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Mortality and Complications Outcomes
2019 Methodology
Confidential © Copyright 2019 Healthgrades Operating Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be reproduced or redistributed without the express permission of Healthgrades Operating Company, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Data Acquisition 3 Cohort Definitions and Outcomes 4 Defining In-Hospital Complications 5
Diagnosis Records With Unknown or Empty POA Indicator 6 Diagnosis Records With POA Indicators 7 Independent vs. Dependent Complications 7
Multivariate Logistic Regression Models 7 Statistically Significant Risk Factors 7 Model Coefficient Summary and Fit Statistics Tables 8 Adjustment for POA Fill Rate as an Additional Model Variable 8 Hospital Performance 8
Limitations of the Data Models 9 Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions 10 Appendix B. Coefficient Summary Table – Mortality Cohorts 18 Appendix C. Coefficient Summary Table – Complication Cohorts 77 Appendix D. Model Fit Statistics 105 Appendix E. Hospital Ratings Removal Policy 106 Appendix F. All-Payer States Citations and Disclaimers 107
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Introduction To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance for care provided during a hospital stay for specific conditions or procedures, Healthgrades analyzed clinical outcomes data for virtually every hospital in the country. Analyses included Medicare-patient care records for nearly 4,500 short-term, acute care hospitals nationwide, assessing hospital performance relative to each of 32 common conditions and procedures (cohorts), plus two cohorts using all-payer data. The Healthgrades methodology uses multivariate logistic regression to risk adjust for patient demographic and clinical risk factors that influence patient outcomes in significant and systematic ways.
The purpose of risk adjustment is to obtain fair statistical comparisons of mortality and complication rates between hospitals while accounting for differences in underlying risk factors observed in the data among disparate populations or groups. Significant differences in demographic and clinical risk factors are found among patients treated in different hospitals; thus, it is necessary to make accurate and valid comparisons of clinical outcomes with a methodology using risk-adjustment techniques. Risk factors may include age, gender, specific procedure performed, and comorbid conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes.
Individual risk models are constructed and tailored for each of the 34 conditions or procedures relative to each specific outcome. Model clinical outcomes reflect clinical-based measures of patient status during and after care (during the episode of care in a hospital stay) and include: in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality, and 30-day post-admission mortality. In cases where Medicare data do not adequately represent the population with a specific condition or having a specific procedure, such as appendectomy and bariatric surgery, Healthgrades evaluated hospitals using all-payer data from 15 states and the District of Columbia.
Data Acquisition Healthgrades used the following data sources in the analysis of hospital patient records:
• Medicare inpatient data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) file purchased from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for years 2015 through 2017. The MedPAR data were selected for several reasons:
• Almost every hospital in the country is included in the database, with the exception of military and Veterans Administration hospitals.
• Accuracy is regulated. Hospitals are required by law to submit complete and accurate information for fee-for-service Medicare patient hospital care with substantial penalties for those that report inaccurate or incomplete data.
• The Medicare population represents a majority of the patients for virtually all of the clinical categories studied.
• Inpatient data for the appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts were provided by 15 states and the District of Columbia that provide all-payer state data.
• Colorado • Maryland • Oregon • Virginia* • District of Columbia • Nevada* • Pennsylvania • Washington* • Florida • New Jersey • Rhode Island* • West Virginia • Iowa • New York • Texas • Wisconsin
*See Appendix F. All-payer States Citations and Disclaimers
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• Since the appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts include very few patients older than 65 years of age, all-payer state data were used to rate hospitals in those states where state data were available. Consequently, appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts were based exclusively on state data from years 2014 through 2016 (one year behind MedPAR data years).
Healthgrades conducted a series of data quality checks to preserve the integrity of the analyses. Based on the applied integrity checks, up to 50% of patient records were excluded from the MedPAR 2015-2017 and all-payer 2014-2016 analysis, depending on the cohort. Patient records were identified for exclusion because, for example, they were determined to be miscoded or were otherwise inappropriate for inclusion in the data sets used for analyses.
Examples of Healthgrades standard rules used to exclude patient records are:
• Patients under the age of 65.
• Patients who left the hospital against medical advice or who were transferred to another acute care hospital.
• Patients discharged alive with a length of stay that is inconsistent with the reason for admission (e.g., a patient discharged alive with a one-day length of stay for valve surgery would be excluded because this procedure requires several days for in-hospital recovery).
• Patients who were still in the hospital when the claim was filed.
• Patients with an invalid gender (e.g., a prostatectomy related to a female patient).
• Patients with an invalid age.
• Patients who have had any organ transplant.
• Patients in medical cohorts who were discharged to hospice.*
• Patients in medical cohorts with metastatic cancers.* * Medical cohorts include non-surgical cohorts: bowel obstruction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetic emergencies, gastrointestinal bleed, heart attack, heart failure, hip fracture treatment, pancreatitis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, sepsis, and stroke.
Cohort Definitions and Outcomes Healthgrades analyzed clinical outcomes (mortality and complications) for each of 34 condition or procedure cohorts. For each, a list of specific procedures and diagnoses that define the cohort as well as a list of exclusions representing rare and/or clinically complex diagnoses and procedures that cannot be adequately risk-adjusted were developed. A full list of ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.
Inclusion criteria for cohort analyses required at least 30 cases across three years of data and at least five cases in the most current year per hospital. As a result, the number of hospitals that qualified and received a rating ranged from a low of 450 rated for bariatric surgery to a high of 4,048 rated for pneumonia.
For 19 of the cohorts, clinical outcomes evaluated were in-hospital and 30-day post-admission mortality (see Table 1).
For 15 of the cohorts, the clinical outcome evaluated was the occurrence of one or more in-hospital complications (see Table 1). Clinical and coding experts define the complications for these 15 cohorts. A list of in-hospital complications by cohort can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.
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For the analyses, clinical outcomes were dichotomous:
• Complications were documented in the patient record as either present or not present.
• Mortality was documented in the patient record as either recorded as alive or deceased. In cohorts where the clinical outcome was complications, mortality was considered a complication.
Table 1. Mortality and Complication Cohorts Mortality Cohorts Bowel Obstruction Heart Failure
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pancreatitis
Colorectal Surgeries Pneumonia
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery Pulmonary Embolism
Coronary Interventional Procedures Respiratory Failure
Cranial Neurosurgery Sepsis
Diabetic Emergencies Small Intestine Surgeries
Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries Stroke
Gastrointestinal Bleed Valve Surgery
Heart Attack In-Hospital Complication Cohorts Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Hip Replacement
Appendectomy Pacemaker Procedures
Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion) Peripheral Vascular Bypass
Bariatric Surgery Prostate Removal Surgery
Carotid Procedures Spinal Fusion
Defibrillator Procedures Total Knee Replacement
Gallbladder Removal Surgery Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery
Hip Fracture Treatment
Defining In-Hospital Complications For some procedures and treatments, Healthgrades evaluates in-hospital complications—if patients experience one or more complications during their hospital stay for a procedure or treatment.
While complications sometimes occur during a patient's hospital stay, Healthgrades pinpoints complications that should not occur with a typical patient. Many of these complications are preventable and usually cause a prolonged hospital stay, additional and costly medical treatments, harm, and sometimes even death.
In October of 2007 (fiscal year 2008), CMS began requiring most hospitals to provide a present on admission (POA) indicator for every diagnosis submitted. This indicator is intended to distinguish complications that occur during a patient’s hospital stay from those present at the time the patient was admitted to the hospital.
Hospitals excluded from the POA requirement included: critical access hospital, long-term care hospitals, cancer hospitals, children’s inpatient facilities, rural health clinics, inpatient rehabilitation or psychiatric hospitals, and federal healthcare facilities. Hospitals in Maryland generally operated under a waiver in section 1814(b)(3) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and were exempt from POA
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reporting until October 2014. CMS began requiring Maryland hospitals to report POA status beginning in the 2014 fiscal year.
Table 2 shows the POA indicators listed in the 2017 MedPAR file layout document* and how they were used by Healthgrades in determining in-hospital complications in the current 2019 award year analyses. These indicators are identical to those in the all-payer state data file.
Table 2. Present On Admission Indicators POA Indicator (Interpretation)
CMS Description*
Use by Healthgrades
Y (Yes, Present)
Present at the time of inpatient admission
Utilized in the risk-adjustment process
N (No, Not Present)
Not present at the time of inpatient admission
Used to identify in-hospital complications
U, [blank], 1, Other (Unknown)
Documentation is insufficient to determine if condition was present on admission Unreported/not used—exempt from POA reporting
May require the co-occurrence of other codes to be a complication, see Records with No POA Indicator section below. If not considered a complication, it may be used in risk adjustment.
W (Clinically Undetermined)
Provider is unable to clinically determine whether condition was present on admission or not.
Not considered a complication nor used in risk adjustment
* MedPAR Limited Data Set – Hospital (National) File Layout. Also known as, Expanded Modified MedPAR File Layout. March 2016. Available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Files-for-Order/LimitedDataSets/Downloads/2017_MedPAR_Version_R2K_Layout.zip
Diagnosis Records With Unknown or Empty POA Indicator When utilizing administrative patient records, Healthgrades identifies diagnosed conditions as either pre-existing or hospital-acquired. Only the hospital-acquired conditions are considered as in-hospital complications in our analyses.
To differentiate between pre-existing and hospital-acquired conditions when there is no POA indicator or the POA indicator is U (unknown), Healthgrades uses the presence of a postoperative complication code to identify a documented occurrence of a complication. For example, in the case where a patient record contains ICD-9 427.31 or ICD-10 I48.0 (Atrial Fibrillation) without a POA indicator, that code is considered a comorbid risk factor if it occurs by itself and an in-hospital complication if there is an ICD 997.1 Cardiac Complications code or one of several ICD-10 cardiac complication codes, including I97.89 (Other Post-Procedural Complications and Disorder of Circulatory System, NEC), also present in the patient record.
Healthgrades does not require the presence of a postoperative complication code for diagnoses that were clearly hospital-acquired (e.g., heart attack in an elective procedure such as total knee replacement).
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Diagnosis Records With POA Indicators When there is a POA indicator present, a diagnosis is only considered an in-hospital complication if the POA indicator is set to No. This means that the condition was not present at the time of admission and was acquired during the hospitalization episode of care.
Independent vs. Dependent Complications Complications are “independent” if the condition clearly occurred during a patient’s hospital stay or if the condition is defined as postoperative by the coding definition. These conditions only require a single code to be present in order to be counted as a complication. They are not counted as a complication if the POA indicator was “Yes” or “Clinically Undetermined”. Complications described as “dependent” are conditions that must either have POA indicator set to “No” or if the POA indicator is set to “Unknown” or is missing, there must also be the listed the ICD-9 900 postoperative complication code or its ICD-10 equivalent present in the patient record. These conditions require two codes (the condition ICD code and the 900 series complication code or its ICD-10 equivalent) to be considered a complication. A full list of ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.
Multivariate Logistic Regression Models For each of the 34 cohorts, individual risk models were constructed and tailored for each condition or procedure relative to the specific clinical outcome; including, in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality or 30-day post-admission mortality.
Healthgrades methodology uses multivariate logistic regression to adjust for patient risk factors that influence patient outcomes in significant and systematic ways. Risk factors may include age, gender, specific procedure performed, comorbid conditions. Examples of comorbid conditions that may be evaluated include hypertension, chronic renal failure, heart failure, and diabetes.
Statistically Significant Risk Factors For each cohort, comorbid diagnoses (e.g., hypertension, chronic renal failure, anemia, and diabetes), demographic characteristics (age and gender), source of patient admission, and specific procedures (e.g., percutaneous coronary intervention in heart bypass surgery) were classified as potential risk factors. Healthgrades used logistic regression to determine which of these potential risk factors were statistically significant in predicting the outcome measure (e.g., mortality). All risk factors that remained in the final model were statistically significant at the p ≤ .05 level in predicting the clinical outcome.
Risk factors with an odds ratio less than 1.0 were removed from the final model. There were occasional exceptions to this rule, determined by statistical and clinical expert review. For example, risk factors that have been documented in the medical literature to be associated with lower risk of mortality or complications and risk factors that are part of the cohort definition remained in the model even if the odds ratio was less than one (e.g., clipping of aneurysm in stroke).
Appendix B lists the coefficient summary table for each of the 19 mortality-based cohorts. Appendix C lists the coefficient summary table for each of the 15 complication-based cohorts. Included in the summary tables are the risk factor descriptions, the model coefficients, standard errors, z-statistics, and odds ratios.
The statistical models were checked for predictive ability and finalized. All of the models were predictive of the outcome being measured, with c-statistics ranging from 0.664 to 0.940. These cohort-specific and outcome-specific models were then used to estimate the probability of the outcome for each patient in the cohort (predicted probability of mortality and complications). Appendix D, Model Fit Statistics contains the c-stat with a 95% confidence interval for each risk-adjustment model by cohort.
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Model Coefficient Summary and Fit Statistics Tables (See Appendix B and Appendix C for coefficient summary tables for 34 logistic regression models. For each model, tables include the following items:
• Model (factor) Coefficient – This represents the increase or decrease to the patient level log odds when the patient has the associated factor.
• Standard Error – This is a measure of variation for the coefficient.
• Z-Statistic – This is a test statistic which provides a measure of the strength of the relationship between the factor and the outcome.
• Odds Ratio – This is the most commonly interpreted component of a logistic regression model. This indicates the relative increase in the likelihood of a negative outcome (mortality or complication) when a patient has the risk factor relative to a patient who does not.
Adjustment for POA Fill Rate as an Additional Model Variable POA fill rates were included as an additional independent variable for each year of data. The POA fill rate was calculated as the percent of diagnosis codes having a known POA indicator value of Yes, No or Clinically Undetermined among patients in that cohort at that hospital.
This additional risk adjustment was necessary because critical access hospitals were exempt from POA reporting. Thus, these hospitals had lower rates of detectable in-hospital complications and conversely, more conditions potentially factored into the acuity adjustment. Testing verified that the inclusion of POA fill rates in the logistic regression model adequately adjusted for the differing overall rates of complications between hospitals reporting POA and the exempt hospitals.
Hospital Performance Once the regression models were developed, Healthgrades stratified hospital performance for each of the 34 conditions or procedures into three categories:
Better Than Expected – Actual performance was better than predicted and the difference was statistically significant at alpha = 0.1.
As Expected – Actual performance was not statistically significantly different from what was predicted at alpha = 0.1.
Worse Than Expected – Actual performance was worse than predicted and the difference was statistically significant at alpha = 0.1.
Developing the Healthgrades hospital performance categories involved four steps:
1. The hospital predicted value (predicted number of deaths or complications at each hospital) was calculated by summing the individual patient record predicted values determined from logistic regression models discussed above.
2. The hospital predicted value was compared with the actual or observed value (e.g., actual number of deaths or complications at each hospital).
3. A test was conducted to determine whether the difference between the predicted and actual values was statistically significant. This test was performed to make sure that differences were very unlikely to be caused by chance alone. A z-score was used to establish an approximate 90% confidence interval.*
4. Hospital performance star-levels were determined based upon the outcome of the test for statistical significance.
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*In stratifying hospital performance categories, Healthgrades establishes a 90% confidence interval for z-score distribution with cut-offs of 1.645 standard deviations above and below the mean. The 5-star hospital performance category for a specific condition or procedure includes scores more than 1.645 standard deviations above the mean. The 1-star hospital performance category for a specific condition or procedure includes scores more than 1.645 standard deviations below the mean. Additionally, the Hosmer-Lemeshow patient level variance estimates were used to calculate hospital specific standard deviations for test of statistical significance.
Limitations of the Data Models While logistic regression models may be valuable in identifying hospitals that perform better than others for care provided during a hospital stay, one should not use this information alone to determine the quality of care provided at each hospital. The models are limited by the following factors:
• Cases may have been coded incorrectly or incompletely by the hospital.
• The models can only account for risk factors that are coded into medical claims record. If a particular risk factor was not coded into the billing data, such as a patient’s socioeconomic status and health behavior, then it was not accounted for with these models.
Please note that hospitals grouped into the 5-star category for performance in a specific cohort do not serve as a recommendation or endorsement by Healthgrades for a particular hospital; it means that the data associated with a particular hospital have met the foregoing qualifications. Individual patients should decide, in conjunction with their doctor, whether a particular hospital is suited for their unique needs.
Also note that if more than one hospital reported to CMS under a single provider ID, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes data for those hospitals as a single unit. Throughout this document, therefore, “hospital” refers to one hospital or a group of hospitals reporting under a single provider ID. Some hospitals that operate as a single unit submit data under multiple provider IDs. In this case, the data from the multiple provider IDs are combined and reported under the parent hospital provider ID.
