedure groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)]

Under 15–44 45–64 65 years

All ages 15 years years years and over

Procedure category and ICD–9–CM code Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1

Number in thousands

All procedures2 ................................................ 44,993 1,846 1,882 380 14,684 611 12,398 540 16,029 717 
 

Operations on the nervous system ................................01–05 1,197 92 190 52 335 34 322 24 350 27
 

Spinal tap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03.31 338 41 133 37 80 7 68 6 57 5 
 

Operations on the endocrine system ...............................06–07 118 15 * * 34 7 50 6 30 5
 

Operations on the eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08–16 79 12 9 3 18 3 20 4 32 8
 

Operations on the ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18–20 41 6 21 5 *10 *2 * * *7 *1
 

Operations on the nose, mouth, and pharynx..........................21–29 257 26 55 15 90 10 61 7 52 5
 

Operations on the respiratory system...............................30–34 1,109 61 * * 155 12 363 25 535 31
 

Bronchoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.21–33.24,33.27 259 19 * * 33 4 94 9 117 10
 

Operations on the cardiovascular system....................35–39,00.50–00.51,
 

00.53–00.55,00.57,00.61–00.66 6,942 342 * * 726 40 2,517 125 3,526 195
 

Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . .00.66 618 48 * * 35 5 263 19 320 30 
 

Insertion of coronary artery stent(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.06–36.07 560 45 * * 31 5 238 18 290 30
 

Coronary artery bypass graft3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.1 405 34 * * 9 2 165 17 231 20 
 

Cardiac catheterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.21–37.23 1,061 64 * * 82 8 453 27 517 35
 

Insertion, replacement, removal, and revision of pacemaker leads
 

or device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.7–37.8,00.50,00.53,00.57 358 22 * * *11 *3 59 7 288 19
 

Hemodialysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 679 50 * * 115 14 271 21 291 26 
 

Operations on the hemic and lymphatic system ........................40–41 370 30 16 5 51 7 155 17 146 11
 

Operations on the digestive system................................42–54 5,474 231 221 49 1,243 56 1,743 86 2,267 99
 

Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.11–45.14,45.16 1,006 51 14 4 151 10 296 19 545 29
 

Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.21–45.25 510 23 * * 74 7 145 9 285 15
 

Partial excision of large intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.7 258 15 * * 33 4 94 7 129 9 
 

Appendectomy, excluding incidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.0 326 23 69 12 169 11 59 5 29 4 
 

Cholecystectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.2 403 18 * * 137 8 128 8 134 9 
 

Lysis of peritoneal adhesions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.5 357 19 6 2 120 8 128 10 103 7 
 

Operations on the urinary system .................................55–59 995 61 26 6 212 18 346 22 410 32
 

Cystoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57.31–57.33 125 9 * * 24 4 44 4 55 6
 

Operations on the male genital organs ..............................60–64 230 21 21 6 17 3 90 11 102 9
 

Prostatectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.2–60.6 156 17 * * * * 74 10 80 8
 

Operations on the female genital organs.............................65–71 1,785 102 11 3 1,024 63 553 33 197 19
 

Oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.3–65.6 366 23 * * 144 12 172 11 47 5
 

Bilateral destruction or occlusion of fallopian tubes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.2–66.3 325 23 * * 323 23 * * * *
 

Hysterectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.3–68.7,68.9 517 33 * * 250 20 216 14 51 5
 

Obstetrical procedures........................................72–75 7,003 343 * * 6,977 342 14 3 . . . . . .
 

Episiotomy with or without forceps or vacuum extraction . . . .72.1,72.21,72.31,72.71,73.6 443 33 * * 442 33 * * . . . . . . 
 

Artificial rupture of membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.0 887 68 * * 884 68 * * ... ... 
 

Medical induction of labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.4 670 47 * * 666 47 * * ... ... 
 

Cesarean section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.0–74.2,74.4,74.99 1,339 73 * * 1,333 73 *4 *1 . . . . . .
 

Repair of current obstetric laceration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.5–75.6 1,261 65 * * 1,257 65 * * . . . . . .
 

