A standardized list of procedure codes was developed to identify high-risk surgical procedures in patients 65 years and older for use in claims data research.
We developed a list of procedure codes to identify high-risk surgical procedures in claims data. This list of high-risk operations can be used to standardize the definition of high-risk surgery in quality and outcomes-based studies and to design targeted clinical interventions.
Schwarze et al. (Wed,) studied this question.