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions Appendectomy
Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Appendectomy Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Laparoscopic • Open procedures
• None
Bariatric Surgery Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Bariatric Surgery
• Diagnosis of obesity or morbid obesity
• Open and laparoscopic gastric bypass, banding, or restriction
• Revision of gastric restriction procedures
• Primary or metastatic malignancies
• Duodenal, gastric, or peptic ulcers
• Patients undergoing a non-bariatric (not for weight loss) GI procedure
Cardiac Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery (Isolated) Primary Procedure May have a PCI in this stay Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Coronary bypass of one or more arteries
• Patient discharged alive with a length of stay < 1 day
• Cases with accompanying: o Valve repair and
replacement, including catheter-based valve procedures
o Aortic aneurysm repair o Carotid endarterectomy
Coronary Interventional Procedures (PCI) - Inpatient Primary Procedure is PCI or Principal Procedure of Intra-aortic balloon pump with PCI in a subsequent coded position Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Removal of coronary artery obstruction
• Single or multi-vessel • Balloon angioplasty with or
without thrombolytic agent • Stent may be bare metal or drug
eluting
• CABG or valve surgery during the same stay
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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Cardiac Service Line (continued) Defibrillator Procedures Defined by Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Defibrillator implants • CABG or valve surgery during the same stay
• Coronary angioplasty/stent during the same stay
Heart Attack Primary Diagnosis Includes patients who receive thrombolytics, PCI, CABG, Valve Surgery, or medical management only during the hospital stay Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• All myocardial infarctions • Respirator-dependent status • Heart assist device • Metastatic cancers • Discharge to hospice
Heart Failure Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Systolic, diastolic, combined, left, or rheumatic
• Acute or chronic • Decompensated or
compensated
• Dialysis during the same stay • Respirator-dependent status • Heart assist device • Metastatic cancers • Discharge to hospice
Pacemaker Procedures Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Pacemaker implants and/or leads
• Replacement of pacemaker implant and/or leads
• Revision of pacemaker implants and/or leads
• Pacemaker and/or lead removal
• CABG or valve surgery during the same stay
• Coronary angioplasty/stenting during the same stay
Valve Surgery Procedure at any position May have CABG during the same hospital stay Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Replacement with repair • Open or endoscopic repair • Aortic, mitral, pulmonary, or
tricuspid, including TAVR
• Aortic dissections and repairs • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day
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Critical Care Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Diabetic Emergencies Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Diabetic ketoacidosis • HHNK (Hyperosmolar
Hyperglycemic Non-Ketotic Coma)
• Hypoglycemic shock
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice
Pulmonary Embolism Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Pulmonary embolism and infarction
• Septic or other • Without acute cor pulmonale
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice
Respiratory Failure Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Acute respiratory failure • Acute and chronic respiratory
failure
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Discharge to hospice
Sepsis Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Sepsis o Bacterial o Viral o Unspecified organism
• Severe sepsis • Septic shock
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice
Gastrointestinal Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Bowel Obstruction Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Pyloric stenosis • Gastrojejunal ulcer with
obstruction • Intestinal obstruction without
hernia • Duodenal ulcer with obstruction • Other obstruction of duodenum • Hernia with obstruction • Gallstone ileus • Intussusception
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Discharge to hospice • Patients deceased with a
length of stay <1 day
Colorectal Surgeries Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Resection of colon • Resection of rectum • Hemicolectomy (Open and
laparoscopic) • Sigmoidectomy (Open and
laparoscopic) • Cecectomy (Open and
laparoscopic) • Large-to-Large intestine
anastomosis • Colostomy procedure
• Metastatic cancers
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Gastrointestinal Service Line (continued) Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Gastrostomy • Gastrectomy • Procedures for control of
bleeding • Sutures of ulcer sites • Repairs of stomach or esophagus
• Metastatic cancers • Patients undergoing a bariatric
(weight loss) procedure
Gallbladder Removal Surgery (Cholecystectomy) Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Open or laparoscopic • Total or partial
• Does not include primary procedure of gallbladder stenting
Gastrointestinal Bleed Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Bleeding/hemorrhage from any of the following: o Esophageal varices o Esophageal ulcer o Gastric ulcer o Duodenal ulcer o Peptic ulcer o Gastrojejunal ulcer o Gastritis or duodenitis o Angiodysplasia of stomach
and duodenum o Diverticulosis o Rectum or anus o Dieulafoy lesion of intestine
• Hematemesis • Melena • Hemorrhage of GI tract,
unspecified
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Discharge to hospice • Patients deceased with a
length of stay <1 day
Small Intestine Surgeries Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Resection of small intestine • Small-to-small intestine
anastomosis • Small-to-large intestine
anastomosis • Creation, revision, or closure of
stoma of small intestine • Repair of small intestine
• Metastatic cancers • Patients undergoing a bariatric
(weight loss) procedure
Pancreatitis Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Acute • Chronic • Cyst and pseudocyst of pancreas
• Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Discharge to hospice
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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Neurosciences Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Cranial Neurosurgery Primary Procedure Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Intracranial vascular procedures for hemorrhage: o Aneurysm repairs o Clippings o Coilings o Intracranial angioplasties
• Craniotomies • Ventricular shunts
• Head trauma • Patients deceased with a
length of stay <1 day • Discharge to hospice
Stroke Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage • Intracerebral hemorrhage • Intracranial hemorrhage,
unspecified • Occlusion and stenosis of basilar,
carotid, or vertebral artery • Cerebral thrombosis, embolism,
or occlusion
• Hospitals transferring more than 10% of their population
• Subdural bleeds • Extradural bleeds • Patients deceased with a
length of stay <1 day • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day • Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Respirator-dependent status • Discharge to hospice
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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Orthopedic Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Hip Fracture Treatment Primary Diagnosis and Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) May be treated with total hip replacement Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Closed femur neck fractures • Closed trochanteric and
subtrochanteric fractures • Closed intertrochanteric fractures
• Injuries associated with major trauma
• Open fractures of the femur neck
• Closed fracture of the epiphysis of the neck of the femur
• Femur shaft fractures • Knee replacement during
same hospital stay • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day • Discharge to hospice
Hip Replacement Primary Procedure and Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Primary hip replacement • Bilateral cases • Partial and total hip resurfacing
• Injuries associated with major trauma
• Hip fracture diagnosis • Revisions • Removal of hardware • Knee replacement during the
same stay
Total Knee Replacement Primary Procedure and Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Primary total knee replacement [bicompartmental, tricompartmental, unicompartmental (hemi-joint)]
• Bilateral cases
• Injuries associated with major trauma
• Revisions • Removal of hardware • Hip replacement (total or
partial) or hip resurfacing during the same stay
Prostatectomy Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Prostate Removal Surgery Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Radical prostatectomy – suprapubic, retropubic, and perineal approaches
• Local excision of lesion of prostate
• None
Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Transurethral guided laser induced prostatectomy (TULIP)
• Other transurethral prostatectomies (including TURP)
• None
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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Pulmonary Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Chronic bronchitis • Simple and obstructive bronchitis
with and without exacerbation • Chronic airway obstruction, not
elsewhere classified • Chronic obstructive asthma • Emphysema • Bronchiectasis
• Respirator-dependent status • Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • Discharge to hospice
Pneumonia Primary Diagnosis Evaluated on mortality rates at two time periods: • In-hospital • Within 30 days of
admission
• Pneumonia o Bacterial o Fungal o Viral o Unspecified organism
• Respirator-dependent status • Metastatic cancers • Heart assist device • SARS-related • Discharge to hospice
Spine Surgery Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Back & Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion) Primary Procedure and DRG Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Cervical, thoracic, and/or lumbar spine laminectomy, laminoplasty, foraminotomy
• Repair or reduction of vertebral fracture Removal on bony spicules
• Elevation of spinal bone fragments
• Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc
• Removal of herniated nucleus pulposus
• Insertion of motion preservation devices
• Injuries associated with major trauma
• Post-laminectomy syndrome: cervical, thoracic, or lumbar
• Patients with secondary bone cancer
Spinal Fusion Primary Procedure and DRG Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• 2-7 level fusion • Performed within 3rd cervical
vertebrae to lumbosacral spine • Single incision approach
• Injuries associated with major trauma
• C1-C2 fusions • 8+ level fusions • Refusions or removal of
previously placed material • Post-laminectomy syndrome:
cervical, thoracic, or lumbar • Insertion of spinal disc
prosthetics • Spinal column malignancies
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Vascular Service Line Cohort Inclusions Notable Exclusions Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Excision of aneurysm and resection with anastomosis with and without replacement of the aorta
• Endovascular implantation of a graft in the abdominal aorta
• Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Aortic dissection • During the same stay:
o CABG and/or Valve surgery
o Resection of thoracic vessel
• Combination of stenting/anastomosis procedures
• Incision of vessel for embolectomy or thrombectomy
Carotid Procedures Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Carotid endarterectomy • Carotid stent placement • Percutaneous angioplasty of pre-
cerebral vessels
• Presence of subarachnoid, intracerebral and subdural hemorrhage
• CABG during the same stay • Resection of other peripheral
vessel with anastomosis
Peripheral Vascular Bypass Primary Procedure Evaluated on in-hospital complication rates
• Peripheral vascular shunt or bypass: o Axillary-brachial o Axillary-femoral o Brachial o Femoral-femoral o Femoroperoneal o Femoropopliteal o Femorotibial o Popliteal o Vascular bypass not
otherwise specified
• Revisions • Upper extremity embolism
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Appendix B. Coefficient Summary Table – Mortality Cohorts Bowel Obstruction
In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.562 0.038 14.861 1.754 0.356 0.031 11.352 1.427
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.486 0.115 4.229 1.626 0.47 0.093 5.035 1.599
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.893 0.065 13.824 2.443 0.728 0.055 13.179 2.07
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.265 0.054 4.884 1.303 0.229 0.047 4.873 1.257
AdmitSourceXferHospital * * * * 0.177 0.033 5.403 1.194
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.162 0.072 2.244 1.176
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.314 0.042 7.427 1.37
Age70To74 0.152 0.047 3.225 1.164 0.144 0.035 4.074 1.155
Age75To79 0.372 0.045 8.272 1.45 0.35 0.034 10.292 1.419
Age80To84 0.631 0.044 14.453 1.879 0.598 0.033 18.071 1.818
Age85To89 0.886 0.044 20.3 2.426 0.886 0.033 26.841 2.425
Age90AndOver 1.091 0.045 24.196 2.978 1.204 0.034 35.599 3.332
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.167 0.035 4.709 1.181 0.442 0.026 17.244 1.556
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.135 0.025 5.387 1.145
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.124 0.043 2.903 1.133
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.294 0.025 11.773 1.342 0.306 0.019 16.282 1.359
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.212 0.078 2.728 1.236 * * * *
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.145 0.048 3.016 1.156 0.182 0.038 4.859 1.2
CACHEXIA 0.728 0.064 11.356 2.07 0.71 0.051 13.782 2.033
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.328 0.137 2.402 1.389
CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.839 0.113 7.4 2.313 0.736 0.1 7.364 2.087
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.323 0.028 11.388 1.381 0.299 0.022 13.889 1.349
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.135 0.035 3.822 1.145 0.114 0.027 4.202 1.121
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.442 0.06 7.416 1.555 0.474 0.046 10.304 1.607
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.311 0.041 7.536 1.365 0.315 0.031 10.058 1.371
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.491 0.085 5.742 1.634 0.738 0.062 11.982 2.091
COLONOSCOPY AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY 0.255 0.063 4.046 1.29 0.229 0.048 4.753 1.257
COLOSTOMY, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 0.647 0.069 9.315 1.91 0.45 0.058 7.765 1.568
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.257 0.034 7.674 1.294 0.273 0.026 10.705 1.314
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.086 0.025 3.417 1.09 0.046 0.019 2.417 1.047
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.468 0.042 11.118 1.597
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.214 0.053 4.04 1.239 0.276 0.04 6.856 1.318
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.048 0.022 2.12 1.049
DILATION OF INTESTINE 0.208 0.083 2.499 1.232 0.217 0.062 3.505 1.242
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Bowel Obstruction (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.494 0.031 16.123 1.638 0.66 0.023 28.749 1.935
Endoscopic insertion of colonic stent(s) -0.585 0.27 -2.168 0.557 * * * *
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.36 0.067 20.432 3.898 1.123 0.091 12.307 3.074
EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY 0.795 0.066 12.009 2.214 0.526 0.06 8.819 1.692
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE * * * * 0.241 0.096 2.511 1.272
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.428 0.063 6.84 1.534 0.31 0.05 6.214 1.363
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.247 0.046 5.313 1.28 0.194 0.037 5.239 1.214
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.42 0.052 8.06 1.522 0.302 0.042 7.227 1.352
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.533 0.066 8.112 1.704 0.521 0.051 10.112 1.683
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.415 0.031 13.487 1.515 0.478 0.024 19.676 1.613
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.727 0.081 8.988 2.069 0.702 0.068 10.367 2.018
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.315 0.028 11.149 1.37 0.238 0.022 10.883 1.269
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.235 0.043 5.415 1.265 0.206 0.033 6.177 1.229
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.341 0.063 5.427 1.407 0.394 0.049 8.074 1.483
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.278 0.061 4.567 1.321 0.331 0.048 6.949 1.392
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.087 0.029 3.025 1.09 0.103 0.022 4.73 1.108
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.183 0.045 4.062 1.2
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.575 0.099 5.787 1.777 0.567 0.081 6.992 1.763
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.149 0.061 2.438 1.161 0.207 0.047 4.425 1.23
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.389 0.086 4.538 1.476 0.336 0.069 4.893 1.399
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.129 0.045 2.894 1.138 0.104 0.034 3.014 1.109
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.373 0.151 2.475 1.453 0.404 0.12 3.366 1.498
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.495 0.087 5.67 1.641 0.426 0.068 6.225 1.531
HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.438 0.08 5.507 1.55 0.318 0.066 4.822 1.375
HYDRONEPHROSIS * * * * 0.237 0.058 4.07 1.268
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.275 0.055 5 1.317 0.341 0.043 7.944 1.406
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.337 0.052 6.427 1.401 0.296 0.041 7.154 1.344
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.154 0.035 4.381 1.166 0.202 0.027 7.594 1.224
INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) * * * * -0.186 0.025 -7.428 0.83
LYSIS OF PERITONEAL ADHESIONS 0.603 0.027 22.411 1.827 0.329 0.026 12.589 1.389
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.819 0.145 5.654 2.269 0.62 0.123 5.063 1.86
OPEN AND OTHER CECECTOMY 0.521 0.118 4.422 1.684 0.405 0.102 3.988 1.499
OPEN AND OTHER RESECTION OF TRANSVERSE COLON 0.959 0.158 6.085 2.61 0.839 0.142 5.893 2.314
OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 0.928 0.065 14.279 2.531 0.631 0.056 11.235 1.879
OPEN AND OTHER SIGMOIDECTOMY 0.476 0.081 5.856 1.61 0.198 0.068 2.917 1.219
Other and open repair of other hernia of anterior abdominal wall with graft or prosthesis 0.171 0.056 3.052 1.187 * * * *
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.119 0.057 2.078 1.127 * * * *
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Bowel Obstruction (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.421 0.092 4.591 1.523 0.413 0.072 5.778 1.512
OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE 0.452 0.069 6.551 1.572 0.232 0.057 4.048 1.261
OTHER GASTROENTEROSTOMY WITHOUT GASTRECTOMY 0.952 0.191 4.975 2.592 0.408 0.179 2.28 1.504
OTHER PARTIAL RESECTION OF SMALL INTESTINE 0.781 0.033 23.715 2.183 0.553 0.028 19.648 1.738
OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.117 0.04 2.944 1.125 0.159 0.03 5.376 1.172
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.135 0.05 2.692 1.145
PARALYTIC ILEUS * * * * 0.153 0.025 6.143 1.166
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.191 0.092 2.071 1.21
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.198 0.095 2.084 1.219
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.792 0.069 11.439 2.209 0.7 0.062 11.213 2.013
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.432 0.099 4.374 1.54 0.394 0.076 5.153 1.483
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.533 0.135 3.96 1.704 0.54 0.101 5.349 1.716
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.504 0.134 3.767 1.656
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.332 0.142 2.341 1.394
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.575 0.119 -4.823 0.563 -0.468 0.088 -5.292 0.626
Repair of other hernia of anterior abdominal wall 0.151 0.048 3.166 1.163 * * * *
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.199 0.129 9.257 3.315 1.014 0.119 8.542 2.758
SexFemale -0.178 0.023 -7.732 0.837 -0.189 0.017 -10.879 0.828
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.773 0.029 130.726 43.514 3.372 0.027 124.581 29.126
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.221 0.092 2.415 1.248 0.205 0.072 2.847 1.227
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.224 0.056 4.032 1.251 0.127 0.044 2.908 1.136
Unilateral repair of inguinal hernia, not otherwise specified 0.189 0.086 2.195 1.208 * * * *
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.451 0.058 7.784 1.57 0.57 0.044 12.825 1.768
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.473 0.052 9.14 1.605 0.381 0.045 8.45 1.464
VOLVULUS 0.127 0.047 2.683 1.135 0.141 0.038 3.719 1.151
CHRONIC DUODENAL ILEUS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTION OF DUODENUM * * * * 0.346 0.096 3.618 1.413
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis, not otherwise specified * * * * -0.412 0.159 -2.59 0.662
Other and open repair of direct inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis * * * * -0.237 0.055 -4.307 0.789
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE * * * * 0.105 0.035 3.033 1.11
ACIDOSIS 0.661 0.029 22.614 1.936 0.363 0.019 18.812 1.438
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.646 0.022 28.859 1.907 0.47 0.013 35.604 1.599
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.948 0.055 17.262 2.58 0.623 0.038 16.449 1.864
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.9 0.025 36.735 2.46 0.37 0.016 23.757 1.448