Operations on the musculoskeletal system . . .76–84,00.70–00.73,00.80–00.84,00.85–00.87 4,300 256 144 28 922 65 1,550 95 1,683 106
 

Partial excision of bone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.2–76.3,77.6–77.8 184 13 * * 47 5 81 7 51 4
 

Reduction of fracture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.7,79.0–79.3 677 43 44 8 208 19 163 13 263 17
 

Open reduction of fracture with internal fixation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.3 453 29 15 3 132 14 115 9 190 12 
 

Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.5 310 24 * * 92 8 151 12 67 8 
 

Total hip replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.51,00.85 230 18 * * 13 2 91 9 125 10 
 

Total knee replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.54 543 43 * * 11 3 213 17 316 27 
 

Operations on the integumentary system ............................85–86 1,558 118 * * 468 41 510 31 435 33
 

Debridement of wound, infection, or burn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.22,86.28 377 42 * * 100 15 122 12 120 11 
 

Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and new technologies4 ....87–99,00 13,516 669 778 135 2,400 147 4,094 205 6,245 313
 

Computerized axial tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87.03,87.41,87.71,88.01,88.38 632 118 * * 135 24 180 32 287 61 
 

Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material . . . . . . . . . . . .88.4–88.5 1,861 102 * * 174 14 759 44 915 51
 

Diagnostic ultrasound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.7,00.21–00.25,00.28–00.29 866 97 25 6 116 15 268 27 458 61
 

Physical therapy procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.1–93.3 368 63 * * 40 9 80 14 236 43
 

Respiratory therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.9,96.7,00.12 1,093 65 132 23 160 11 308 21 493 34 
 

Insertion of endotracheal tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96.04 511 28 35 7 75 6 144 9 257 17 
 

Transfusion of blood and blood components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99.0 2,058 115 70 18 255 20 521 32 1,211 72 
 

Injection or infusion of cancer chemotherapeutic substance . . . . . . . . . . . .99.25,00.10 210 19 39 10 36 5 84 10 52 6 
 

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. . . . Category not applicable. 1SE is standard error.
 2

In 2002, the Chapter 00 codes were established. For reporting purposes, between 2003 and 2005, all Chapter 00 codes were grouped with the miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic
 

procedures and new technologies category. Beginning in 2006, the 00 codes are included in the categories and chapters of their previous codes, where applicable. See Data source.
 3

The number of discharges with a coronary artery bypass graft was 232,000.
 4

Chapter 00 codes included in this category: 00.01–00.03, 00.09, 00.10–00.18, 00.21–00.25, 00.28–00.29, 00.31–00.35, 00.39, 00.40–00.43, 00.45–00.48, 00.52, 00.56, 00.74–00.76, 00.91–00.93.
 
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Table 9. All-listed procedures for hospital discharges by procedure category and age (rate): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Procedure groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)

Under 15–44 45–64 65 years

All ages 15 years years years and over

Procedure category and ICD–9–CM code Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1

Rate per 10,000 population2

All procedures3 ................................................ 1,497.4 61.5 309.2 62.4 1,173.2 48.8 1,620.1 70.6 4,230.5 189.2
 

Operations on the nervous system ................................01–05 39.8 3.1 31.2 8.6 26.7 2.7 42.1 3.2 92.4 7.0
 

Spinal tap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03.31 11.3 1.4 21.8 6.1 6.4 0.5 9.0 0.8 15.0 1.3 
 

Operations on the endocrine system ...............................06–07 3.9 0.5 * * 2.7 0.5 6.6 0.8 8.0 1.2
 

Operations on the eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08–16 2.6 0.4 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.2 2.6 0.5 8.3 2.1
 

Operations on the ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18–20 1.4 0.2 3.5 0.9 *0.8 *0.2 * * *1.7 *0.4
 

Operations on the nose, mouth, and pharynx..........................21–29 8.6 0.9 9.0 2.5 7.2 0.8 7.9 1.0 13.8 1.4
 

Operations on the respiratory system...............................30–34 36.9 2.0 * * 12.4 1.0 47.4 3.2 141.3 8.3
 

Bronchoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.21–33.24,33.27 8.6 0.6 * * 2.7 0.3 12.2 1.2 30.9 2.6
 

Operations on the cardiovascular system....................35–39,00.50–00.51,
 

00.53–00.55,00.57,00.61–00.66 231.0 11.4 * * 58.0 3.2 328.9 16.3 930.8 51.4

Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . .00.66 20.6 1.6 * * 2.8 0.4 34.4 2.5 84.4 8.0

Insertion of coronary artery stent(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.06–36.07 18.6 1.5 * * 2.5 0.4 31.2 2.3 76.6 7.8

Coronary artery bypass graft4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.1 13.5 1.1 * * 0.7 0.1 21.6 2.2 60.9 5.3

