Surgical Procedure

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Surgical procedures (international classification of Disease (ICD) 9-CM and case mix) refer to all invasive therapies performed as in-patient surgery, where in-patient surgery is defined as a surgical operation or procedure which is performed with an overnight stay in an in-patient institution. Selected surgical procedures are listed and presented in two chapters according to the classification, either ICD-9-CM or DRG. Data collected is the number of in-patient procedures.