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.348 0.044 7.879 1.416 0.234 0.027 8.723 1.263
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.245 0.091 2.675 1.277 0.278 0.052 5.349 1.32
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.267 0.049 5.437 1.306 0.481 0.027 17.655 1.618
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.385 0.053 7.29 1.47 0.589 0.031 18.882 1.802
Age70To74 0.227 0.032 7.114 1.255 0.227 0.018 12.652 1.255
Age75To79 0.316 0.032 9.972 1.372 0.367 0.018 20.607 1.443
Age80To84 0.413 0.032 12.741 1.512 0.521 0.018 28.621 1.683
Age85To89 0.372 0.035 10.597 1.451 0.639 0.019 32.989 1.894
Age90AndOver 0.332 0.04 8.311 1.393 0.82 0.021 38.334 2.271
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.161 0.018 9.004 1.175
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.181 0.032 5.633 1.198
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.17 0.024 7.073 1.185
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.162 0.015 11.008 1.176
ANXIETY STATE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.059 0.013 4.383 1.061
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.318 0.02 15.841 1.374 0.275 0.011 24.749 1.316
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.335 0.055 6.08 1.398 0.169 0.034 5.02 1.184
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.122 0.026 4.76 1.13
BRONCHIECTASIS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION -0.155 0.073 -2.122 0.856 -0.314 0.043 -7.375 0.731
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.76 0.12 6.359 2.138 0.202 0.078 2.596 1.224
CACHEXIA 0.474 0.045 10.525 1.606 0.501 0.029 17.303 1.651
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.302 0.04 7.469 1.353
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.692 0.047 14.59 1.999 0.442 0.028 15.631 1.556
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.242 0.049 4.969 1.274 0.279 0.028 9.914 1.322
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.192 0.034 5.561 1.211 0.146 0.019 7.563 1.158
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.317 0.101 3.157 1.374 0.414 0.056 7.374 1.512
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.322 0.022 14.452 1.38 0.295 0.012 24.075 1.343
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.173 0.011 15.493 1.189
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.708 0.022 31.879 2.031 0.712 0.013 54.886 2.037
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.765 0.059 12.908 2.15 0.845 0.034 24.674 2.327
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.077 0.027 2.896 1.08
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.211 0.026 8.148 1.235 0.217 0.015 14.675 1.242
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.251 0.039 6.464 1.285 0.081 0.023 3.47 1.084
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.543 0.03 18.211 1.721 0.521 0.02 25.603 1.684
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.463 0.08 18.186 4.317 0.894 0.062 14.385 2.446
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.475 0.025 19.208 1.608 0.202 0.015 13.571 1.224
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.092 0.032 2.847 1.096 0.088 0.018 4.933 1.092
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.436 0.039 11.153 1.546 0.396 0.025 15.831 1.486
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.559 0.045 12.444 1.748 0.373 0.028 13.225 1.453
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.078 0.032 2.407 1.081 0.095 0.019 5.157 1.1
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.263 0.023 11.317 1.301
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.386 0.02 19.76 1.471 0.158 0.011 14.218 1.171
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.454 0.046 9.975 1.575 0.407 0.027 15.174 1.503
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.155 0.035 4.375 1.168 0.148 0.02 7.421 1.16
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.398 0.064 6.227 1.489 0.302 0.039 7.774 1.352
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 1.037 0.085 12.264 2.821 0.691 0.057 12.178 1.995
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.855 0.055 15.412 2.35 0.713 0.036 19.725 2.041
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.481 0.035 13.69 1.618 0.409 0.021 19.118 1.505
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.288 0.03 9.749 1.334 0.193 0.017 11.433 1.213
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.52 0.054 9.58 1.682 1.011 0.029 35.36 2.749
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG * * * * 0.66 0.054 12.113 1.935
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.561 0.127 4.433 1.753 0.205 0.083 2.466 1.228
OTHER DYSPNEA AND RESPIRATORY ABNORMALITY * * * * 0.172 0.045 3.823 1.188
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.734 0.121 6.055 2.083 0.315 0.076 4.154 1.37
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.155 0.042 3.653 1.168
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.259 0.09 2.882 1.295 0.503 0.047 10.617 1.653
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.401 0.045 8.884 1.494 0.449 0.024 18.357 1.566
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.726 0.075 9.728 2.067
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.615 0.155 3.966 1.85 0.703 0.089 7.894 2.02
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.095 0.078 -13.972 0.335 -0.59 0.045 -13.214 0.554
SexFemale -0.188 0.019 -10.11 0.829 -0.308 0.01 -29.745 0.735
SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCTION 0.178 0.051 3.507 1.195 0.082 0.029 2.817 1.085
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.697 0.022 165.639 40.341 2.631 0.019 141.572 13.89
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.137 0.031 4.356 1.146
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.333 0.043 7.661 1.395 0.248 0.025 9.735 1.281
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.108 0.041 2.657 1.115
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.484 0.042 11.428 1.623 0.511 0.025 20.604 1.666
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.124 0.02 6.257 1.132
Viral Pneumonia 0.616 0.17 3.621 1.851 * * * *
ALKALOSIS * * * * 0.219 0.041 5.314 1.245
ASBESTOSIS * * * * 0.177 0.074 2.396 1.193
EDEMA * * * * 0.077 0.036 2.123 1.08
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
LOSS OF WEIGHT * * * * 0.161 0.046 3.54 1.175
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE * * * * 0.2 0.07 2.853 1.222
OTHER MALAISE AND FATIGUE * * * * 0.189 0.021 9.154 1.209
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.222 0.025 8.81 1.249
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Colorectal Surgeries In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE * * * * 0.194 0.059 3.313 1.214
ACIDOSIS 0.634 0.031 20.725 1.885 0.545 0.027 20.063 1.725
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.348 0.076 4.607 1.416 0.371 0.067 5.557 1.45
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.963 0.095 10.099 2.618 0.96 0.093 10.287 2.612
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.406 0.121 3.347 1.501
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.41 0.08 5.112 1.508 0.372 0.069 5.354 1.451
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.618 0.134 4.613 1.855 0.443 0.121 3.675 1.557
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.591 0.042 13.951 1.806 0.501 0.039 12.841 1.651
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.701 0.038 18.427 2.016 0.659 0.035 18.659 1.933
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.131 0.039 3.343 1.14 0.141 0.034 4.219 1.152
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.222 0.078 2.856 1.249
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.315 0.061 5.186 1.37 0.363 0.05 7.215 1.437
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.169 0.083 2.037 1.185 0.507 0.066 7.642 1.66
Age70To74 0.205 0.036 5.623 1.227 0.233 0.031 7.51 1.262
Age75To79 0.416 0.036 11.572 1.515 0.498 0.03 16.403 1.645
Age80To84 0.608 0.037 16.577 1.837 0.74 0.031 23.962 2.095
Age85To89 0.823 0.039 21.306 2.278 1.05 0.032 32.59 2.857
Age90AndOver 0.98 0.045 21.79 2.666 1.381 0.036 37.988 3.98
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.703 0.147 4.795 2.019 0.518 0.125 4.148 1.679
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.305 0.031 9.849 1.357
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.331 0.053 6.23 1.393
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.273 0.024 11.415 1.314 0.275 0.02 13.983 1.316
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.22 0.055 4.023 1.246 0.266 0.045 5.931 1.305
CACHEXIA 0.393 0.079 5.006 1.482 0.557 0.066 8.471 1.746
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.264 0.027 9.762 1.302 0.316 0.022 14.332 1.371
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.14 0.034 4.117 1.15 0.194 0.027 7.109 1.215
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.308 0.058 5.34 1.361 0.408 0.046 8.851 1.504
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.224 0.042 5.344 1.251 0.265 0.034 7.788 1.303
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.626 0.081 7.716 1.87 0.492 0.06 8.164 1.636
CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.548 0.081 6.763 1.731 0.425 0.075 5.662 1.53
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.608 0.072 8.389 1.836 0.778 0.056 13.785 2.177
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.352 0.033 10.608 1.422 0.331 0.028 12.025 1.392
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.054 0.024 2.216 1.056 0.075 0.02 3.778 1.078
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.533 0.128 12.018 4.632 1.406 0.129 10.89 4.078
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.929 0.085 10.902 2.531 1.071 0.07 15.249 2.917
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.316 0.073 4.306 1.372 0.257 0.061 4.228 1.294
FECAL IMPACTION 0.346 0.083 4.194 1.414 0.39 0.07 5.553 1.477
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.471 0.095 4.964 1.601 0.603 0.082 7.35 1.828
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.277 0.091 3.034 1.32 0.202 0.076 2.653 1.224
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.369 0.056 6.614 1.447 0.27 0.047 5.702 1.309
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.159 0.045 3.529 1.173 0.173 0.037 4.703 1.189
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.291 0.047 6.248 1.338 0.291 0.04 7.366 1.338
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.542 0.055 9.816 1.719 0.687 0.046 14.965 1.987
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.073 0.029 2.558 1.076 0.214 0.024 8.909 1.239
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.223 0.047 4.725 1.25 0.248 0.041 5.986 1.281
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.211 0.028 7.572 1.234 0.221 0.023 9.464 1.247
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.218 0.041 5.278 1.244 0.225 0.034 6.699 1.253
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.22 0.04 5.468 1.247
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.243 0.05 4.901 1.275 0.261 0.04 6.563 1.299
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.075 0.034 2.241 1.078 0.124 0.028 4.444 1.132
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.205 0.051 4.049 1.227 0.226 0.043 5.195 1.253
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.283 0.072 3.936 1.328
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.134 0.048 2.803 1.144
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.153 0.058 2.624 1.166
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.271 0.102 2.648 1.312
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.125 0.044 2.881 1.134 0.146 0.037 3.983 1.157
HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine 0.545 0.182 2.998 1.725 0.347 0.172 2.012 1.415
HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.529 0.035 15.098 1.697 0.447 0.032 13.991 1.564
HP131_CVG Small Intestine Anastamosis Procedures 0.875 0.214 4.09 2.399 0.698 0.194 3.591 2.01
HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.487 0.103 4.718 1.628 0.414 0.091 4.569 1.513
HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.609 0.031 19.585 1.839 0.578 0.028 20.623 1.783
HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.743 0.133 5.566 2.102 0.681 0.126 5.422 1.975
HP174_CVG Anal-Rectal Procedures -0.343 0.039 -8.88 0.71 -0.187 0.032 -5.92 0.829
HP176_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis and Large-to-Large Anastomosis - Moderate Mortality 0.668 0.027 24.996 1.951 0.377 0.027 13.799 1.458
HP177_CVG Colon Resection Anastomosis – High Mortality 0.497 0.028 17.697 1.644 0.237 0.027 8.754 1.267
HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.193 0.046 4.204 1.213 0.129 0.039 3.292 1.137
HP180_CVG Other Rectal Procedures -0.483 0.071 -6.794 0.617 -0.227 0.049 -4.624 0.797
HP183_CVG Stoma 0.455 0.035 13.122 1.577 0.39 0.03 12.889 1.477
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.336 0.047 7.186 1.4 0.306 0.04 7.68 1.358
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.292 0.056 5.176 1.338 0.261 0.051 5.116 1.299
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.215 0.065 3.292 1.24 * * * *
LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.459 0.096 -4.755 0.632 -0.349 0.074 -4.742 0.705
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.269 0.114 2.365 1.308
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.495 0.14 3.549 1.641 0.765 0.111 6.917 2.149
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.487 0.14 3.477 1.628 0.326 0.125 2.604 1.386
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.686 0.067 10.183 1.987 0.568 0.06 9.456 1.765
OTHER ASCITES 0.291 0.049 5.945 1.338 0.335 0.043 7.761 1.398
OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM * * * * 0.211 0.059 3.584 1.235
OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.458 0.073 6.266 1.581 0.413 0.066 6.255 1.511
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.484 0.07 6.916 1.622 0.46 0.058 7.931 1.583
OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.172 0.049 3.509 1.187 0.098 0.043 2.301 1.103
OTHER SPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.194 0.069 2.822 1.214 0.276 0.064 4.349 1.318
P4641_CVG Revision of Stoma of Small Intestine * * * * -0.243 0.117 -2.069 0.785
P4674_CVG Closure of Fistula of Small Intestine, Except Duodenum 0.46 0.092 4.975 1.584 0.369 0.084 4.368 1.446
PANCYTOPENIA 0.335 0.089 3.77 1.397 0.519 0.07 7.416 1.681
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.193 0.061 3.15 1.213
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.252 0.099 2.553 1.287 * * * *
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.619 0.035 17.595 1.857 0.647 0.032 20.075 1.911
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.365 0.105 3.479 1.441 0.352 0.088 4.016 1.421
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.333 0.125 2.671 1.395 0.455 0.102 4.474 1.577
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.529 0.104 5.094 1.698
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.078 0.035 30.716 2.939 0.986 0.032 30.344 2.68
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.204 0.041 4.948 1.226 0.183 0.038 4.823 1.2
SexFemale -0.168 0.022 -7.785 0.845 -0.213 0.018 -11.976 0.808
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.058 0.028 108.864 21.29 3.53 0.029 121.51 34.123
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.26 0.046 5.686 1.297 0.397 0.037 10.687 1.487
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.205 0.099 2.075 1.228 0.175 0.081 2.161 1.192
ULCERATIVE COLITIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.305 0.092 3.33 1.357 0.257 0.082 3.132 1.293
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.318 0.046 6.857 1.374 0.318 0.04 7.997 1.375
UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.211 0.046 4.555 1.235 0.237 0.043 5.57 1.268
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.619 0.04 15.557 1.856 0.566 0.036 15.54 1.761
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.092 0.035 2.644 1.097 0.157 0.029 5.465 1.17
VOLVULUS * * * * 0.226 0.038 5.904 1.253
HP175_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.267 0.038 -7.072 0.765
HP181_CVG Rectal Resection and Anastomosis * * * * -0.099 0.045 -2.194 0.906
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE * * * * 0.34 0.122 2.776 1.405
OTHER SPECIFIED DISORDERS OF PERITONEUM * * * * 0.2 0.065 3.066 1.221
P4591_CVG Small-to-Small Intestinal Anastomsis * * * * 0.353 0.137 2.583 1.424
PERITONITIS (ACUTE) GENERALIZED * * * * 0.16 0.055 2.895 1.174
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.23 0.1 2.294 1.259 * * * *
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.219 0.102 2.153 1.245 0.175 0.089 1.962 1.192
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.139 0.175 6.527 3.124 1.147 0.163 7.034 3.149
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.246 0.08 3.092 1.279 0.225 0.071 3.167 1.252
ADHESIVE PERICARDITIS 0.718 0.137 5.223 2.05 0.572 0.128 4.467 1.771
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.155 0.036 4.281 1.168 0.124 0.032 3.877 1.132
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.317 0.103 3.089 1.373 0.347 0.089 3.891 1.415
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.679 0.259 2.622 1.973 0.701 0.228 3.073 2.016
Age70To74 0.281 0.046 6.13 1.325 0.271 0.04 6.806 1.312
Age75To79 0.57 0.046 12.321 1.769 0.55 0.04 13.621 1.733
Age80To84 0.927 0.05 18.645 2.527 0.922 0.043 21.31 2.515
Age85To89 1.093 0.067 16.262 2.984 1.121 0.058 19.2 3.068
Age90AndOver 1.475 0.151 9.79 4.372 1.565 0.13 12.013 4.784
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 0.634 0.244 2.598 1.884 0.797 0.215 3.713 2.22
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.601 0.111 5.434 1.824 0.555 0.099 5.593 1.741
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY * * * * 0.282 0.129 2.195 1.326
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.193 0.038 5.017 1.212 0.247 0.033 7.457 1.28
CARDIAC ARREST 0.772 0.124 6.199 2.163 0.769 0.115 6.715 2.158
CARDIAC PACEMAKER IN SITU 0.171 0.086 1.99 1.186 * * * *
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.464 0.06 7.717 1.59 0.435 0.057 7.684 1.544
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.248 0.041 6.109 1.282 0.253 0.035 7.162 1.289
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.569 0.085 6.709 1.766 0.551 0.075 7.32 1.734
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.359 0.041 8.865 1.432 0.333 0.036 9.208 1.395
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.603 0.164 3.69 1.828
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.312 0.108 2.892 1.367 0.533 0.086 6.169 1.705
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.509 0.064 23.598 4.523 1.16 0.102 11.354 3.189
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, OPEN APPROACH - INCLUSIVE 0.278 0.106 2.616 1.32 0.243 0.092 2.642 1.276
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE * * * * 0.321 0.112 2.875 1.378
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.619 0.059 10.449 1.858 0.599 0.053 11.327 1.82
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.249 0.056 4.478 1.282 0.231 0.049 4.678 1.26
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.665 0.083 8.056 1.945 0.68 0.073 9.382 1.975
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.67 0.07 9.642 1.955 0.687 0.062 11.049 1.987
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 0.427 0.056 7.588 1.532 0.409 0.052 7.889 1.506
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.331 0.044 7.491 1.392 0.275 0.039 7.026 1.317
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC * * * * 0.221 0.093 2.373 1.248
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.312 0.053 5.883 1.367 0.333 0.046 7.185 1.395
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.765 0.035 50.938 5.841 1.521 0.032 48.033 4.575
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 3.017 0.105 28.782 20.423 2.793 0.102 27.363 16.324
MULTIPLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.519 0.089 -5.817 0.595 -0.545 0.08 -6.839 0.58
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME * * * * 0.495 0.171 2.888 1.64
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.381 0.119 3.201 1.463 0.363 0.104 3.491 1.437
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.307 0.141 2.178 1.36
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY [PTCA] - BYP-VLV Specific 0.337 0.069 4.915 1.4 0.39 0.062 6.273 1.476
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.95 0.188 -5.048 0.387 -0.724 0.172 -4.217 0.485
SexFemale 0.445 0.032 14.005 1.561 0.378 0.028 13.487 1.459
SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.644 0.045 -14.426 0.525 -0.581 0.04 -14.399 0.559
AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.276 0.118 2.34 1.317
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.929 0.028 33.224 2.531 0.792 0.024 32.549 2.207
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.205 0.025 8.07 1.227 0.26 0.019 13.888 1.297
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.695 0.026 27.01 2.004 0.575 0.022 26.25 1.776
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.544 0.083 6.556 1.723 0.473 0.068 6.997 1.605
Age70To74 0.299 0.03 9.896 1.348 0.251 0.024 10.534 1.286
Age75To79 0.597 0.03 19.85 1.816 0.525 0.024 22.112 1.691
Age80To84 0.801 0.031 25.941 2.227 0.764 0.024 31.564 2.147
Age85To89 1.083 0.033 33.131 2.955 1.077 0.026 42.115 2.935
Age90AndOver 1.417 0.039 36.227 4.124 1.462 0.031 47.659 4.313
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.511 0.068 7.484 1.668 0.676 0.052 12.977 1.966
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.107 0.022 4.895 1.113
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.219 0.034 6.405 1.244 0.289 0.025 11.33 1.335
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.356 0.076 4.686 1.428 0.332 0.06 5.548 1.394
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION * * * * 0.235 0.109 2.156 1.266
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.144 0.021 6.929 1.155 0.247 0.016 15.413 1.28
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.303 0.051 5.888 1.354 0.256 0.045 5.628 1.292