Cardiac catheterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.21–37.23 35.3 2.1 * * 6.6 0.6 59.3 3.6 136.5 9.4

Insertion, replacement, removal, and revision of pacemaker leads

or device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.7–37.8,00.50,00.53,00.57 11.9 0.7 * * *0.9 *0.2 7.6 0.9 75.9 5.0
 

Hemodialysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 22.6 1.7 * * 9.2 1.1 35.4 2.7 76.8 6.7 
 

Operations on the hemic and lymphatic system ........................40–41 12.3 1.0 2.7 0.8 4.1 0.6 20.3 2.2 38.6 2.9
 

Operations on the digestive system................................42–54 182.2 7.7 36.4 8.1 99.3 4.5 227.8 11.2 598.3 26.3
 

Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.11–45.14,45.16 33.5 1.7 2.3 0.6 12.1 0.8 38.6 2.5 143.8 7.7
 

Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.21–45.25 17.0 0.8 1.1 0.3 5.9 0.6 18.9 1.2 75.2 4.0
 

Partial excision of large intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.7 8.6 0.5 * * 2.6 0.3 12.3 1.0 34.0 2.4 
 

Appendectomy, excluding incidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.0 10.9 0.8 11.3 1.9 13.5 0.9 7.7 0.7 7.7 1.1 
 

Cholecystectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.2 13.4 0.6 * * 11.0 0.7 16.7 1.0 35.4 2.3 
 

Lysis of peritoneal adhesions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.5 11.9 0.6 1.0 0.3 9.6 0.6 16.7 1.3 27.2 1.9 
 

Operations on the urinary system .................................55–59 33.1 2.0 4.3 1.0 17.0 1.4 45.3 2.8 108.3 8.3
 

Cystoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57.31–57.33 4.2 0.3 *0.4 *0.1 1.9 0.3 5.8 0.6 14.4 1.5
 

Operations on the male genital organs ..............................60–64 7.6 0.7 3.4 0.9 1.4 0.3 11.7 1.4 26.9 2.5
 

Prostatectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.2–60.6 5.2 0.6 * * * * 9.7 1.3 21.2 2.1
 

Operations on the female genital organs.............................65–71 59.4 3.4 1.9 0.5 81.8 5.0 72.2 4.3 51.9 5.0
 

Oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.3–65.6 12.2 0.7 * * 11.5 1.0 22.5 1.4 12.4 1.3
 

Bilateral destruction or occlusion of fallopian tubes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.2–66.3 10.8 0.8 * * 25.8 1.8 * * * *
 

Hysterectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.3–68.7,68.9 17.2 1.1 * * 20.0 1.6 28.2 1.8 13.3 1.4
 

Obstetrical procedures........................................72–75 233.1 11.4 *2.0 *0.6 557.4 27.3 1.8 0.4 . . . . . .
 

Episiotomy with or without forceps or vacuum extraction . . . .72.1,72.21,72.31,72.71,73.6 14.7 1.1 * * 35.3 2.6 * * . . . . . . 
 

Artificial rupture of membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.0 29.5 2.3 * * 70.6 5.4 * * ... ... 
 

Medical induction of labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.4 22.3 1.6 * * 53.2 3.8 * * ... ... 
 

Cesarean section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.0–74.2,74.4,74.99 44.6 2.4 * * 106.5 5.8 *0.6 *0.1 . . . . . .
 

Repair of current obstetric laceration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.5–75.6 42.0 2.2 * * 100.4 5.2 * * . . . . . .
 

Operations on the musculoskeletal system . . .76–84,00.70–00.73,00.80–00.84,00.85–00.87 143.1 8.5 23.7 4.5 73.7 5.2 202.6 12.4 444.2 27.9
 

Partial excision of bone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.2–76.3,77.6–77.8 6.1 0.4 1.0 0.3 3.7 0.4 10.5 0.9 13.4 1.1
 

Reduction of fracture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.7,79.0–79.3 22.5 1.4 7.2 1.2 16.6 1.5 21.3 1.6 69.4 4.5
 

Open reduction of fracture with internal fixation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.3 15.1 0.9 2.5 0.5 10.6 1.1 15.1 1.1 50.1 3.3 
 

Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.5 10.3 0.8 * * 7.3 0.7 19.8 1.6 17.6 2.1 
 

Total hip replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.51,00.85 7.7 0.6 * * 1.0 0.2 12.0 1.2 33.0 2.7 
 

