Elective surgery waiting list episode—indicator procedure, code NN

Guide for use:
The procedure terms are defined by the Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) codes which are listed in the Comments field below. Where a patient is awaiting more than one indicator procedure, all codes should be listed. This is because the intention is to count procedures rather than patients in this instance.

These are planned procedures for the waiting list, not what is actually performed during hospitalisation.

Origin:

National Health Data Committee

Comments:

The list of indicator procedures may be reviewed from time to time. Some health authorities already code a larger number of waiting list procedures.

Waiting list statistics for indicator procedures give a specific indication of performance in particular areas of elective care provision. It is not always possible to code all elective surgery procedures at the time of addition to the waiting list. Reasons for this include that the surgeon may be uncertain of the exact procedure to be performed, and that the large number of procedures possible and lack of consistent nomenclature would make coding errors likely. Furthermore, the increase in workload for clerical staff may not be acceptable. However, a relatively small number of procedures account for the bulk of the elective surgery workload. Therefore, a list of common procedures with a tendency to long waiting times is useful. Waiting time statistics by procedure are useful to patients and referring doctors. In addition, waiting time data by procedure assists in planning and resource allocation, audit and performance monitoring.

The following is a list of ACHI (8th edition) codes comprising each indicator procedure category:

Cataract extraction:

42698-00 [195] 42702-00 [195] 42702-01 [195]
42698-01 [196] 42702-02 [196] 42702-03 [196]
42698-02 [197] 42702-04 [197] 42702-05 [197]
42698-03 [198] 42702-06 [198] 42702-07 [198]
42698-04 [199] 42702-08 [199] 42702-09 [199]
42731-01 [200] 42698-05 [200] 42702-10 [200]
42734-00 [201] 42788-00 [201] 42719-00 [201]
42731-00 [201] 42719-02 [201] 42791-02 [201]
42716-00 [202] 42702-11 [200] 42722-00 [201]

Cholecystectomy:

30443-00 [965] 30454-01 [965] 30455-00 [965]
30445-00 [965] 30448-00 [965] 30449-00 [965]

Coronary artery bypass graft:

38497-00 [672] 38497-01 [672] 39497-02 [672]
38497-03 [672] 38497-04 [673] 38497-05 [673]
38497-06 [673] 39497-07 [673] 38500-00 [674]
38503-00 [674] 38500-01 [675] 38503-01 [675]
38500-02 [676] 38503-02 [676] 38500-03 [677]
38503-03 [677] 38500-04 [678] 38500-05 [679]
38503-04 [678] 38503-05 [679] 90201-00 [679]
90201-01 [679] 90201-02 [679] 90201-03 [679]

Cystoscopy:

36812-00 [1089] 36812-01 [1089] 36836-00 [1098]

Haemorrhoidectomy:

32138-00 [941] 32132-00 [941] 32135-00 [941]
32135-01 [941] 32138-01 [941] 32138-02 [941]

Hysterectomy:

35653-00 [1268] 35653-01 [1268] 35661-00 [1268]
35670-00 [1268] 35667-00 [1268] 35664-00 [1268]
35657-00 [1269] 35756-00 [1269] 35673-02 [1269]
35753-02 [1269] 35667-01 [1269] 35664-01 [1269]
90450-00 [989] 90450-01 [989] 90450-02 [989]
35653-04 [1268] 90448-00 [1268] 90448-01 [1268]
90448-02 [1268]

Inguinal herniorrhaphy:

30614-03 [990] 30615-00 [997] 30609-03 [990]
30614-02 [990] 30609-02 [990]

Myringoplasty:

41527-00 [313] 41530-00 [313] 41533-01 [313]
41542-00 [315] 41635-01 [313]

Myringotomy:

41626-00 [309] 41626-01 [309] 41632-00 [309]
41632-01 [309]

Prostatectomy:

37203-00 [1165] 37203-02 [1165] 37207-00 [1166]
37207-01 [1166] 37203-05 [1166] 37203-06 [1166]
37200-03 [1167] 37200-04 [1167] 37209-00 [1167]
37200-05 [1167] 90407-00 [1168] 37201-00 [1165]
37203-03 [1166] 37203-04 [1166] 37224-00 [1162]
37224-01 [1162] 37209-01 [1166] 37210-01 [1166]
37211-01 [1166] 90408-00 [1162]

Septoplasty:

41671-02 [379] 41671-01 [379] 41671-03 [379]

Tonsillectomy:

41789-00 [412] 41789-01 [412]

Total hip replacement:

49318-00 [1489] 49319-00 [1489] 49324-00 [1492]
49327-00 [1492] 49330-00 [1492] 49333-00 [1492]
49345-00 [1492] 49339-00 [1492] 49342-00 [1492]

Total knee replacement:

49518-00 [1518] 49519-00 [1518] 49521-00 [1519]
49521-01 [1519] 49521-02 [1519] 49521-03 [1519]
49524-00 [1519] 49524-01 [1519] 49527-00 [1524]
49530-00 [1523] 49530-01 [1523] 49533-00 [1523]
49554-00 [1523] 49534-00 [1519]

Varicose veins stripping and ligation:

32508-00 [727] 32508-01 [727] 32511-00 [727]
32504-01 [728] 32507-00 [728] 32514-00 [737]