CARDIAC ARREST 1.269 0.039 32.638 3.558 1.138 0.036 31.677 3.12
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.98 0.027 36.928 2.664 0.88 0.024 37.108 2.412
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.197 0.025 7.887 1.217 0.268 0.019 14.044 1.307
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.123 0.022 5.632 1.13
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.425 0.045 9.46 1.529 0.448 0.036 12.488 1.565
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.238 0.032 7.544 1.269 0.27 0.025 10.66 1.31
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.257 0.024 10.645 1.294 0.21 0.019 10.79 1.234
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.297 0.024 12.177 1.346 0.345 0.019 17.971 1.412
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.11 0.03 3.689 1.117
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.088 0.022 4.057 1.092
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.036 0.017 2.076 1.037
DISSECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.534 0.116 4.621 1.705 0.422 0.098 4.304 1.524
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.103 0.065 17.08 3.012 1.137 0.05 22.525 3.117
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.254 0.07 3.608 1.289 0.242 0.054 4.469 1.273
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.037 0.018 2.075 1.037
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.103 0.033 3.135 1.108 0.173 0.025 7.026 1.189
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY * * * * 0.164 0.027 6.041 1.179
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.219 0.043 5.076 1.244 0.403 0.031 12.819 1.497
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.438 0.046 9.485 1.55 0.77 0.035 22.055 2.161
HD143_CVG INFERIOR WALL AMI 0.943 0.029 32.533 2.569 0.822 0.023 35.234 2.275
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.302 0.026 49.363 3.675 1.215 0.021 58.031 3.37
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.337 0.024 14.317 1.4 0.32 0.019 16.523 1.377
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.304 0.028 10.833 1.355 0.288 0.022 13.373 1.334
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.305 0.039 7.753 1.356 0.353 0.032 11.143 1.423
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.162 0.04 4.009 1.176
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.321 0.037 8.629 1.378 0.359 0.029 12.307 1.432
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.126 0.021 6 1.135
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.117 0.04 2.93 1.124 * * * *
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.639 0.081 7.893 1.895 0.544 0.07 7.829 1.723
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.386 0.04 9.711 1.472 0.348 0.032 10.752 1.416
HYPOTHERMIA (CENTRAL) (LOCAL) 1.346 0.095 14.152 3.842 1.277 0.093 13.788 3.584
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.808 0.025 72.553 6.099 1.579 0.022 70.31 4.849
INSERTION OF DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) -0.309 0.024 -12.925 0.734 -0.273 0.019 -14.505 0.761
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 1.688 0.051 33.01 5.41 1.398 0.046 30.694 4.048
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.403 0.136 2.967 1.496 0.467 0.105 4.469 1.596
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.38 0.085 4.445 1.462 0.35 0.067 5.183 1.419
PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.232 0.075 3.09 1.262 0.268 0.058 4.653 1.308
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.625 0.079 7.923 1.869 0.722 0.058 12.354 2.059
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.482 0.131 -3.694 0.617 -0.35 0.103 -3.387 0.705
PROCEDURE ON FOUR OR MORE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.389 0.126 3.077 1.475 0.335 0.105 3.203 1.398
PROCEDURE ON THREE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.102 0.036 2.839 1.107 0.101 0.028 3.527 1.106
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.042 0.018 2.395 1.043
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.143 0.047 3.034 1.154
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.133 0.049 2.729 1.142 * * * *
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.971 0.063 15.374 2.641 0.818 0.057 14.302 2.265
SexFemale 0.215 0.018 11.811 1.239 0.123 0.014 8.626 1.131
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.293 0.024 12.023 1.34 0.333 0.019 17.28 1.396
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.319 0.063 5.028 1.375 0.462 0.048 9.524 1.587
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.204 0.042 4.881 1.226 0.168 0.038 4.388 1.183
Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.476 0.153 3.123 1.61
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Cranial Neurosurgery (formerly Neurosurgery)
In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.597 0.068 8.754 1.818 0.504 0.06 8.372 1.656
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.176 0.039 30.354 3.24 0.97 0.035 27.762 2.638
AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.141 0.034 -4.203 0.868 -0.061 0.027 -2.211 0.941
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.349 0.093 3.735 1.418
Age70To74 0.116 0.044 2.631 1.123 0.099 0.036 2.726 1.104
Age75To79 0.253 0.045 5.63 1.288 0.322 0.037 8.812 1.381
Age80To84 0.351 0.048 7.316 1.421 0.497 0.039 12.746 1.643
Age85To89 0.484 0.054 9.018 1.622 0.736 0.043 16.976 2.088
Age90AndOver 0.51 0.07 7.289 1.666 1.039 0.055 19.004 2.825
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.183 0.046 3.998 1.201
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.138 0.067 2.048 1.148
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.261 0.033 7.91 1.299 0.279 0.029 9.663 1.322
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.285 0.083 3.421 1.329
CEREBRAL EMBOLISM WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.455 0.142 3.195 1.576 0.384 0.125 3.074 1.468
CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.378 0.065 5.807 1.46 0.279 0.054 5.21 1.322
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.117 0.044 2.658 1.124 0.167 0.035 4.768 1.182
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.236 0.057 4.144 1.267 0.194 0.046 4.201 1.214
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.519 0.109 4.772 1.68 0.521 0.088 5.901 1.684
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.282 0.063 4.47 1.326 0.252 0.051 4.927 1.287
CLIPPING OF ANEURYSM -0.294 0.107 -2.733 0.745 -0.382 0.095 -4.009 0.682
COMA 0.964 0.057 16.891 2.623 0.896 0.053 16.987 2.449
COMPRESSION OF BRAIN 0.143 0.037 3.836 1.154 0.071 0.03 2.355 1.074
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.456 0.05 9.205 1.578 0.369 0.041 8.923 1.446
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.184 0.034 5.479 1.202 0.153 0.028 5.562 1.165
DECOMPRESSION OF TRIGEMINAL NERVE ROOT -2.592 0.604 -4.295 0.075 -2.201 0.369 -5.957 0.111
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.182 0.049 3.701 1.2 0.192 0.041 4.727 1.212
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.195 0.037 5.269 1.215 0.217 0.03 7.315 1.243
ELEVATION OF SKULL FRACTURE FRAGMENTS 0.822 0.324 2.534 2.275 * * * *
ENDOVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION OR OCCLUSION OF VESSEL(S) OF HEAD OR NECK USING BIOACTIVE COILS -0.514 0.228 -2.259 0.598 -0.521 0.2 -2.609 0.594
ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 0.344 0.074 4.64 1.411 0.322 0.06 5.336 1.381
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.168 0.093 12.588 3.216 1.205 0.079 15.185 3.337
EXCISION OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA -1.059 0.467 -2.267 0.347 -0.89 0.327 -2.719 0.411
EXCISION OF LESION OR TISSUE OF CEREBRAL MENINGES -0.582 0.097 -6.004 0.559 -0.491 0.07 -7.012 0.612
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Cranial Neurosurgery (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
FLACCID HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.487 0.202 2.416 1.628
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.153 0.073 2.09 1.165
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.172 0.072 2.41 1.188 0.145 0.059 2.45 1.156
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.295 0.063 4.682 1.344 0.179 0.053 3.384 1.196
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.158 0.048 3.302 1.171
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.363 0.051 7.052 1.438 0.289 0.044 6.634 1.335
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.166 0.065 2.543 1.181 0.224 0.053 4.252 1.251
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.088 0.034 2.603 1.091
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.376 0.093 4.046 1.457 0.271 0.082 3.32 1.311
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.316 0.124 2.558 1.372
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.333 0.091 3.641 1.395 0.159 0.078 2.025 1.172
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.381 0.071 5.401 1.463 0.353 0.062 5.657 1.423
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF INTRACRANIAL NEUROSTIMULATOR LEAD(S) -2.108 0.394 -5.351 0.122 -1.57 0.226 -6.948 0.208
INCISION OF CEREBRAL MENINGES 0.23 0.042 5.524 1.258 * * * *
INFARCTION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY - INCLUSIVE 0.658 0.069 9.531 1.93 0.424 0.06 7.101 1.528
INFUSION OF VASOPRESSOR AGENT 1.296 0.082 15.806 3.654 1.039 0.076 13.63 2.827
INSERTION OF SKULL PLATE -0.521 0.127 -4.109 0.594 -0.412 0.094 -4.397 0.662
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 0.495 0.043 11.472 1.641 0.411 0.037 11.043 1.508
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING 0.336 0.099 3.379 1.399 0.338 0.089 3.783 1.402
INTRACRANIAL VENTRICULAR SHUNT OR ANASTOMOSIS 1.207 0.105 11.494 3.344 0.897 0.091 9.814 2.453
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.504 0.073 6.91 1.656
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PROSTATE 0.397 0.138 2.868 1.487 * * * *
OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS 0.149 0.05 2.969 1.161 0.204 0.043 4.734 1.227
OPEN BIOPSY OF BRAIN -0.55 0.082 -6.744 0.577 * * * *
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.576 0.093 6.163 1.779 0.437 0.083 5.253 1.548
OTHER CRANIAL PUNCTURE 0.452 0.189 2.391 1.571 * * * *
OTHER CRANIECTOMY 0.416 0.084 4.943 1.516 0.205 0.071 2.904 1.228
OTHER ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE ON OTHER VESSELS 0.334 0.134 2.492 1.397 0.309 0.114 2.718 1.361
OTHER EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF LESION OR TISSUE OF BRAIN -0.592 0.053 -11.197 0.553 -0.269 0.037 -7.28 0.764
OTHER INCISION OF BRAIN 0.352 0.054 6.558 1.423 0.238 0.045 5.261 1.269
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.445 0.144 3.083 1.561
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA), AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT RESIDUAL DEFICITS * * * * 0.097 0.038 2.582 1.102
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.268 0.077 3.486 1.307 0.335 0.069 4.843 1.399
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.748 0.22 -3.4 0.473 -0.651 0.172 -3.784 0.522
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.487 0.158 3.076 1.628 * * * *
REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF VENTRICULAR SHUNT -0.548 0.121 -4.536 0.578 -0.513 0.096 -5.337 0.598
REOPENING OR OTHER CRANIOTOMY SITE -0.27 0.066 -4.099 0.764 -0.302 0.05 -6.053 0.74
SexFemale -0.145 0.03 -4.835 0.865 -0.211 0.024 -8.755 0.81
SIMPLE SUTURE OF DURA MATER OF BRAIN 0.413 0.171 2.418 1.511 0.357 0.138 2.595 1.429
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 4.2 0.034 125.323 66.686 3.83 0.032 119.951 46.068
STATUS POST ADMINISTRATION OF TPA (RTPA) IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO ADMISSION TO CURRENT FACILITY 0.22 0.075 2.914 1.246 * * * *
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 0.543 0.05 10.763 1.721 0.367 0.045 8.176 1.444
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.473 0.061 7.778 1.605 0.439 0.05 8.767 1.551
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.464 0.093 4.994 1.59 0.318 0.082 3.86 1.374
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.168 0.046 3.688 1.183
UNSPECIFIED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE 0.802 0.109 7.354 2.23 0.742 0.096 7.745 2.1
VENTRICULAR SHUNT TO ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND ORGANS -1.753 0.091 -19.322 0.173 -1.197 0.061 -19.588 0.302
VENTRICULOSTOMY 1.179 0.047 25.106 3.252 0.819 0.04 20.214 2.267
FORMATION OF CRANIAL BONE FLAP * * * * -0.458 0.141 -3.246 0.633
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS * * * * 0.107 0.037 2.904 1.112
Malignant neoplasm of brain, unspecified site * * * * 0.41 0.101 4.07 1.506
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LIVER, SPECIFIED AS SECONDARY * * * * 0.474 0.105 4.52 1.607
Malignant neoplasm of other parts of brain * * * * 0.506 0.173 2.923 1.659
Other malignant neoplasm of unspecified site * * * * 0.561 0.145 3.877 1.753
SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BONE AND BONE MARROW * * * * 0.455 0.084 5.427 1.576
SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF OTHER PARTS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM * * * * 0.553 0.136 4.055 1.738
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Diabetic Emergencies In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.463 0.069 6.747 1.589 0.177 0.046 3.845 1.193
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.506 0.158 3.204 1.659 0.545 0.102 5.344 1.724
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.473 0.108 4.392 1.604 0.368 0.072 5.133 1.445
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.668 0.181 3.698 1.95 * * * *
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.402 0.072 19.379 4.062 0.883 0.056 15.867 2.418
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED DEEP VESSELS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.764 0.319 2.396 2.147 0.466 0.202 2.303 1.593
AdmitSourceXferHospital * * * * 0.128 0.059 2.181 1.137
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.228 0.106 2.155 1.256
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.233 0.092 2.525 1.263 0.445 0.052 8.649 1.561
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.494 0.061 8.103 1.639
Age70To74 0.11 0.068 1.626 1.117 0.171 0.041 4.148 1.187
Age75To79 0.307 0.068 4.538 1.36 0.388 0.041 9.442 1.473
Age80To84 0.284 0.072 3.927 1.329 0.596 0.042 14.196 1.815
Age85To89 0.485 0.077 6.336 1.624 0.834 0.044 18.832 2.302
Age90AndOver 0.481 0.09 5.348 1.617 1.068 0.049 21.59 2.91
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.22 0.033 6.64 1.246
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.147 0.064 2.29 1.159
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.363 0.153 2.373 1.437 * * * *
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.128 0.048 2.638 1.136 0.246 0.027 9.03 1.278
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 2.073 0.206 10.071 7.95 1.317 0.172 7.672 3.731
CACHEXIA 0.631 0.131 4.811 1.879 0.513 0.086 5.942 1.67
CARDIAC ARREST 3.311 0.157 21.143 27.4 2.645 0.145 18.238 14.087
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.19 0.032 5.939 1.209
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.245 0.045 5.407 1.278
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.526 0.122 4.306 1.692
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.153 0.038 4.01 1.165
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.329 0.091 3.61 1.389
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.237 0.054 4.365 1.268 0.275 0.031 8.935 1.317
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.429 0.134 3.206 1.535
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.214 0.055 3.924 1.239
DIABETES WITH COMA, TYPE l (JUVENILE TYPE), NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.713 0.291 2.448 2.04 * * * *
DIABETES WITH KETOACIDOSIS, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED -0.287 0.14 -2.051 0.75 * * * *
DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON (WITHOUT MENTION OF HEMORRHAGE) 0.887 0.319 2.783 2.428 * * * *
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.806 0.054 14.844 2.239 0.768 0.033 23.608 2.155
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.892 0.073 12.196 2.439 1.014 0.044 23.036 2.758
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.325 0.152 8.729 3.763 0.793 0.12 6.622 2.21
GANGRENE 0.801 0.109 7.328 2.229 0.401 0.072 5.546 1.493
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.385 0.112 3.44 1.469
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY * * * * 0.393 0.131 2.992 1.481
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.374 0.076 4.936 1.454 * * * *
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.37 0.087 4.258 1.448 0.251 0.053 4.738 1.285
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.223 0.082 2.702 1.25 0.28 0.047 5.921 1.323
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.409 0.085 4.833 1.506 0.278 0.052 5.394 1.321
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.195 0.074 2.659 1.216
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.351 0.063 5.62 1.421 0.495 0.037 13.315 1.641
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.818 0.125 6.54 2.265 0.441 0.091 4.85 1.554
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.224 0.046 4.899 1.251 0.108 0.027 3.983 1.114
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.141 0.031 4.552 1.152
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.445 0.084 5.287 1.561 0.391 0.053 7.385 1.479
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.172 0.054 3.201 1.188
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.376 0.081 4.623 1.456 0.393 0.049 7.969 1.482
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.393 0.118 3.327 1.482 0.607 0.072 8.386 1.835
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.243 0.051 4.781 1.275
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.392 0.072 5.417 1.479
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.482 0.108 4.462 1.619
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.26 0.079 3.276 1.297
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.157 0.075 2.096 1.17 * * * *
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.809 0.167 4.836 2.245 0.442 0.122 3.615 1.555
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.541 0.075 7.191 1.718 0.434 0.049 8.812 1.544
HYPERPOTASSEMIA * * * * 0.094 0.038 2.487 1.098
HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.271 0.086 3.13 1.311
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.416 0.161 2.58 1.516 0.352 0.099 3.565 1.422
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 1.165 0.133 8.755 3.206
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 1.025 0.234 4.386 2.786
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.693 0.202 3.433 1.999 * * * *
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.876 0.181 4.852 2.402 0.584 0.123 4.733 1.794
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS 0.716 0.267 2.685 2.046 * * * *
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 1.124 0.189 5.94 3.078 0.613 0.141 4.356 1.846
OTHER ASCITES 1.101 0.149 7.394 3.006 1.031 0.1 10.313 2.804
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 1.154 0.279 4.136 3.172 0.69 0.208 3.316 1.994
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.657 0.183 3.587 1.928 * * * *
PARALYTIC ILEUS 1.008 0.274 3.676 2.741 * * * *
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.266 0.111 2.399 1.305
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.52 0.118 4.422 1.681 0.539 0.081 6.644 1.714
PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II * * * * 0.523 0.057 9.249 1.687
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.32 0.077 4.166 1.377
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.532 0.139 3.831 1.702 0.409 0.085 4.825 1.506
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.413 0.146 2.831 1.512 0.41 0.085 4.809 1.508
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.758 0.153 -11.517 0.172 -1.093 0.105 -10.437 0.335
PULMONARY COLLAPSE * * * * 0.221 0.092 2.402 1.248
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS * * * * 0.441 0.168 2.62 1.554
RHABDOMYOLYSIS 0.537 0.133 4.036 1.711 * * * *
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.406 0.218 6.447 4.079 1.079 0.188 5.737 2.941
SexFemale -0.164 0.042 -3.881 0.848 -0.172 0.025 -6.974 0.842
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.204 0.24 5.025 3.333 0.808 0.199 4.054 2.244
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.401 0.054 63.224 29.99 2.546 0.045 56.885 12.761
THORACENTESIS 0.879 0.176 4.997 2.407 0.437 0.122 3.575 1.548
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.183 0.054 3.384 1.201
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.623 0.213 2.927 1.865 0.532 0.149 3.573 1.702
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.61 0.195 3.12 1.84
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.406 0.131 3.109 1.5 0.444 0.081 5.504 1.558
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.128 0.033 3.866 1.137
VASCULAR DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.188 0.093 2.021 1.207
CHRONIC ULCER OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES * * * * 0.318 0.129 2.471 1.375
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BREAST (FEMALE), UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.785 0.194 4.056 2.192
ULCER OF CALF * * * * 0.322 0.135 2.382 1.38
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Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.418 0.032 13.071 1.519 0.208 0.022 9.255 1.231
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.526 0.058 9.051 1.693 0.414 0.04 10.299 1.513
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.965 0.101 9.541 2.624 0.734 0.088 8.363 2.084
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.513 0.1 5.142 1.67 0.347 0.072 4.833 1.414
ACUTE GASTRIC ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.427 0.108 3.948 1.533 0.335 0.087 3.844 1.397
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.229 0.063 3.606 1.257 0.247 0.043 5.804 1.28
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.599 0.033 18.048 1.821 0.42 0.023 18.241 1.522