Total knee replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.54 18.1 1.4 * * 0.9 0.2 27.9 2.3 83.4 7.1 
 

Operations on the integumentary system ............................85–86 51.8 3.9 * * 37.4 3.3 66.6 4.0 114.8 8.6
 

Debridement of wound, infection, or burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.22,86.28 12.6 1.4 * * 8.0 1.2 16.0 1.6 31.7 2.8 
 

Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and new technologies5 ....87–99,00 449.8 22.3 127.7 22.2 191.7 11.7 534.9 26.8 1,648.2 82.5
 

Computerized axial tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87.03,87.41,87.71,88.01,88.38 21.0 3.9 * * 10.8 1.9 23.5 4.2 75.7 16.2 
 

Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material . . . . . . . . . . . .88.4–88.5 61.9 3.4 * * 13.9 1.1 99.2 5.8 241.4 13.5
 

Diagnostic ultrasound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.7,00.21–00.25,00.28–00.29 28.8 3.2 4.1 0.9 9.2 1.2 35.0 3.6 120.8 16.0
 

Physical therapy procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.1–93.3 12.2 2.1 * * 3.2 0.7 10.4 1.9 62.2 11.5
 

Respiratory therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.9,96.7,00.12 36.4 2.2 21.7 3.7 12.8 0.9 40.2 2.7 130.3 8.9
 

Insertion of endotracheal tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96.04 17.0 0.9 5.8 1.1 6.0 0.5 18.8 1.2 67.8 4.5 
 

Transfusion of blood and blood components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99.0 68.5 3.8 11.5 3.0 20.4 1.6 68.1 4.1 319.6 19.1
 

Injection or infusion of cancer chemotherapeutic substance . . . . . . . . . . . .99.25,00.10 7.0 0.6 6.4 1.6 2.9 0.4 11.0 1.3 13.7 1.6 
 

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision. . . . Category not applicable. 1SE is standard error of rate.
 2

Rates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau 2000-based postcensal estimates of the civilian population as of July 1, 2007.
 3

In 2002, the Chapter 00 codes were established. For reporting purposes, between 2003 and 2005, all Chapter 00 codes were grouped with the miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic
 

procedures and new technologies category. Beginning in 2006, the 00 codes are included in the categories and chapters of their previous codes, where applicable. See Data source.
 4

The rate per 10,000 population of discharges with a coronary artery bypass graft was 7.7.
 5

Chapter 00 codes included in this category: 00.01–00.03, 00.09, 00.10–00.18, 00.21–00.25, 00.28–00.29, 00.31–00.35, 00.39, 00.40–00.43, 00.45–00.48, 00.52, 00.56, 00.74–00.76, 00.91–00.93.
 
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Table 10. All-listed procedures for hospital discharges by procedure category and sex (number): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Procedure groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)

Both sexes Male Female

Procedure category and ICD–9–CM code Number SE1 Number SE1 Number SE1

Number in thousands

All procedures2 ..................................................... 44,993 1,846 17,963 818 27,030 1,083

Operations on the nervous system .....................................01–05 1,197 92 565 47 632 53

Spinal tap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03.31 338 41 177 26 161 16

Operations on the endocrine system ....................................06–07 118 15 27 4 91 12

Operations on the eye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08–16 79 12 41 6 37 7

Operations on the ear .............................................18–20 41 6 28 5 14 3

Operations on the nose, mouth, and pharynx ..............................21–29 257 26 155 15 102 13

Operations on the respiratory system ...................................30–34 1,109 61 577 38 531 28

Bronchoscopy with or without biopsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.21–33.24,33.27 259 19 137 12 122 10

Operations on the cardiovascular system.....35–39,00.50–00.51,00.53–00.55,00.57,00.61–00.66 6,942 342 3,963 205 2,979 146

Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00.66 618 48 410 34 208 16

Insertion of coronary artery stent(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.06–36.07 560 45 376 32 183 15

Coronary artery bypass graft3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.1 405 34 291 24 114 12

Cardiac catheterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.21–37.23 1,061 64 639 42 422 25

Insertion, replacement, removal, and revision of pacemaker leads

or device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.7–37.8,00.50,00.53,00.57 358 22 180 13 178 15

Hemodialysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 679 50 349 28 331 31

Operations on the hemic and lymphatic system .............................40–41 370 30 181 19 189 15

Operations on the digestive system ....................................42–54 5,474 231 2,385 108 3,089 133

Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.11–45.14,45.16 1,006 51 438 23 568 30

Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.21–45.25 510 23 212 13 298 15

Partial excision of large intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.7 258 15 117 8 141 10

Appendectomy, excluding incidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.0 326 23 186 15 140 10

Cholecystectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.2 403 18 142 8 261 13

Lysis of peritoneal adhesions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.5 357 19 93 8 264 15

Operations on the urinary system ......................................55–59 995 61 451 31 544 36

Cystoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57.31–57.33 125 9 55 5 70 7

Operations on the male genital organs...................................60–64 230 21 230 21 . . . . . .

Prostatectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.2–60.6 156 17 156 17 . . . . . .

Operations on the female genital organs .................................65–71 1,785 102 . . . . . . 1,785 102

Oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.3–65.6 366 23 . . . . . . 366 23

Bilateral destruction or occlusion of fallopian tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.2–66.3 325 23 . . . . . . 325 23

Hysterectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.3–68.7,68.9 517 33 . . . . . . 517 33

Obstetrical procedures ............................................72–75 7,003 343 . . . . . . 7,003 343

Episiotomy with or without forceps or vacuum extraction. . . . . . . . .72.1,72.21,72.31,72.71,73.6 443 33 . . . . . . 443 33

Artificial rupture of membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.0 887 68 . . . . . . 887 68

Medical induction of labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.4 670 47 . . . . . . 670 47

Cesarean section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.0–74.2,74.4,74.99 1,339 73 . . . . . . 1,339 73

Repair of current obstetric laceration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.5–75.6 1,261 65 . . . . . . 1,261 65

Operations on the musculoskeletal system........76–84,00.70–00.73,00.80–00.84,00.85–00.87 4,300 256 2,042 119 2,257 145

Partial excision of bone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.2–76.3,77.6–77.8 184 13 99 8 85 7

Reduction of fracture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.7,79.0–79.3 677 43 325 24 352 23

Open reduction of fracture with internal fixation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.3 453 29 208 15 244 17

Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.5 310 24 158 14 152 13

Total hip replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.51,00.85 230 18 108 10 122 10

Total knee replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.54 543 43 202 18 341 27

Operations on the integumentary system .................................85–86 1,558 118 738 73 820 51

Debridement of wound, infection, or burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.22,86.28 377 42 210 30 167 16

Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and new technologies4.........87–99,00 13,516 669 6,573 335 6,942 348

Computerized axial tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87.03,87.41,87.71,88.01,88.38 632 118 297 57 335 63

Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.4–88.5 1,861 102 1,034 62 827 46

Diagnostic ultrasound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.7,00.21–00.25,00.28–00.29 866 97 383 40 482 60

Physical therapy procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.1–93.3 368 63 162 28 206 37

Respiratory therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.9,96.7,00.12 1,093 65 553 35 540 34

Insertion of endotracheal tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96.04 511 28 259 15 252 16

Transfusion of blood and blood components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99.0 2,058 115 890 54 1,168 64

Injection or infusion of cancer chemotherapeutic substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99.25,00.10 210 19 107 12 103 10

. . . Category not applicable. 1

SE is standard error. 2

In 2002, the Chapter 00 codes were established. For reporting purposes, between 2003 and 2005, all Chapter 00 codes were grouped with the miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic
 

procedures and new technologies category. Beginning in 2006, the 00 codes are included in the categories and chapters of their previous codes, where applicable. See Data source.
 3

The number of discharges with a coronary artery bypass graft was 232,000.
 4

Chapter 00 codes included in this category: 00.01–00.03, 00.09, 00.10–00.18, 00.21–00.25, 00.28–00.29, 00.31–00.35, 00.39, 00.40–00.43, 00.45–00.48, 00.52, 00.56, 00.74–00.76, 00.91–00.93.
 