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.235 0.134 9.25 3.44 1.003 0.117 8.546 2.726
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.113 0.036 3.115 1.12 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.131 0.048 2.728 1.14
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.059 0.026 2.277 1.061
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.131 0.02 6.549 1.14
Age70To74 0.109 0.041 2.669 1.115 0.14 0.026 5.316 1.151
Age75To79 0.269 0.04 6.76 1.308 0.353 0.025 13.919 1.423
Age80To84 0.435 0.039 11.032 1.545 0.585 0.025 23.534 1.795
Age85To89 0.593 0.04 14.839 1.809 0.806 0.025 32.192 2.239
Age90AndOver 0.752 0.042 17.901 2.12 1.047 0.026 39.948 2.848
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 0.36 0.095 3.773 1.433 0.165 0.066 2.487 1.179
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.538 0.115 4.67 1.713 0.55 0.08 6.857 1.734
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.138 0.017 8.019 1.148
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.606 0.155 3.92 1.834 0.275 0.108 2.536 1.316
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.197 0.024 8.355 1.218 0.211 0.014 14.581 1.234
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.178 0.036 4.982 1.195 0.185 0.022 8.545 1.203
CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 0.217 0.099 2.186 1.243 0.279 0.058 4.806 1.322
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.127 0.029 4.405 1.136 0.158 0.018 8.892 1.171
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.107 0.021 5.128 1.113
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.28 0.053 5.259 1.324 0.305 0.034 8.899 1.357
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.177 0.039 4.586 1.193 0.162 0.024 6.747 1.175
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.62 0.05 12.357 1.859 0.43 0.035 12.333 1.538
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.556 0.13 4.283 1.744 0.522 0.107 4.854 1.685
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTRIC ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.575 0.064 8.932 1.777 0.43 0.052 8.237 1.537
CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.607 0.173 3.515 1.835 0.4 0.133 3.013 1.492
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.502 0.069 7.271 1.653 0.514 0.047 10.853 1.672
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.264 0.03 8.645 1.302 0.258 0.019 13.7 1.294
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.458 0.142 10.236 4.296 1.147 0.132 8.676 3.149
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.054 0.017 3.225 1.055
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.29 0.101 2.864 1.336 * * * *
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.589 0.09 6.586 1.803 0.666 0.061 10.931 1.946
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.428 0.112 3.837 1.534 0.402 0.08 5.002 1.494
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.274 0.094 2.906 1.316 0.246 0.064 3.867 1.28
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.227 0.056 4.063 1.254 0.134 0.036 3.683 1.143
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.255 0.043 5.905 1.29 0.171 0.028 6.081 1.187
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.229 0.047 4.888 1.257 0.196 0.03 6.459 1.217
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY * * * * 0.12 0.039 3.056 1.128
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.187 0.048 3.906 1.205 0.23 0.03 7.668 1.258
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.196 0.025 7.798 1.217 0.229 0.015 14.815 1.257
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.327 0.045 7.341 1.387 0.216 0.03 7.104 1.242
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.175 0.026 6.731 1.191 0.163 0.017 9.801 1.177
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.097 0.041 2.387 1.102
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.145 0.025 5.751 1.156
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.08 0.019 4.293 1.083
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.158 0.044 3.586 1.171 0.131 0.028 4.589 1.139
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.197 0.037 5.275 1.218 0.185 0.024 7.698 1.204
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.51 0.064 8.01 1.665 0.463 0.044 10.568 1.589
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.152 0.035 4.285 1.164
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.196 0.06 3.289 1.217 0.194 0.039 5.033 1.214
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.403 0.095 4.258 1.496 0.42 0.064 6.523 1.522
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.198 0.055 3.624 1.219 * * * *
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.262 0.058 4.521 1.3 * * * *
HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine * * * * 0.302 0.13 2.325 1.353
HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.662 0.093 7.118 1.939 0.314 0.081 3.86 1.369
HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.494 0.134 3.686 1.638 * * * *
HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.57 0.065 8.76 1.768 0.313 0.054 5.817 1.367
HP135_CVG Other Repair of Small Intestine 0.624 0.123 5.068 1.867 0.462 0.105 4.393 1.587
HP164_CVG Esophagus Resection and Anastomosis 0.384 0.079 4.864 1.468 -0.201 0.069 -2.917 0.818
HP165_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality 0.199 0.099 2.016 1.22 -0.204 0.079 -2.573 0.815
HP166_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - High Mortality 0.773 0.042 18.406 2.167 0.445 0.03 14.952 1.561
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HP167_CVG Other Esophageal Procedures - Low Mortality -0.437 0.053 -8.255 0.646 -0.123 0.03 -4.154 0.885
HP168_CVG Other Esophageal Procedures - High Mortality 0.665 0.083 8.044 1.945 0.201 0.066 3.035 1.223
HP170_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - Moderate Mortality 0.442 0.043 10.19 1.555 0.2 0.032 6.295 1.221
HP171_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - High Mortality 0.385 0.05 7.683 1.47 * * * *
HP172_CVG Pylorus - High Mortality 0.199 0.075 2.661 1.22 * * * *
HP173_CVG Reflux -0.404 0.08 -5.033 0.667 -0.951 0.061 -15.579 0.386
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.069 0.02 3.447 1.072
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.213 0.042 5.019 1.237 0.148 0.028 5.238 1.16
HYPOCALCEMIA 0.162 0.074 2.197 1.176 * * * *
LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE * * * * -0.556 0.13 -4.27 0.573
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.665 0.096 6.899 1.945 0.862 0.061 14.235 2.368
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF ESOPHAGUS, UNSPECIFIED 0.339 0.098 3.456 1.403 0.58 0.06 9.601 1.786
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF MIDDLE THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS 0.625 0.182 3.426 1.868 0.496 0.138 3.587 1.642
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME * * * * 0.266 0.119 2.229 1.304
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.492 0.07 7.067 1.636 0.447 0.051 8.768 1.564
OTHER ASCITES 0.568 0.063 8.993 1.764 0.751 0.047 15.977 2.119
OTHER DISORDERS OF NEUROHYPOPHYSIS 0.452 0.133 3.406 1.572 * * * *
OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM 0.272 0.067 4.04 1.312 0.194 0.044 4.368 1.214
OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.16 0.063 2.543 1.174
OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.459 0.13 3.538 1.582 0.346 0.113 3.053 1.414
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.784 0.051 15.327 2.191 0.596 0.04 15.02 1.815
OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.36 0.099 3.643 1.434
OTHER SPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.456 0.143 3.183 1.578 0.341 0.124 2.753 1.407
P4311_CVG PERCUTANEOUS [ENDOSCOPIC] GASTROSTOMY [PEG] 0.187 0.041 4.6 1.205 0.683 0.025 27.517 1.981
P4443_CVG ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL OF GASTRIC OR DUODENAL BLEEDING -0.388 0.047 -8.331 0.679 -0.502 0.029 -17.355 0.605
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.211 0.081 2.602 1.235
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.557 0.113 4.928 1.745 0.596 0.097 6.125 1.815
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS * * * * 0.338 0.059 5.698 1.402
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.248 0.071 3.494 1.282 0.166 0.044 3.745 1.181
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.377 0.08 4.719 1.458 0.177 0.051 3.458 1.194
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.206 0.052 3.938 1.229
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.383 0.084 -16.378 0.251 -0.83 0.056 -14.826 0.436
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.737 0.043 17.213 2.09 0.432 0.033 13.172 1.54
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.134 0.045 3.006 1.144 * * * *
SexFemale -0.171 0.022 -7.838 0.843 -0.246 0.013 -18.392 0.782
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.242 0.024 92.29 9.413 2.114 0.019 113.386 8.281
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.114 0.042 2.704 1.121 0.164 0.027 6.099 1.178
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.26 0.068 3.838 1.297
UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.216 0.074 2.923 1.241 0.351 0.061 5.757 1.42
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.831 0.117 7.129 2.295 0.646 0.093 6.928 1.907
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.047 0.017 2.675 1.048
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.317 0.081 3.905 1.373
BACTEREMIA * * * * 0.181 0.08 2.273 1.199
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.137 0.047 2.949 1.147
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LOWER THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS * * * * 0.214 0.078 2.744 1.239
PERITONITIS (ACUTE) GENERALIZED * * * * 0.401 0.09 4.461 1.493
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE * * * * 0.125 0.038 3.29 1.134
ACIDOSIS 0.622 0.03 21.051 1.863 0.333 0.021 15.981 1.395
ACQUIRED COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY 0.44 0.062 7.101 1.553 0.311 0.041 7.574 1.365
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.461 0.066 6.989 1.586 0.205 0.046 4.435 1.228
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.402 0.046 8.652 1.495 0.325 0.032 10.25 1.384
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.087 0.038 28.699 2.964 0.716 0.03 24.263 2.046
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.187 0.034 5.489 1.206 0.17 0.022 7.824 1.185
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.161 0.074 2.176 1.174 0.238 0.045 5.353 1.269
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.122 0.04 3.042 1.129 0.394 0.023 17.414 1.483
Age70To74 0.172 0.04 4.274 1.188 0.136 0.025 5.381 1.146
Age75To79 0.349 0.039 9.046 1.417 0.3 0.024 12.377 1.349
Age80To84 0.433 0.038 11.391 1.542 0.457 0.024 19.295 1.58
Age85To89 0.54 0.038 14.122 1.717 0.629 0.024 26.418 1.875
Age90AndOver 0.508 0.04 12.708 1.663 0.913 0.024 37.639 2.492
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.347 0.078 4.426 1.415 0.412 0.052 7.964 1.51
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.32 0.016 20.204 1.377
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.15 0.048 3.118 1.162
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.076 0.03 2.559 1.078
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.087 0.018 4.709 1.091
ANGIODYSPLASIA OF INTESTINE WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.438 0.065 -6.727 0.645 -0.39 0.037 -10.521 0.677
ANGIODYSPLASIA OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.508 0.059 -8.66 0.602 -0.394 0.033 -11.806 0.674
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.134 0.02 6.546 1.143 0.213 0.012 17.47 1.237
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.25 0.03 8.435 1.284
CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 0.397 0.091 4.346 1.488 0.547 0.051 10.694 1.728
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.148 0.024 6.151 1.159 0.201 0.015 13.779 1.222
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.07 0.017 4.167 1.072
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.156 0.041 3.836 1.169 0.266 0.025 10.633 1.304
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.17 0.032 5.251 1.185 0.169 0.02 8.475 1.184
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 1.557 0.119 13.102 4.745 1.012 0.101 10.001 2.75
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.401 0.035 11.372 1.494 0.197 0.024 8.18 1.218
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTRIC ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION -0.112 0.041 -2.755 0.894 -0.15 0.025 -5.94 0.86
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.218 0.051 4.248 1.243 0.271 0.034 8.048 1.312
COLONOSCOPY AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY -0.309 0.032 -9.763 0.734 -0.324 0.019 -17.464 0.723
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.271 0.025 10.95 1.311 0.256 0.015 17.213 1.291
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.148 0.048 3.095 1.16
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.224 0.027 8.251 1.251
DIVERTICULOSIS OF COLON WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.265 0.037 -7.271 0.767 -0.446 0.023 -19.624 0.64
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.374 0.024 15.538 1.454 0.584 0.014 41.01 1.793
ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL OF GASTRIC OR DUODENAL BLEEDING 0.142 0.034 4.206 1.153 -0.124 0.023 -5.464 0.884
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.934 0.041 22.576 2.546 0.937 0.027 35.166 2.552
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE, WITH BLEEDING 0.464 0.176 2.638 1.59 * * * *
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES WITH BLEEDING 0.374 0.101 3.687 1.454 0.236 0.067 3.545 1.266
ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY [EGD] WITH CLOSED BIOPSY -0.464 0.025 -18.273 0.629 -0.398 0.015 -26.187 0.672
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.148 0.039 3.781 1.159
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.234 0.042 5.562 1.264 0.187 0.027 6.96 1.205
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.229 0.033 6.849 1.257 0.163 0.021 7.841 1.177
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.291 0.04 7.343 1.337 0.135 0.026 5.225 1.144
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.452 0.049 9.146 1.571 0.381 0.032 11.724 1.464
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.573 0.027 21.523 1.773 0.587 0.018 31.774 1.799
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.083 0.059 18.501 2.955 0.711 0.046 15.411 2.037
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.354 0.022 16.008 1.425 0.277 0.014 19.677 1.319
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.218 0.038 5.699 1.243
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.087 0.02 4.398 1.091
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.563 0.037 15.321 1.755 0.425 0.026 16.536 1.529
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.196 0.03 6.609 1.216 0.174 0.019 9.276 1.19
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.076 0.018 4.29 1.079
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.303 0.025 12.044 1.353
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.454 0.04 11.248 1.574 0.434 0.026 16.55 1.543
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.47 0.057 8.246 1.599 0.551 0.037 14.825 1.734
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.158 0.026 6.061 1.171
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.202 0.052 3.858 1.224 0.207 0.033 6.256 1.229
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.566 0.077 7.372 1.762 0.456 0.053 8.591 1.577
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.153 0.041 3.761 1.166
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.092 0.045 2.038 1.097 0.11 0.028 3.92 1.116
HEMATEMESIS 0.282 0.041 6.866 1.325 0.23 0.025 9.142 1.258
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.238 0.023 10.153 1.269 0.096 0.016 5.948 1.101
HP127_CVG Other Procedures to Control Gastric or Duodenal Bleeding 0.739 0.044 16.838 2.093 0.234 0.034 6.972 1.264
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.384 0.041 9.355 1.469 0.461 0.027 17.233 1.586
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.165 0.034 4.836 1.179 0.179 0.022 8.224 1.196
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.257 0.034 7.577 1.293 0.274 0.021 13.191 1.315
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.681 0.118 5.791 1.977 0.491 0.082 6.001 1.634
OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 2.196 0.102 21.49 8.993 1.388 0.089 15.514 4.006
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.572 0.048 11.974 1.772 0.38 0.034 11.344 1.463
OTHER ASCITES 0.663 0.056 11.921 1.94 0.781 0.036 21.587 2.184
OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.194 0.059 3.305 1.214
OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE * * * * -0.206 0.014 -14.39 0.814
OTHER GASTROSCOPY 0.645 0.156 4.129 1.906 * * * *
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.698 0.032 21.582 2.01 0.458 0.024 19.174 1.581
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.831 0.09 9.284 2.295 0.458 0.064 7.106 1.581
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.282 0.082 3.451 1.326 0.153 0.054 2.825 1.165
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.558 0.082 6.772 1.747 0.434 0.052 8.365 1.543
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.47 0.081 5.83 1.6 0.594 0.05 11.919 1.811
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.55 0.106 5.181 1.733 0.629 0.065 9.693 1.876
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.661 0.061 10.869 1.936
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.392 0.094 -14.808 0.249 -0.68 0.064 -10.68 0.506
SexFemale -0.179 0.02 -9.128 0.836 -0.172 0.012 -14.54 0.842
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.489 0.024 147.604 32.745 2.66 0.02 135.09 14.301
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.166 0.045 3.721 1.181
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.299 0.034 8.881 1.349 0.296 0.021 13.821 1.344
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.096 0.046 2.103 1.101
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.618 0.046 13.526 1.856 0.583 0.03 19.268 1.792
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.691 0.078 8.814 1.996 0.328 0.056 5.874 1.389
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.099 0.018 5.427 1.104
ACUTE GASTRIC ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.113 0.05 -2.266 0.893
BLOOD IN STOOL * * * * -0.111 0.019 -5.879 0.895
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTROJEJUNAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.199 0.091 -2.191 0.82
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.09 0.034 2.619 1.094
DIEULAFOY LESION (HEMORRHAGIC) OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM * * * * -0.127 0.061 -2.095 0.881
DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON WITH HEMORRHAGE * * * * -0.454 0.05 -9.041 0.635
DIVERTICULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE WITH HEMORRHAGE * * * * -0.273 0.137 -1.995 0.761
DUODENAL ULCER, UNSPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC, WITHOUT HEMORRHAGE OR PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.081 0.035 2.311 1.084
GASTROESOPHAGEAL LACERATION-HEMORRHAGE SYNDROME * * * * -0.212 0.047 -4.55 0.809
OTHER ESOPHAGITIS * * * * 0.184 0.048 3.854 1.202
PORTAL HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.225 0.038 5.922 1.252
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.755 0.018 42.712 2.128 0.575 0.016 36.423 1.778
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.419 0.032 12.888 1.52 0.441 0.027 16.096 1.555
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.357 0.04 8.91 1.429 0.381 0.038 10.051 1.464
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF ANTEROLATERAL AND OTHER WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE - 410.01 and 410.11 0.297 0.038 7.787 1.345 0.333 0.034 9.898 1.395
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROLATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.108 0.038 2.837 1.114 0.094 0.034 2.79 1.098
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF OTHER LATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.383 0.048 8.002 1.467 0.354 0.043 8.304 1.424
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.669 0.037 -18.156 0.512 -0.475 0.032 -14.682 0.622
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, UNSPECIFIED SITE, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.687 0.041 16.898 1.988 0.591 0.036 16.343 1.806
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.561 0.016 35.67 1.753 0.431 0.014 31.166 1.539
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.044 0.015 3.03 1.045 0.031 0.012 2.559 1.031
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.104 0.04 2.579 1.109 0.118 0.033 3.64 1.126
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.299 0.031 9.738 1.349
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.137 0.05 2.762 1.147 0.493 0.039 12.523 1.637
Age70To74 0.282 0.021 13.514 1.325 0.242 0.017 13.986 1.274
Age75To79 0.509 0.021 24.643 1.663 0.475 0.017 27.818 1.608
Age80To84 0.695 0.021 33.598 2.004 0.659 0.017 38.437 1.932
Age85To89 0.816 0.022 37.915 2.261 0.86 0.018 48.566 2.364
Age90AndOver 0.849 0.023 36.667 2.338 1.069 0.019 56.697 2.912
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.227 0.015 14.984 1.255
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.158 0.048 3.269 1.171
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.042 0.014 3.054 1.043
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.4 0.037 38.008 4.055 1.316 0.036 36.733 3.727
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.128 0.02 6.5 1.136 0.194 0.015 12.528 1.214
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.316 0.07 -4.547 0.729
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF ONE CORONARY ARTERY 0.149 0.049 3.026 1.161 -0.162 0.052 -3.127 0.851
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.332 0.048 -6.852 0.717
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.318 0.046 -6.987 0.728
AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS * * * * 0.049 0.013 3.644 1.05
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.438 0.051 8.534 1.549 0.394 0.043 9.267 1.483
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.075 0.013 5.987 1.078 0.128 0.01 12.638 1.137
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.296 0.037 7.983 1.344 0.239 0.033 7.204 1.271
CACHEXIA 0.476 0.05 9.54 1.609 0.493 0.042 11.792 1.637
CARDIAC ARREST 1.582 0.026 61.76 4.864 1.346 0.024 54.933 3.84
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.183 0.018 65.343 3.263 1 0.017 58.992 2.718
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.125 0.015 8.121 1.134 0.172 0.012 13.78 1.188
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.192 0.02 9.535 1.211
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.298 0.058 5.141 1.348
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.268 0.019 14.492 1.308 0.255 0.015 16.651 1.29
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.071 0.02 3.509 1.074 0.067 0.017 3.966 1.069
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.236 0.014 17.217 1.266 0.254 0.011 22.75 1.29
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.16 0.048 3.355 1.174
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.167 0.024 7.054 1.182
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.065 0.019 3.424 1.068
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.07 0.014 5.087 1.073 0.083 0.011 7.428 1.087
DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT MENTION OF COMPLICATION, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.348 0.144 2.414 1.417 0.267 0.119 2.235 1.306
DISSECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.483 0.107 4.502 1.621 0.358 0.096 3.726 1.431
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.643 0.016 41.105 1.902 0.68 0.013 53 1.974
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.97 0.037 26.393 2.639 0.985 0.031 31.618 2.677
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, ENDOVASCULAR APPROACH - INCLUSIVE -1.259 0.228 -5.532 0.284 -0.953 0.166 -5.738 0.386
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, OPEN APPROACH - INCLUSIVE 0.474 0.115 4.139 1.607 0.285 0.107 2.652 1.33
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.113 0.021 5.461 1.12 0.142 0.017 8.335 1.153
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.032 0.015 2.106 1.033
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.283 0.021 13.415 1.327
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.712 0.036 19.925 2.039 0.516 0.033 15.887 1.676
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.342 0.014 25.049 1.408 0.316 0.011 27.816 1.371
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS 0.087 0.034 2.585 1.091 0.103 0.027 3.771 1.109
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.22 0.017 12.68 1.246 0.239 0.014 17.211 1.27
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.123 0.021 5.868 1.131
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.498 0.022 22.312 1.645 0.437 0.019 22.985 1.548
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.197 0.02 10.036 1.217 0.191 0.016 11.875 1.211
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.149 0.043 3.448 1.16 0.235 0.036 6.615 1.265
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.142 0.012 11.426 1.152
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.097 0.026 3.736 1.102 0.086 0.022 3.986 1.09
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.406 0.043 9.48 1.501 0.302 0.037 8.168 1.353
HP102_ CVG Mitral Valve Only Replacement 0.772 0.089 8.636 2.164 0.634 0.085 7.46 1.886
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.156 0.041 3.816 1.169 0.31 0.035 8.965 1.363
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.421 0.022 18.842 1.523 0.359 0.019 18.894 1.431
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.046 0.022 2.148 1.048 0.116 0.018 6.627 1.123
HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.062 0.028 2.206 1.064
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.38 0.02 68.322 3.975 1.209 0.019 64.035 3.351
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 1.876 0.041 46.104 6.525 1.6 0.038 42.556 4.954
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.217 0.059 3.672 1.242
LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.493 0.075 6.566 1.637 0.36 0.066 5.453 1.434
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.48 0.073 6.626 1.617 0.852 0.056 15.275 2.345
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY * * * * 0.068 0.029 2.328 1.07
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME * * * * 0.205 0.074 2.772 1.227
OTHER AND NOS, BYPASS ANASTOMOSIS FOR HEART REVASCULARIZATION * * * * -0.182 0.064 -2.834 0.833
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.45 0.072 6.209 1.568 0.422 0.062 6.834 1.526
OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.099 0.047 2.138 1.105
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.498 0.061 8.103 1.645 0.364 0.053 6.908 1.439
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.238 0.09 2.657 1.269 * * * *
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.364 0.049 7.456 1.439 0.386 0.039 9.818 1.471
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.393 0.079 4.977 1.481
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.354 0.089 3.983 1.425
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.312 0.138 9.481 3.713 0.939 0.112 8.402 2.556
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE CORONARY AND NON CORONARY VESSEL -0.792 0.015 -52.069 0.453 -0.778 0.012 -62.514 0.459
PROCEDURE ON THREE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE -0.438 0.04 -10.909 0.646 -0.421 0.033 -12.645 0.657
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE -0.638 0.024 -26.318 0.528 -0.617 0.02 -31.025 0.539
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.433 0.046 9.449 1.542 0.366 0.04 9.078 1.441
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.167 0.03 5.605 1.182 0.071 0.025 2.847 1.073
SexFemale * * * * -0.087 0.009 -9.218 0.916
SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.64 0.026 -24.204 0.527 -0.585 0.04 -14.684 0.557
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.948 0.018 168.124 19.074 2.731 0.018 153.455 15.346
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.269 0.026 10.258 1.309 0.248 0.022 11.306 1.281
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.313 0.096 3.272 1.367 0.298 0.078 3.821 1.347
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.321 0.067 4.794 1.379 0.367 0.057 6.485 1.443
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.368 0.054 6.859 1.444 0.293 0.046 6.369 1.341
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.12 0.036 3.378 1.128
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION * * * * 0.172 0.029 5.968 1.188
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.166 0.037 4.466 1.181
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.528 0.065 8.074 1.696 0.346 0.058 6.003 1.413
ACIDOSIS 0.561 0.061 9.173 1.752 0.363 0.054 6.718 1.437
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.347 0.093 3.726 1.415 0.451 0.073 6.159 1.57
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.516 0.166 3.101 1.676 0.498 0.159 3.135 1.646
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF ANTEROLATERAL AND OTHER WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE - 410.01 and 410.11 -0.414 0.088 -4.705 0.661 -0.288 0.078 -3.713 0.749
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROLATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.392 0.094 -4.17 0.675 -0.274 0.084 -3.275 0.761
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROPOSTERIOR WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -1.182 0.303 -3.897 0.307 -1.222 0.272 -4.491 0.295
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF OTHER LATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.322 0.131 -2.452 0.724 * * * *
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -1.519 0.045 -33.872 0.219 -1.221 0.038 -32.11 0.295
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.797 0.045 17.562 2.218 0.502 0.04 12.514 1.652
AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.326 0.088 -3.693 0.722 -0.229 0.069 -3.31 0.795
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.419 0.084 4.986 1.52
Age70To74 0.165 0.081 2.024 1.179 0.233 0.066 3.52 1.263
Age75To79 0.358 0.076 4.693 1.431 0.436 0.062 6.991 1.547
Age80To84 0.489 0.073 6.672 1.631 0.591 0.06 9.857 1.805
Age85To89 0.622 0.071 8.76 1.863 0.827 0.058 14.244 2.287
Age90AndOver 0.614 0.07 8.77 1.847 0.967 0.057 16.943 2.63
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.211 0.033 6.397 1.235
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.192 0.051 3.748 1.212
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.6 0.188 8.53 4.952 1.384 0.189 7.311 3.991
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.096 0.027 3.54 1.101
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.592 0.177 3.353 1.808 0.328 0.157 2.087 1.388
CACHEXIA 0.363 0.126 2.874 1.437 0.295 0.106 2.779 1.343
CARDIAC ARREST 3.037 0.122 24.82 20.848 2.681 0.128 21.007 14.596
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.857 0.076 24.349 6.407 1.683 0.078 21.681 5.381
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.313 0.034 9.191 1.367 0.332 0.027 12.325 1.394
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.575 0.036 15.941 1.778 0.592 0.028 20.896 1.808
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.718 0.088 8.199 2.051 0.821 0.073 11.271 2.272
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.266 0.054 4.884 1.304
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.017 0.088 11.589 2.765 0.851 0.081 10.532 2.342
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.488 0.036 13.399 1.629 0.42 0.03 14.219 1.523
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.623 0.061 10.292 1.864 0.534 0.052 10.35 1.705
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.095 0.042 2.256 1.1
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.308 0.043 7.09 1.361 0.326 0.035 9.326 1.385
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.121 0.036 3.365 1.128
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.535 0.104 5.126 1.708 0.288 0.091 3.173 1.334
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.376 0.097 3.883 1.456 0.592 0.079 7.478 1.808
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.404 0.061 6.626 1.498 0.436 0.051 8.536 1.546
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.862 0.148 5.82 2.367
OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.466 0.228 2.039 1.593
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.865 0.198 4.374 2.375 * * * *
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.349 0.102 3.442 1.418 0.543 0.088 6.198 1.722
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.442 0.124 3.565 1.556 0.422 0.099 4.254 1.525
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.507 0.162 3.133 1.66
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.911 0.051 -17.813 0.402 -0.534 0.042 -12.604 0.586
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS * * * * 0.302 0.123 2.462 1.353
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.217 0.087 2.5 1.242
SexFemale -0.193 0.032 -6.027 0.824 -0.231 0.025 -9.158 0.794
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.146 0.048 44.494 8.551 2.044 0.048 42.296 7.722
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.48 0.147 3.255 1.616 0.556 0.125 4.463 1.743
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.291 0.1 2.896 1.338 0.231 0.08 2.876 1.259
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.404 0.086 4.726 1.498 0.533 0.068 7.815 1.704
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 1.05 0.241 4.35 2.857 1.099 0.235 4.671 3.002
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.475 0.017 27.432 1.608 0.304 0.012 24.84 1.355
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.555 0.015 37.504 1.742 0.488 0.01 48.61 1.629
ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.747 0.046 -16.405 0.474 -0.535 0.028 -19.013 0.586
ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -1.018 0.028 -35.833 0.361 -0.674 0.017 -40.788 0.51
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.404 0.022 18.22 1.498 0.36 0.015 24.171 1.434
ACUTE ON CHRONIC COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.753 0.02 -37.644 0.471 -0.414 0.012 -33.388 0.661
ACUTE ON CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.909 0.018 -50.962 0.403 -0.571 0.011 -51.772 0.565
ACUTE ON CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.643 0.018 -36.144 0.525 -0.32 0.011 -28.758 0.726
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.429 0.012 35.051 1.536 0.204 0.008 25.524 1.226
ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.615 0.028 -22.243 0.54 -0.426 0.017 -24.656 0.653
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.273 0.02 13.472 1.314 0.193 0.013 14.502 1.213
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.238 0.043 5.544 1.269 0.245 0.027 9.058 1.278
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.374 0.022 17.229 1.453 0.508 0.014 37.138 1.661
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.437 0.027 16.372 1.548 0.6 0.018 33.267 1.823
Age70To74 0.196 0.023 8.629 1.216 0.206 0.014 14.967 1.229
Age75To79 0.39 0.022 18.013 1.477 0.382 0.013 29.039 1.466
Age80To84 0.546 0.021 26.059 1.726 0.57 0.013 44.755 1.769
Age85To89 0.672 0.021 32.273 1.958 0.762 0.013 60.11 2.142
Age90AndOver 0.76 0.021 35.996 2.138 1.008 0.013 78.474 2.741
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.27 0.009 30.036 1.31
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.225 0.032 7.063 1.252
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.045 0.008 5.633 1.046
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.13 0.015 8.55 1.139 0.168 0.009 18.262 1.183
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.138 0.01 13.685 1.149 0.132 0.006 21.776 1.141
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.676 0.104 6.478 1.965 0.39 0.069 5.663 1.477
CACHEXIA 0.466 0.032 14.357 1.594 0.528 0.022 23.749 1.695
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.079 0.012 6.527 1.082 0.13 0.007 17.333 1.139
CHRONIC COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.643 0.085 -7.603 0.526 -0.269 0.05 -5.422 0.764
CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.707 0.054 -13.063 0.493 -0.442 0.031 -14.107 0.643
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.213 0.01 22.401 1.238
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.305 0.033 9.263 1.356
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.22 0.014 15.689 1.246 0.205 0.009 23.359 1.228
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.26 0.039 6.727 1.297 0.297 0.024 12.322 1.345
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.147 0.012 12.319 1.158 0.072 0.007 10.141 1.075
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2.981 0.034 87.328 19.712 1.99 0.031 64.182 7.314
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 3.191 0.019 169.381 24.301 2.116 0.017 125.626 8.296
DELIRIUM 0.256 0.048 5.37 1.292 0.29 0.031 9.395 1.336
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.088 0.032 2.771 1.092
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.147 0.01 15.162 1.159
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.029 0.007 3.965 1.029
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.834 0.011 73.501 2.302 0.692 0.007 97.359 1.998
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.989 0.041 24.328 2.687 0.866 0.028 30.42 2.378
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.084 0.023 3.647 1.087
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF -0.077 0.013 -6.055 0.926 -0.082 0.008 -10.424 0.921
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.05 0.014 3.536 1.052 0.065 0.009 7.355 1.067
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.083 0.011 7.3 1.086 0.06 0.007 8.73 1.062
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.068 0.009 7.392 1.07
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.41 0.017 23.768 1.507 0.488 0.011 43.762 1.628
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.98 0.046 21.312 2.665 0.636 0.036 17.518 1.889
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.146 0.062 18.594 3.146 0.751 0.046 16.317 2.12
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.496 0.011 45.647 1.643 0.347 0.007 51.155 1.414
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.104 0.018 5.87 1.11
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.062 0.01 6.337 1.063
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.585 0.019 30.047 1.796 0.513 0.013 39.066 1.67
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.404 0.022 18.279 1.498 0.299 0.015 20.427 1.348
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.107 0.024 4.478 1.113 0.302 0.015 20.191 1.352
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.422 0.013 33.629 1.524 0.254 0.008 31.509 1.29
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.314 0.052 -6.031 0.731 -0.166 0.032 -5.163 0.847
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.267 0.03 8.865 1.306 0.325 0.02 16.196 1.385
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.477 0.016 29.576 1.612 0.426 0.011 40.484 1.532
HYPERTENSIVE HEART AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, MALIGNANT, WITH HEART FAILURE AND WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE STAGE V OR END STAGE RENAL DISEASE -0.128 0.048 -2.699 0.88 -0.143 0.035 -4.124 0.866
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE, MALIGNANT, BENIGN, UNSPECIFIED, WITH HEART FAILURE -0.254 0.017 -14.584 0.776 -0.251 0.01 -24.525 0.778
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.3 0.015 20.397 1.349 0.299 0.009 32.684 1.349
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/ DEFIBRILLATOR, TOTAL SYSTEM [AICD] -1.609 0.138 -11.668 0.2 -1.176 0.081 -14.598 0.308
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.091 0.041 2.213 1.095
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.157 0.057 2.738 1.17 0.078 0.038 2.063 1.081
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY * * * * 0.044 0.016 2.801 1.045
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, UNSPECIFIED 0.134 0.05 2.661 1.143 0.356 0.029 12.249 1.428
OTHER ASCITES 0.389 0.031 12.404 1.476 0.34 0.02 16.775 1.405
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.193 0.062 3.092 1.212 * * * *
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.097 0.027 3.561 1.102 0.093 0.017 5.447 1.098
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.524 0.035 15.048 1.688 0.482 0.025 19.358 1.62
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.511 0.05 10.151 1.667 0.685 0.032 21.501 1.983
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.452 0.086 5.284 1.572 0.711 0.054 13.169 2.037
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.483 0.064 7.509 1.622 0.635 0.041 15.609 1.887
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -0.809 0.047 -17.344 0.445 -0.6 0.03 -20.296 0.549
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE CORONARY AND NON CORONARY VESSEL -0.168 0.052 -3.202 0.846 -0.345 0.037 -9.437 0.708
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE * * * * -0.18 0.073 -2.447 0.836
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.162 0.052 3.153 1.176 * * * *
SexFemale -0.163 0.01 -15.761 0.85 -0.192 0.006 -30.863 0.826
SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS * * * * -0.402 0.084 -4.806 0.669
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.045 0.012 260.518 21.012 2.247 0.01 230.268 9.456
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.135 0.02 6.82 1.144 0.15 0.012 12.29 1.162
ULCER OF LOWER LIMB, UNSPECIFIED 0.317 0.048 6.543 1.373 0.367 0.029 12.546 1.443
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF FOOT 0.246 0.051 4.798 1.279 0.304 0.031 9.788 1.355
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.201 0.064 3.132 1.223 0.266 0.038 6.942 1.305
UNSPECIFIED DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.586 0.054 -10.932 0.557 -0.432 0.032 -13.556 0.649
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.123 0.037 3.308 1.131 0.187 0.021 8.848 1.206
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.144 0.017 8.48 1.155 0.192 0.01 18.344 1.212
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.273 0.078 -3.488 0.761 -0.151 0.049 -3.117 0.859
AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.025 0.011 2.305 1.025
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.189 0.016 11.494 1.208
MULTIPLE INVOLVEMENT OF MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVES * * * * 0.119 0.056 2.127 1.126
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 1.084 0.063 17.3 2.958 0.781 0.051 15.275 2.183
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.473 0.173 8.498 4.362 1.089 0.154 7.066 2.971
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.376 0.185 2.033 1.456 * * * *
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.436 0.189 2.31 1.546 0.35 0.151 2.314 1.419
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.541 0.138 3.93 1.718 -0.276 0.076 -3.606 0.759
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.962 0.098 9.804 2.618 0.756 0.084 8.975 2.129
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.297 0.073 4.078 1.346 0.223 0.056 3.971 1.25
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.371 0.183 2.031 1.449 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.562 0.102 5.514 1.754
Age70To74 0.214 0.075 2.834 1.238 0.241 0.057 4.257 1.272
Age75To79 0.478 0.075 6.35 1.613 0.46 0.057 8.08 1.584
Age80To84 0.581 0.078 7.43 1.787 0.683 0.058 11.775 1.979
Age85To89 0.658 0.083 7.955 1.93 0.85 0.061 14.022 2.339
Age90AndOver 0.638 0.09 7.058 1.893 1.101 0.064 17.234 3.008
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER * * * * 0.485 0.159 3.061 1.625
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.292 0.053 5.46 1.339 0.306 0.039 7.812 1.358
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.234 0.091 2.573 1.264