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Table 11. All-listed procedures for hospital discharges by procedure category and sex (rate): United States, 2007

[Discharges of inpatients from short-stay nonfederal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Procedure groupings and code numbers are based on the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM)

Both sexes Male Female

Procedure category and ICD–9–CM code Rate SE1 Rate SE1 Rate SE1

Rate per 10,000 population2

All procedures3 ............................................................. 1,497.4 61.5 1,216.4 55.4 1,769.1 70.9

Operations on the nervous system .............................................01–05 39.8 3.1 38.2 3.2 41.4 3.5

Spinal tap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03.31 11.3 1.4 12.0 1.8 10.5 1.1 
 

Operations on the endocrine system ............................................06–07 3.9 0.5 1.8 0.3 6.0 0.8
 

Operations on the eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08–16 2.6 0.4 2.8 0.4 2.4 0.5
 

Operations on the ear .....................................................18–20 1.4 0.2 1.9 0.3 0.9 0.2
 

Operations on the nose, mouth, and pharynx .......................................21–29 8.6 0.9 10.5 1.0 6.7 0.8
 

Operations on the respiratory system ............................................30–34 36.9 2.0 39.1 2.6 34.8 1.8
 

Bronchoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.21–33.24,33.27 8.6 0.6 9.3 0.8 8.0 0.6
 

Operations on the cardiovascular system .............35–39,00.50–00.51,00.53–00.55,00.57,00.61–00.66 231.0 11.4 268.4 13.9 195.0 9.5
 

Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00.66 20.6 1.6 27.8 2.3 13.6 1.1 
 

Insertion of coronary artery stent(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.06–36.07 18.6 1.5 25.5 2.2 12.0 1.0
 

Coronary artery bypass graft4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.1 13.5 1.1 19.7 1.6 7.5 0.8 
 

Cardiac catheterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.21–37.23 35.3 2.1 43.3 2.8 27.6 1.7
 

Insertion, replacement, removal, and revision of pacemaker leads or device . . . .37.7–37.8,00.50,00.53,00.57 11.9 0.7 12.2 0.9 11.7 1.0
 

Hemodialysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 22.6 1.7 23.6 1.9 21.6 2.1 
 

Operations on the hemic and lymphatic system .....................................40–41 12.3 1.0 12.2 1.3 12.4 1.0
 

Operations on the digestive system .............................................42–54 182.2 7.7 161.5 7.3 202.2 8.7
 

Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.11–45.14,45.16 33.5 1.7 29.6 1.6 37.2 2.0
 

Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.21–45.25 17.0 0.8 14.3 0.9 19.5 1.0
 

Partial excision of large intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.7 8.6 0.5 7.9 0.6 9.2 0.6 
 

Appendectomy, excluding incidental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.0 10.9 0.8 12.6 1.0 9.2 0.6 
 

Cholecystectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.2 13.4 0.6 9.6 0.5 17.1 0.8 
 

Lysis of peritoneal adhesions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.5 11.9 0.6 6.3 0.5 17.3 1.0 
 

Operations on the urinary system ..............................................55–59 33.1 2.0 30.5 2.1 35.6 2.4
 

Cystoscopy with or without biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57.31–57.33 4.2 0.3 3.7 0.4 4.6 0.5
 

Operations on the male genital organs ...........................................60–64 7.6 0.7 15.6 1.4 . . . . . .
 

Prostatectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.2–60.6 5.2 0.6 10.5 1.1 . . . . . .
 

Operations on the female genital organs ..........................................65–71 59.4 3.4 . . . . . . 116.9 6.7
 

Oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.3–65.6 12.2 0.7 . . . . . . 23.9 1.5
 

Bilateral destruction or occlusion of fallopian tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.2–66.3 10.8 0.8 . . . . . . 21.3 1.5
 

Hysterectomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.3–68.7,68.9 17.2 1.1 . . . . . . 33.8 2.2
 

Obstetrical procedures .....................................................72–75 233.1 11.4 . . . . . . 458.4 22.5
 

Episiotomy with or without forceps or vacuum extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72.1,72.21,72.31,72.71,73.6 14.7 1.1 . . . . . . 29.0 2.1 
 

Artificial rupture of membranes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.0 29.5 2.3 ... ... 58.0 4.5 
 

Medical induction of labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.4 22.3 1.6 ... ... 43.9 3.1 
 

Cesarean section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.0–74.2,74.4,74.99 44.6 2.4 . . . . . . 87.6 4.8
 

Repair of current obstetric laceration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.5–75.6 42.0 2.2 . . . . . . 82.5 4.2
 

Operations on the musculoskeletal system ................76–84,00.70–00.73,00.80–00.84,00.85–00.87 143.1 8.5 138.3 8.0 147.8 9.5
 

Partial excision of bone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.2–76.3,77.6–77.8 6.1 0.4 6.7 0.5 5.6 0.5
 

Reduction of fracture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.7,79.0–79.3 22.5 1.4 22.0 1.6 23.1 1.5
 