CALCULUS OF GALLBLADDER WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.517 0.124 4.157 1.677 0.358 0.096 3.727 1.43
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH 0.715 0.262 2.733 2.045 0.536 0.211 2.542 1.709
CHOLANGITIS 0.495 0.135 3.676 1.641 0.267 0.111 2.401 1.306
CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.453 0.162 2.804 1.574 * * * *
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.167 0.061 2.735 1.182 0.262 0.044 5.98 1.299
CHRONIC AND OTHER SPECIFIED DISEASES OF PANCREAS -0.426 0.079 -5.389 0.653 -0.237 0.054 -4.389 0.789
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.25 0.08 3.119 1.284 0.295 0.059 5.011 1.343
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.475 0.094 5.062 1.608
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.306 0.071 4.337 1.358 0.298 0.052 5.793 1.348
CYST AND PSEUDOCYST OF PANCREAS 0.247 0.082 3.01 1.281 * * * *
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.779 0.063 12.276 2.178 0.784 0.047 16.558 2.189
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.76 0.118 6.418 2.138 0.94 0.086 10.986 2.56
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.448 0.119 3.773 1.565 0.515 0.086 5.957 1.674
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.35 0.102 3.441 1.419 0.162 0.079 2.038 1.176
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.289 0.111 2.611 1.335 0.282 0.083 3.403 1.326
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.358 0.105 3.41 1.431
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.228 0.067 3.38 1.256 0.442 0.052 8.549 1.556
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.59 0.122 13.071 4.906 1.263 0.109 11.633 3.535
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.719 0.051 14.014 2.052 0.634 0.038 16.505 1.885
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.214 0.093 2.313 1.239 0.292 0.066 4.455 1.339
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.325 0.097 3.341 1.384 0.408 0.076 5.378 1.504
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.363 0.115 3.147 1.437 0.356 0.089 3.995 1.427
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.419 0.1 4.211 1.521 0.396 0.077 5.134 1.485
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.551 0.193 2.851 1.736
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.232 0.093 2.497 1.262 0.155 0.073 2.132 1.168
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.718 0.193 3.713 2.05 0.75 0.152 4.918 2.116
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.442 0.117 3.769 1.556 0.503 0.094 5.362 1.653
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.488 0.088 5.527 1.629 0.451 0.069 6.492 1.569
HYPOCALCEMIA 0.816 0.111 7.338 2.262 0.649 0.093 7.007 1.914
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY -1.063 0.106 -10.014 0.345 -0.853 0.072 -11.824 0.426
OTHER ASCITES 0.828 0.089 9.26 2.289 0.813 0.069 11.699 2.254
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.574 0.188 3.045 1.775 0.424 0.148 2.856 1.528
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.4 0.123 3.266 1.492
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.446 0.106 4.201 1.562 0.281 0.087 3.242 1.324
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.696 0.177 3.931 2.006 0.745 0.141 5.288 2.106
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.724 0.28 2.586 2.063
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.225 0.163 -7.522 0.294 -0.951 0.125 -7.591 0.386
SexFemale -0.272 0.046 -5.872 0.762 -0.215 0.034 -6.349 0.807
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 4.161 0.064 65.182 64.156 3.675 0.06 61.223 39.463
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 1.121 0.185 6.062 3.068 0.654 0.164 3.979 1.924
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.454 0.093 4.859 1.575 0.528 0.071 7.454 1.695
LOSS OF WEIGHT * * * * 0.389 0.112 3.467 1.475
OBSTRUCTION OF BILE DUCT * * * * 0.222 0.089 2.508 1.249
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PANCREAS * * * * 0.471 0.155 3.038 1.602
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.631 0.021 29.591 1.88 0.371 0.016 22.619 1.449
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.531 0.019 28.616 1.7 0.519 0.013 38.611 1.681
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.652 0.035 18.626 1.919 0.507 0.027 18.95 1.661
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.843 0.014 60.685 2.324 0.47 0.01 46.234 1.6
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.294 0.027 10.744 1.341 0.268 0.019 14.106 1.307
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.16 0.035 4.569 1.173
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.204 0.025 8.103 1.226 0.362 0.017 21.653 1.436
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.238 0.03 7.896 1.269 0.538 0.02 26.51 1.713
Age70To74 0.197 0.027 7.315 1.217 0.192 0.018 10.496 1.211
Age75To79 0.341 0.026 13.3 1.407 0.379 0.017 21.802 1.46
Age80To84 0.451 0.025 17.972 1.57 0.549 0.017 32.457 1.732
Age85To89 0.611 0.025 24.624 1.841 0.697 0.017 41.273 2.007
Age90AndOver 0.718 0.025 28.893 2.051 0.954 0.017 56.581 2.597
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.244 0.011 22.6 1.276
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.295 0.017 17.763 1.343
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.09 0.011 8.543 1.094
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.056 0.018 3.026 1.057
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.228 0.013 18.185 1.256 0.191 0.008 22.68 1.21
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.094 0.039 2.403 1.099 BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, UNSPECIFIED -0.639 0.048 -13.401 0.528 -0.51 0.048 -10.708 0.6
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.126 0.02 6.182 1.134
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED * * * * -0.205 0.055 -3.697 0.815
CACHEXIA 0.512 0.034 15.216 1.669 0.523 0.025 20.858 1.688
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.205 0.037 5.588 1.227
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.147 0.016 9.304 1.158 0.137 0.01 13.223 1.147
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.191 0.02 9.594 1.211
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.286 0.085 3.368 1.331 0.441 0.06 7.295 1.554
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.207 0.014 15.067 1.229
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.459 0.056 8.229 1.583 0.556 0.038 14.646 1.743
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.361 0.014 26.295 1.435 0.325 0.009 34.771 1.384
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.037 0.013 2.809 1.038
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.766 0.014 56.617 2.152 0.688 0.009 73.542 1.989
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.43 0.033 13.019 1.538 0.61 0.022 27.216 1.84
GASTROSTOMY STATUS 0.244 0.045 5.436 1.277 0.351 0.03 11.82 1.421
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.156 0.031 5.028 1.169 0.098 0.021 4.592 1.103
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.069 0.014 5.02 1.071
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.19 0.027 7.04 1.209 0.089 0.019 4.718 1.094
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.359 0.018 19.436 1.431 0.463 0.014 33.848 1.589
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.21 0.039 31.142 3.354 0.894 0.031 28.743 2.444
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.359 0.014 25.128 1.431 0.169 0.01 16.372 1.184
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.086 0.028 3.068 1.09
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.04 0.02 2.006 1.041 0.124 0.014 9.122 1.132
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.378 0.026 14.397 1.46 0.303 0.019 16.251 1.354
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.091 0.011 7.998 1.095
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.174 0.015 11.263 1.19
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.353 0.03 11.904 1.423 0.379 0.021 18.091 1.461
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.064 0.017 3.886 1.066
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.3 0.044 6.855 1.35 0.303 0.031 9.72 1.353
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.455 0.056 8.159 1.577 0.452 0.041 10.983 1.572
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.677 0.028 23.89 1.967 0.847 0.02 42.117 2.333
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.453 0.025 18.5 1.574 0.413 0.018 23.549 1.512
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.044 0.018 2.418 1.045 0.034 0.012 2.71 1.034
INFLUENZA WITH PNEUMONIA -0.626 0.049 -12.767 0.535 -0.707 0.049 -14.564 0.493
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE -0.625 0.15 -4.171 0.536 -0.742 0.121 -6.139 0.476
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.735 0.035 20.923 2.086 1.18 0.023 51.552 3.254
METHICILLIN RESISTANT PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -0.33 0.055 -6.039 0.719 -0.155 0.052 -3.018 0.856
METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -0.288 0.081 -3.55 0.749 -0.176 0.067 -2.639 0.838
NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.397 0.082 4.864 1.488 0.445 0.056 7.967 1.561
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.151 0.064 2.34 1.163 0.155 0.046 3.391 1.168
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS 0.264 0.076 3.489 1.303 0.337 0.051 6.602 1.4
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.233 0.082 2.844 1.263 0.145 0.056 2.593 1.156
OTHER DYSPNEA AND RESPIRATORY ABNORMALITY 0.298 0.059 5.064 1.347 0.303 0.038 7.964 1.354
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.853 0.057 14.891 2.347 0.496 0.043 11.467 1.641
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.077 0.023 3.317 1.08
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.101 0.041 2.484 1.106
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.144 0.056 2.584 1.155 * * * *
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.162 0.045 3.609 1.176
PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA [STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA] -0.827 0.064 -12.949 0.437 -0.577 0.054 -10.65 0.561
PNEUMONIA DUE TO ANAEROBES -0.391 0.103 -3.793 0.676 -0.253 0.08 -3.18 0.777
PNEUMONIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI [E. COLI] -0.501 0.11 -4.551 0.606 -0.232 0.079 -2.918 0.793
PNEUMONIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE [H. INFLUENZAE] -0.954 0.125 -7.64 0.385 -0.941 0.094 -10.05 0.39
PNEUMONIA DUE TO KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE -0.487 0.09 -5.403 0.615 -0.381 0.072 -5.258 0.683
PNEUMONIA DUE TO MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE -0.793 0.125 -6.329 0.452 -0.671 0.089 -7.505 0.511
PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA -0.667 0.048 -13.809 0.513 -0.39 0.048 -8.144 0.677
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PNEUMONIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS -0.415 0.058 -7.157 0.66 -0.279 0.053 -5.273 0.756
PNEUMONIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A, OTHER, OR UNSPECIFIED -1.054 0.116 -9.121 0.348 -0.775 0.081 -9.537 0.461
PNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED -0.46 0.039 -11.659 0.631 -0.359 0.044 -8.087 0.698
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.637 0.027 23.872 1.891 0.502 0.019 26.208 1.653
PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II 0.296 0.039 7.652 1.345 0.527 0.025 20.853 1.694
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.321 0.058 5.573 1.378 0.536 0.038 14.126 1.708
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.432 0.074 5.881 1.541 0.52 0.051 10.28 1.682
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.287 0.07 4.085 1.333 0.462 0.047 9.762 1.587
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.12 0.039 -28.824 0.326 -0.754 0.028 -27.3 0.471
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.558 0.075 20.71 4.751 1.358 0.07 19.525 3.888
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.241 0.073 3.319 1.273 0.164 0.063 2.592 1.178
SexFemale -0.142 0.012 -11.733 0.868 -0.282 0.008 -35.088 0.755
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.219 0.015 208.754 25.013 2.703 0.015 185.574 14.923
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.15 0.025 5.898 1.162 0.124 0.017 7.127 1.132
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.199 0.026 46.172 3.318 0.78 0.021 37.044 2.181
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.222 0.041 5.38 1.249 0.14 0.027 5.098 1.15
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.336 0.019 17.386 1.399 0.335 0.013 25.198 1.398
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.236 0.046 5.169 1.267
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.08 0.018 4.354 1.083 0.152 0.012 12.651 1.164
DEMENTIA, UNSPECIFIED, WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.269 0.04 6.655 1.309
DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES * * * * 0.206 0.052 3.95 1.229
ELECTROLYTE AND FLUID DISORDERS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.112 0.046 2.412 1.119
UNSPECIFIED PSYCHOSIS * * * * 0.235 0.054 4.383 1.265
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.862 0.048 17.914 2.368 0.614 0.041 15.028 1.848
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.662 0.056 11.72 1.939 0.618 0.045 13.632 1.854
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.384 0.074 5.175 1.469 0.333 0.06 5.564 1.395
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.608 0.035 17.235 1.838 0.405 0.027 14.901 1.5
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.293 0.054 5.435 1.341 0.251 0.041 6.052 1.285
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.212 0.075 2.831 1.236 0.322 0.055 5.889 1.38
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.533 0.069 7.735 1.703
Age70To74 0.095 0.055 1.709 1.099 0.115 0.042 2.754 1.122
Age75To79 0.177 0.055 3.239 1.194 0.237 0.041 5.776 1.268
Age80To84 0.319 0.054 5.866 1.376 0.434 0.041 10.602 1.543
Age85To89 0.343 0.057 6.004 1.41 0.533 0.043 12.463 1.705
Age90AndOver 0.346 0.063 5.512 1.413 0.78 0.046 17.016 2.182
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.176 0.035 4.968 1.192
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.307 0.12 10.897 3.695 1.329 0.111 11.925 3.777
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.232 0.035 6.601 1.262 0.303 0.026 11.792 1.354
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 1.181 0.118 9.992 3.258 0.693 0.1 6.902 1.999
CACHEXIA 0.481 0.109 4.392 1.617 0.559 0.08 6.971 1.75
CARDIAC ARREST 2.849 0.074 38.422 17.263 2.496 0.07 35.449 12.129
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.643 0.084 19.507 5.171 1.403 0.078 17.935 4.067
CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF LEG AND FOOT, EXCEPT TOES 0.277 0.132 2.097 1.319 * * * *
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.115 0.031 3.758 1.122
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.175 0.059 2.991 1.191 0.111 0.045 2.481 1.117
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.459 0.124 3.714 1.582
COMA 1.426 0.234 6.098 4.164 1.196 0.22 5.438 3.306
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.366 0.041 8.987 1.442 0.326 0.031 10.678 1.386
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.226 0.055 4.132 1.253
DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.739 0.226 3.277 2.094 0.648 0.2 3.237 1.911
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.136 0.044 3.119 1.145
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.163 0.039 4.134 1.177 0.129 0.029 4.452 1.138
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.641 0.039 16.575 1.897 0.702 0.029 24.635 2.018
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.848 0.105 8.049 2.334 0.865 0.082 10.554 2.376
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.569 0.17 3.347 1.767 0.35 0.146 2.394 1.419
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.318 0.121 2.623 1.374
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.246 0.082 3.009 1.279 0.15 0.063 2.371 1.162
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.233 0.04 5.758 1.262
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.371 0.039 9.469 1.449
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.6 0.132 4.537 1.822 0.52 0.109 4.762 1.683
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.688 0.171 9.857 5.409 1.164 0.156 7.442 3.203
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.5 0.038 13.102 1.649 0.308 0.03 10.338 1.36
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.259 0.066 3.931 1.295 0.223 0.048 4.646 1.25
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.243 0.051 4.796 1.275
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.717 0.053 13.526 2.047 0.488 0.043 11.273 1.629
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.157 0.055 2.842 1.17 0.19 0.041 4.606 1.209
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.232 0.053 4.407 1.261
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.295 0.042 7.048 1.343 0.334 0.031 10.855 1.397
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.183 0.059 3.115 1.201
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.2 0.064 3.142 1.222
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.257 0.092 2.783 1.293
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.499 0.13 3.84 1.647 0.54 0.1 5.384 1.716
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.274 0.098 2.808 1.315 0.396 0.076 5.231 1.487
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.526 0.068 7.714 1.692 0.444 0.055 8.026 1.559
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA * * * * 0.317 0.042 7.583 1.374
IATROGENIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE -1.302 0.225 -5.79 0.272 -0.941 0.159 -5.905 0.39
INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.954 0.141 6.757 2.597 0.608 0.118 5.156 1.836
INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.967 0.232 4.167 2.631 0.887 0.208 4.271 2.427
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE * * * * 0.286 0.105 2.717 1.332
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.5 0.09 5.58 1.648 1.078 0.059 18.296 2.938
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.515 0.182 2.836 1.674
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG * * * * 0.733 0.114 6.419 2.081
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 1.045 0.135 7.764 2.845 0.774 0.12 6.465 2.169
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.404 0.188 2.145 1.498
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.754 0.154 4.909 2.125 0.536 0.126 4.26 1.709
OTHER ASCITES 1.057 0.125 8.487 2.878 1.308 0.095 13.79 3.698
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.394 0.177 2.23 1.483 * * * *
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.556 0.131 4.249 1.743
OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 1.097 0.233 4.704 2.994 0.991 0.191 5.193 2.693
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION -1.233 0.238 -5.175 0.291 -0.645 0.186 -3.473 0.525
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 1.111 0.12 9.292 3.037 0.857 0.109 7.879 2.355
PANCYTOPENIA 0.334 0.135 2.47 1.397 0.326 0.097 3.364 1.385
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.502 0.21 2.389 1.652 * * * *
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.394 0.213 6.555 4.03 0.913 0.187 4.893 2.491
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.293 0.098 2.999 1.341 0.409 0.078 5.224 1.505
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.636 0.089 7.11 1.889 0.569 0.067 8.533 1.766
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.487 0.127 3.831 1.627
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.447 0.187 2.392 1.564
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.161 0.063 2.572 1.175
SECONDARY THROMBOCYTOPENIA * * * * 0.345 0.122 2.829 1.412
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.141 0.223 5.116 3.129 0.775 0.205 3.782 2.171
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.632 0.217 2.904 1.881 0.485 0.192 2.527 1.624
SexFemale * * * * -0.121 0.023 -5.196 0.886
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.646 0.104 15.777 5.187 1.25 0.097 12.857 3.492
SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCTION 0.149 0.073 2.041 1.16 * * * *
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.164 0.042 75.2 23.677 2.634 0.039 67.651 13.933
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS * * * * 0.47 0.159 2.958 1.6
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -2.663 0.303 -8.803 0.07 -1.973 0.258 -7.655 0.139
THORACENTESIS * * * * 0.256 0.08 3.183 1.292
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.761 0.187 4.071 2.141 0.548 0.157 3.494 1.73
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.29 0.098 2.958 1.337
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.502 0.235 2.132 1.652
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION * * * * 0.114 0.047 2.436 1.12
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.308 0.135 2.28 1.361
SWELLING, MASS, OR LUMP IN CHEST * * * * 0.405 0.136 2.99 1.5
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE * * * * 0.075 0.032 2.328 1.077
ACIDOSIS 0.349 0.013 26.42 1.418 0.252 0.011 22.72 1.287
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE -0.891 0.052 -16.978 0.41 -0.443 0.042 -10.481 0.642
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.746 0.047 15.898 2.109 0.642 0.045 14.355 1.901
ACUTE COR PULMONALE - CC 0.444 0.138 3.22 1.559 0.444 0.111 4.004 1.558
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.39 0.022 17.899 1.478 0.336 0.019 17.633 1.399
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE -0.435 0.052 -8.286 0.647 -0.357 0.042 -8.454 0.7
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.365 0.018 20.634 1.441 0.266 0.015 17.546 1.305
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.333 0.039 8.559 1.395 0.348 0.032 10.766 1.416
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.146 0.023 6.223 1.157 0.324 0.019 17.023 1.382
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.261 0.033 8.015 1.298 0.488 0.027 17.878 1.63
Age70To74 0.214 0.018 12.205 1.238 0.205 0.014 14.656 1.228
Age75To79 0.399 0.017 22.786 1.49 0.403 0.014 28.732 1.497