Open reduction of fracture with internal fixation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.3 15.1 0.9 14.1 1.0 16.0 1.1 
 

Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.5 10.3 0.8 10.7 0.9 10.0 0.9 
 

Total hip replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.51,00.85 7.7 0.6 7.3 0.7 8.0 0.7 
 

Total knee replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81.54 18.1 1.4 13.7 1.2 22.3 1.8 
 

Operations on the integumentary system..........................................85–86 51.8 3.9 49.9 5.0 53.7 3.3
 

Debridement of wound, infection, or burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.22,86.28 12.6 1.4 14.2 2.0 11.0 1.0 
 

Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and new technologies5 .................87–99,00 449.8 22.3 445.1 22.7 454.4 22.8
 

Computerized axial tomography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87.03,87.41,87.71,88.01,88.38 21.0 3.9 20.1 3.8 21.9 4.1 
 

Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.4–88.5 61.9 3.4 70.0 4.2 54.1 3.0
 

Diagnostic ultrasound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.7,00.21–00.25,00.28–00.29 28.8 3.2 25.9 2.7 31.6 3.9
 

Physical therapy procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.1–93.3 12.2 2.1 11.0 1.9 13.5 2.4
 

Respiratory therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.9,96.7,00.12 36.4 2.2 37.4 2.3 35.4 2.2 
 

Insertion of endotracheal tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96.04 17.0 0.9 17.5 1.0 16.5 1.1 
 

Transfusion of blood and blood components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99.0 68.5 3.8 60.2 3.7 76.4 4.2 
 

Injection or infusion of cancer chemotherapeutic substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99.25,00.10 7.0 0.6 7.2 0.8 6.8 0.6 
 

. . . Category not applicable. 1SE is standard error of rate. 2

Rates were calculated using U.S. Census Bureau 2000-based postcensal estimates of the civilian population as of July 1, 2007. 3

In 2002, the Chapter 00 codes were established. For reporting purposes, between 2003 and 2005, all Chapter 00 codes were grouped with the miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic

procedures and new technologies category. Beginning in 2006, the 00 codes are included in the categories and chapters of their previous codes, where applicable. See Data source. 4

The rate per 10,000 population of discharges with a coronary artery bypass graft was 7.7.

5

Chapter 00 codes included in this category: 00.01–00.03, 00.09, 00.10–00.18, 00.21–00.25, 00.28–00.29, 00.31–00.35, 00.39, 00.40–00.43, 00.45–00.48, 00.52, 00.56, 00.74–00.76, 00.91–00.93.
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Technical Notes

Estimation

Because of the complex multistage

design of NHDS, the survey data must

be inflated or weighted in order to

produce national estimates. The

estimation procedure produces

essentially unbiased national estimates,

and has three basic components:

inflation by reciprocals of the

probabilities of sample selection,

adjustment for nonresponse, and

population weighting ratio adjustments.

These three components of the final

weight are described in more detail in

another report (13).

The standard error is primarily a

measure of sampling variability that

occurs by chance because only a sample

rather than the entire universe is

surveyed. Estimates of the sampling

variability for this report were calculated

with SUDAAN software, which takes

into account the complex sample design.

A description of the software and the

approach it uses has been published

(17). The standard errors of statistics

presented in this report are included in

each of the tables.

Use of tables

Discharges are reported by firstlisted diagnosis, which is the one

specified as the principal diagnosis on

the face sheet or discharge summary of

the medical record or, if a principal

diagnosis is not specified, the first one

listed on the face sheet or discharge

summary of the medical record. It is

usually the main cause of the

hospitalization. The number of firstlisted diagnoses is the same as the

number of discharges.

Estimates of procedures include

surgical or nonsurgical operations,

diagnostic procedures, and special

treatments reported on the medical

record. Up to four procedures are coded

for each discharge. All-listed procedures

include all occurrences of the procedure

coded regardless of the order on the

medical record. Definitions of the terms

used in this report have been published

(1).

The diagnoses and procedures

appear in separate tables of this report,

presented by chapter of the ICD–9–CM.

Within these chapters, subcategories of

diagnoses or procedures are shown.

These specific categories were selected

primarily because of the large number

of discharges or because they are of

special interest. Data for newborn

infants, defined as patients admitted to a

hospital by birth, are excluded from this

report.

Because of low reliability, estimates

with a relative standard error of more

than 30 percent or those based on a

sample of fewer than 30 records are

replaced by asterisks (*). The estimates

that are based on 30–59 patient records

are preceded by an asterisk (*) to

indicate that they also have low

reliability.

Estimates are rounded to the nearest

thousand. Therefore, figures within

tables do not always add to the totals.

Rates and average lengths of stay are

calculated from unrounded figures and

may not precisely agree with rates or

average lengths of stay calculated from

rounded data.

Discharge rates were calculated by

dividing the number of discharges by

the U.S. civilian population and then

multiplying by the unit reported, for

example, when reporting rate per 10,000

population, multiply by 10,000. Rates

are computed using adjustments made

after the 2000 census (postcensal

estimates) of the civilian population of

the United States as of July 1, 2007.

The data are from unpublished

tabulations provided by the U.S. Census

Bureau.

This is the seventh year that NHDS

publications have used rates calculated

from the 2000 census. The rates for

NHDS reports on 1991–2000 data were

computed using postcensal estimates of

the civilian population based on the

1990 census. Population estimates for

the civilian population from the 2000

census were not available until after the

2000 NHDS reports were prepared.

A weighted least squares regression

method (18) was used to test the

significance of time trends shown in

Figures 1 and 5, or mentioned in the

text. Differences mentioned between

2007 NHDS estimates were tested using

the two-sided t-test. Terms that express

differences such as higher, lower,

largest, smallest, leading, increased, or

decreased, were only used when the

differences were statistically significant

at the 0.05 level.
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American Indian 

or Alaska Native 

3 

5 Native Hawaiian 

or Other Pacific 

Islander 

13. Type of Admission – Mark (X) one 

1 Emergency 

2 Urgent 4 

3 5 

C. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 

14. Source of Admission – Mark (X) one 

1 Physician referral 

Clinical referral 

HMO referral 

Transfer from a hospital 

Transfer from SNF 

2 

4 

3 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 Item not available 

Discharged, transferred to

long-term care institution 

Discharged, transferred to another

short-term hospital 

Other disposition/not stated 

Transfer from other 

health facility 

Emergency room 

Court/Law enforcement 

Other – Specify 

Status 

2. Medicare 

3. Medicaid 

4. Other government payments 

5. Blue Cross/Blue Shield 

6. HMO/PPO 

7. Other private or

commercial insurance 

8. Self pay 

9. No charge 

10. Other –Specify 

Mark all 

that 

apply 

Mark 

one only 

Newborn 

Elective Items not available/

unknown 

Black or 

African American 

(Item deleted) 

{ 

(Over) 

Figure I. Medical abstract National Hospital Dishcarge Survey, 2007
 
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Completed by Date 

No procedures 

Month Day Year 

Admitting diagnosis 

18. Final diagnoses (up to 7 diagnoses including E-codes) (Enter ICD-9-CM codes as well as narrative if available.) 

Diagnosis ICD-9-CM 

Code Description Present on admission 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

Principal diagnosis No information on face sheet

Diagnosis 2 

Diagnosis 3 

Diagnosis 4 

Diagnosis 5 

Diagnosis 6 

Diagnosis 7 

19. Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures (up to 4 procedures) (Enter ICD-9-CM codes as well as narrative if available.) 

Procedure ICD-9-CM 

Code 

Principal procedure 

Description Date of Procedure(s) 

Procedure 2 

Procedure 3 

Procedure 4 

Comments 

Description ICD-9-CM 

Code 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

No information on face sheet 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

No information on face sheet 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

No information on face sheet 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

No information on face sheet 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

No information on face sheet 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

Yes No 

Unknown 

Clinically undetermined 

No information on face sheet 

1 

3 

4 

5 

2 

D. MEDICAL INFORMATION 

17. ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS 

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Figure I. Medical abstract National Hospital Dishcarge Survey, 2007—Con.
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Acknowledgments

This report was prepared in the Division of Health Care Statistics (DHCS). This report was edited by Demarius V. Miller, CDC/NCHM/Division

of Creative Services, Writer-Editor Services Branch; typeset by Annette F. Holman, and graphics produced by Zorica Tomic-Whalen

(Contractor), CDC/OSELS/NCHS/OD/Office of Information Services, Information Design and Publishing Staff.

Suggested citation

Hall MJ, DeFrances CJ, Williams SN,

Golosinskiy A, Schwartzman A. National

Hospital Discharge Survey: 2007 summary.

National health statistics reports; no 29.

Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health

Statistics. 2010.

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