Age80To84 0.514 0.018 28.363 1.672 0.561 0.015 38.409 1.752
Age85To89 0.612 0.019 31.608 1.844 0.691 0.016 43.891 1.996
Age90AndOver 0.714 0.021 33.759 2.043 0.875 0.017 50.286 2.399
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.088 0.014 6.211 1.092
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.164 0.025 6.594 1.178
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.105 0.012 8.93 1.111
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.756 0.027 63.987 5.79 1.544 0.026 58.408 4.683
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.196 0.011 17.893 1.217 0.234 0.009 26.274 1.264
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 0.745 0.025 30.402 2.107 0.502 0.022 23.163 1.652
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.244 0.098 2.478 1.276 * * * *
CACHEXIA 0.367 0.03 12.348 1.444 0.411 0.025 16.692 1.509
CARDIAC ARREST 1.888 0.024 79.939 6.608 1.629 0.023 71.052 5.097
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.326 0.031 42.535 3.765 1.099 0.03 36.818 3
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.4 0.014 29.429 1.493 0.36 0.011 31.922 1.433
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.111 0.022 5.156 1.117
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.166 0.082 2.034 1.181 * * * *
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.146 0.019 7.834 1.157 0.144 0.015 9.305 1.155
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.379 0.05 7.645 1.461 0.346 0.042 8.31 1.413
COMA 1.281 0.043 29.828 3.6 1.119 0.041 27.226 3.061
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.205 0.012 16.938 1.228 0.213 0.01 21.581 1.238
DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.355 0.033 10.625 1.426 0.193 0.029 6.59 1.213
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.031 0.01 2.96 1.031
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.777 0.012 64.052 2.176 0.803 0.01 80.208 2.231
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.419 0.025 17.057 1.52 0.453 0.02 22.354 1.573
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.38 0.033 11.406 1.462 0.228 0.03 7.696 1.256
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.053 0.011 4.754 1.054
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.179 0.017 10.75 1.196 0.336 0.014 24.768 1.4
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.58 0.032 17.942 1.787 0.483 0.029 16.721 1.62
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.287 0.062 20.782 3.622 1.027 0.058 17.722 2.794
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.363 0.012 29.467 1.438 0.262 0.01 25.316 1.3
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.067 0.012 5.346 1.069
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.467 0.02 23.811 1.595 0.372 0.017 21.924 1.451
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.293 0.011 25.652 1.34 0.228 0.009 24.487 1.255
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.683 0.04 16.959 1.979 0.607 0.036 16.971 1.835
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.177 0.024 7.299 1.194 0.337 0.02 16.58 1.401
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.242 0.017 13.919 1.274 0.252 0.014 17.428 1.287
INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.883 0.036 24.418 2.419 0.564 0.033 17.146 1.757
INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.514 0.052 9.912 1.672 0.387 0.046 8.32 1.472
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.767 0.032 23.598 2.152 0.942 0.027 35.081 2.565
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.342 0.062 5.527 1.407 0.579 0.049 11.773 1.784
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.308 0.029 10.573 1.36 0.227 0.025 9.229 1.255
MULTIPLE MYELOMA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION 0.294 0.078 3.775 1.342 0.251 0.066 3.791 1.285
NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.547 0.117 4.678 1.729 0.433 0.1 4.306 1.541
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.172 0.057 3.044 1.188
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.719 0.05 14.263 2.053 0.557 0.046 12.217 1.746
OTHER ASCITES 0.485 0.054 8.899 1.624 0.508 0.047 10.765 1.663
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.392 0.081 4.864 1.48 0.381 0.067 5.69 1.464
OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 0.644 0.059 10.851 1.904 0.534 0.054 9.839 1.705
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.704 0.038 18.527 2.023 0.577 0.033 17.295 1.781
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 1.123 0.108 10.446 3.075 0.9 0.099 9.097 2.459
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.838 0.047 17.876 2.312 0.6 0.044 13.698 1.821
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.216 0.071 3.032 1.241 0.138 0.062 2.23 1.148
PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.066 0.062 17.266 2.903 0.796 0.057 13.935 2.217
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.368 0.018 19.994 1.445 0.352 0.016 21.933 1.421
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.548 0.023 23.844 1.731 0.555 0.019 29.891 1.741
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.37 0.045 8.132 1.448
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.246 0.071 3.459 1.279 0.389 0.059 6.63 1.476
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.173 0.068 2.552 1.189 0.376 0.056 6.752 1.456
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.487 0.049 -30.489 0.226 -1.19 0.043 -27.761 0.304
RENAL FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED 1.309 0.109 11.979 3.703 1.054 0.1 10.587 2.87
SARCOIDOSIS 0.313 0.076 4.122 1.368 0.177 0.062 2.835 1.193
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.098 0.049 22.36 2.998 0.877 0.046 18.924 2.403
SexFemale -0.193 0.01 -18.428 0.824 -0.232 0.008 -27.416 0.793
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.16 0.039 30.126 3.19 0.92 0.036 25.419 2.509
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.124 0.013 240.488 22.731 2.768 0.013 216.103 15.926
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.32 0.078 4.103 1.377 * * * *
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -0.962 0.04 -24.161 0.382 -0.807 0.033 -24.148 0.446
THORACENTESIS -0.148 0.034 -4.381 0.862 -0.054 0.028 -1.963 0.947
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.09 0.022 4.07 1.094 0.12 0.018 6.589 1.127
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.822 0.051 16.088 2.275 0.759 0.047 16.081 2.137
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.115 0.045 2.523 1.122
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.142 0.047 3.031 1.153 0.144 0.038 3.795 1.154
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.887 0.103 8.646 2.428 0.65 0.094 6.892 1.915
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.114 0.022 5.209 1.121 0.207 0.018 11.421 1.23
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.185 0.048 3.843 1.203
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.906 0.063 14.338 2.475 0.837 0.062 13.59 2.31
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.259 0.08 3.25 1.296
CHRONIC ULCER OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES * * * * 0.288 0.109 2.65 1.334
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BREAST (FEMALE), UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.202 0.075 2.692 1.224
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.076 0.027 2.778 1.079
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.156 0.017 9.246 1.169 0.153 0.015 10.414 1.166
ACIDOSIS 0.43 0.006 75.934 1.537 0.305 0.005 60.48 1.356
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.427 0.009 48.811 1.532 0.424 0.008 55.766 1.528
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.622 0.029 21.627 1.863 0.585 0.025 23.085 1.795
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.68 0.015 46.275 1.974 0.655 0.014 46.127 1.925
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.154 0.028 5.598 1.167 * * * *
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.281 0.009 29.822 1.324 0.27 0.009 31.783 1.31
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.231 0.022 10.551 1.26 0.116 0.02 5.908 1.124
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.812 0.006 139.106 2.253 0.615 0.005 118.79 1.85
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.139 0.024 47.665 3.123 0.947 0.023 41.221 2.578
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED DEEP VESSELS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.099 0.034 2.915 1.104 0.165 0.03 5.556 1.18
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.163 0.01 17.07 1.177 0.148 0.009 17.245 1.159
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.154 0.019 8.116 1.167 0.209 0.016 12.792 1.233
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.103 0.009 11.515 1.108 0.245 0.008 32.15 1.277
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.219 0.013 17.396 1.245 0.432 0.011 40.086 1.541
Age70To74 0.133 0.009 14.428 1.143 0.161 0.008 20.039 1.175
Age75To79 0.276 0.009 30.28 1.317 0.322 0.008 40.66 1.379
Age80To84 0.418 0.009 45.952 1.518 0.499 0.008 63.113 1.646
Age85To89 0.557 0.009 60.276 1.746 0.679 0.008 84.167 1.971
Age90AndOver 0.703 0.01 73.668 2.02 0.916 0.008 110.029 2.498
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.153 0.006 26.646 1.165
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.065 0.014 4.538 1.067
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 0.817 0.023 35.666 2.263 0.749 0.022 34.021 2.114
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.032 0.011 2.992 1.032
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.152 0.041 3.726 1.164 0.164 0.035 4.73 1.178
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.494 0.037 13.299 1.639 0.434 0.032 13.465 1.543
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.168 0.005 31.906 1.182 0.195 0.005 43.063 1.215
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 0.534 0.014 36.823 1.705 0.4 0.013 29.748 1.492
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.085 0.012 7.014 1.089 0.187 0.01 18.173 1.205
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.359 0.05 7.208 1.431 0.276 0.044 6.338 1.318
CACHEXIA 0.48 0.014 33.67 1.616 0.488 0.013 38.562 1.629
CARDIAC ARREST 2.119 0.019 109.877 8.326 1.929 0.019 99.337 6.885
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.726 0.02 35.596 2.066 0.651 0.02 32.43 1.918
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.125 0.012 10.193 1.133 0.204 0.01 19.631 1.227
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.521 0.035 14.866 1.684 0.601 0.031 19.497 1.824
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.188 0.008 22.796 1.207 0.187 0.007 26.221 1.206
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.418 0.018 23.589 1.519 0.483 0.016 30.798 1.621
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
COMA 1.049 0.029 36.72 2.855 0.939 0.028 33.377 2.557
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.276 0.007 42.397 1.318 0.272 0.006 48.533 1.313
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.333 0.025 53.194 3.792 1.204 0.025 48.977 3.334
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.105 0.014 7.634 1.111
DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.361 0.017 20.983 1.435 0.213 0.016 13.317 1.238
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.026 0.006 4.108 1.026 0.048 0.005 8.837 1.049
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.736 0.006 129.201 2.087 0.773 0.005 157.409 2.167
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.788 0.015 52.332 2.2 0.844 0.014 62.146 2.325
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.211 0.016 13.539 1.235 0.148 0.014 10.394 1.159
GANGRENE 0.459 0.028 16.127 1.582 0.447 0.025 17.987 1.564
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.044 0.013 3.41 1.045 0.098 0.011 8.759 1.103
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.035 0.008 4.493 1.036
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.081 0.01 7.77 1.085 0.092 0.009 9.906 1.096
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.053 0.007 7.665 1.054 0.228 0.006 38.696 1.256
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.147 0.029 39.344 3.149 1.02 0.028 36.628 2.772
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.254 0.005 46.598 1.289 0.22 0.005 46.92 1.246
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.081 0.009 8.633 1.085 0.119 0.008 14.959 1.127
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.018 0.005 3.522 1.018
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.226 0.01 21.728 1.254 0.199 0.009 21.979 1.22
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.077 0.006 13.823 1.08 0.112 0.005 23.408 1.118
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.076 0.018 4.147 1.079 0.094 0.016 5.75 1.098
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.142 0.011 13.233 1.153
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.501 0.015 32.388 1.651 0.461 0.014 32.681 1.586
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.336 0.007 45.51 1.399
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.348 0.008 43.429 1.417 0.355 0.007 49.426 1.427
INFECTION AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO OTHER VASCULAR DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.189 0.063 2.982 1.208 * * * *
INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.503 0.02 25.569 1.654 0.34 0.018 18.567 1.405
INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.611 0.024 25.943 1.842 0.501 0.022 22.471 1.65
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.168 0.011 14.975 1.183 0.172 0.01 17.722 1.188
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.749 0.021 35.716 2.114 0.878 0.019 47.431 2.405
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED 0.362 0.05 7.256 1.436 0.438 0.044 10.017 1.55
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.311 0.043 7.18 1.364 0.437 0.038 11.566 1.548
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SEPTICEMIA 0.218 0.021 10.488 1.244 0.33 0.014 22.774 1.391
METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SEPTICEMIA 0.107 0.022 4.754 1.113 0.19 0.016 11.886 1.21
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.598 0.016 37.165 1.818 0.46 0.015 30.134 1.584
NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.57 0.027 20.763 1.769 0.502 0.025 20.446 1.652
OBSTRUCTIVE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, WITHOUT EXACERBATION 0.147 0.007 22.416 1.158 0.152 0.006 27.095 1.164
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.158 0.032 5.014 1.171
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.64 0.016 39.913 1.896 0.583 0.015 38.972 1.792
OTHER ASCITES 0.652 0.016 40.184 1.919 0.699 0.015 46.969 2.012
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.103 0.027 3.875 1.109 0.109 0.023 4.71 1.116
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.409 0.029 14.246 1.506 0.432 0.025 17.23 1.541
OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 0.581 0.04 14.61 1.788 0.497 0.038 13.179 1.643
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.426 0.022 18.951 1.531 0.359 0.021 17.505 1.432
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.939 0.028 33.186 2.557 0.729 0.026 27.868 2.073
OTHER SEPTICEMIA DUE TO GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS -0.714 0.021 -33.823 0.49 -0.509 0.014 -35.608 0.601
OTHER SPECIFIED SEPTICEMIAS -0.25 0.019 -13.244 0.779 -0.156 0.012 -12.816 0.855
OTHER STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA -0.221 0.033 -6.775 0.802 * * * *
PANCYTOPENIA 0.417 0.015 27.663 1.518 0.406 0.013 30.364 1.501
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.201 0.02 10.083 1.223 0.127 0.018 7.05 1.136
PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.38 0.019 19.622 1.463 0.266 0.018 14.801 1.304
PNEUMOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA -0.487 0.034 -14.461 0.614 -0.447 0.027 -16.463 0.64
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.078 0.007 10.45 1.081 0.259 0.006 40.113 1.296
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.434 0.018 24.421 1.543 0.413 0.015 26.655 1.511
PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II * * * * 0.204 0.01 19.511 1.226
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.09 0.016 5.658 1.094 0.259 0.013 19.493 1.295
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.134 0.015 8.653 1.143 0.257 0.013 19.837 1.293
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.16 0.018 8.815 1.174 0.326 0.015 21.252 1.385
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.374 0.032 -43.477 0.253 -1.125 0.027 -41.004 0.325
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.18 0.026 6.933 1.197 0.134 0.023 5.699 1.143
RENAL FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED 1.217 0.053 23.162 3.377 1.047 0.049 21.518 2.849
SARCOIDOSIS 0.155 0.049 3.173 1.168 0.103 0.043 2.411 1.108
SEPSIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCAL -0.574 0.022 -26.219 0.563 -0.403 0.015 -26.996 0.669
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO ANAEROBES -0.192 0.031 -6.239 0.826 -0.131 0.025 -5.325 0.878
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI) -1.084 0.018 -60.759 0.338 -0.829 0.01 -81.484 0.437
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE (H. INFLUENZAE) -0.697 0.066 -10.611 0.498 -0.618 0.056 -11.043 0.539
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS -0.411 0.029 -14.402 0.663 -0.252 0.022 -11.651 0.777
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO SERRATIA -0.405 0.076 -5.319 0.667 -0.244 0.063 -3.86 0.784
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.298 0.005 236.674 3.662 0.988 0.005 201.662 2.687
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.212 0.005 39.672 1.236 0.148 0.005 32.024 1.16
SexFemale 0.022 0.005 4.428 1.022 * * * *
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.033 0.036 28.901 2.811 0.84 0.034 24.816 2.316
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.718 0.006 418.317 15.144 2.633 0.007 395.384 13.922
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.181 0.036 4.952 1.198 0.129 0.032 4.064 1.138
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -1.024 0.023 -44.367 0.359 -1.031 0.021 -48.802 0.357
THORACENTESIS -0.167 0.017 -9.642 0.846 -0.084 0.015 -5.558 0.919
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.079 0.009 9.106 1.083 0.084 0.008 11.006 1.087
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.13 0.035 3.747 1.139 0.197 0.029 6.724 1.218
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.689 0.023 30.083 1.992 0.709 0.021 34.225 2.031
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.117 0.029 4.095 1.124 0.102 0.025 4 1.107
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.111 0.022 4.924 1.117 0.11 0.019 5.898 1.116
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.72 0.022 32.113 2.055 0.551 0.021 26.258 1.735
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.128 0.011 11.795 1.136 0.17 0.01 17.793 1.185
UNSPECIFIED SEPTICEMIA -0.068 0.014 -4.914 0.934 * * * *
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.192 0.027 7.185 1.211 0.205 0.024 8.713 1.228
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.947 0.02 46.743 2.578 0.797 0.019 41.33 2.22
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.875 0.05 17.347 2.398 0.817 0.049 16.662 2.264
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF DEEP VESSELS OF PROXIMAL LOWER EXTREMITY - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.056 0.024 2.377 1.058
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.384 0.035 10.837 1.467
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with other specified manifestations/ketoacidosis, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.058 0.01 5.688 1.06
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.124 0.02 6.193 1.132
STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.147 0.037 3.933 1.159
ULCER OF HEEL AND MIDFOOT * * * * 0.059 0.025 2.382 1.061
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.569 0.037 15.22 1.766 0.494 0.034 14.327 1.639
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.59 0.107 5.52 1.804 0.718 0.098 7.353 2.05
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.049 0.125 8.39 2.856 1.13 0.127 8.862 3.095
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 1.133 0.244 4.637 3.106 0.803 0.243 3.312 2.233
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.599 0.141 4.252 1.82 0.422 0.127 3.31 1.525
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.257 0.107 2.413 1.293 0.295 0.096 3.057 1.343
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.267 0.13 2.061 1.307 * * * *
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.536 0.055 9.838 1.71 0.501 0.052 9.658 1.651
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.494 0.038 12.856 1.639 0.469 0.035 13.295 1.599
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.213 0.083 2.574 1.237 0.262 0.073 3.609 1.3
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.38 0.078 4.858 1.462
Age70To74 0.281 0.05 5.672 1.325 0.322 0.044 7.282 1.38
Age75To79 0.453 0.049 9.229 1.572 0.514 0.044 11.757 1.672
Age80To84 0.684 0.049 13.872 1.982 0.776 0.044 17.553 2.173
Age85To89 0.811 0.052 15.736 2.249 1.069 0.046 23.384 2.913
Age90AndOver 0.953 0.057 16.665 2.594 1.399 0.05 27.947 4.051
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 0.326 0.147 2.217 1.385 * * * *
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.914 0.178 5.139 2.495 0.964 0.163 5.897 2.621
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.223 0.045 4.988 1.25
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.487 0.203 2.403 1.628 0.431 0.19 2.271 1.54
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.233 0.031 7.403 1.262 0.256 0.028 9.232 1.291
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.286 0.053 5.388 1.332
CACHEXIA 0.512 0.082 6.273 1.669 0.422 0.078 5.432 1.525
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.379 0.035 10.721 1.461 0.379 0.031 12.121 1.461
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.108 0.046 2.328 1.114 * * * *
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.369 0.079 4.647 1.446 0.427 0.069 6.175 1.532
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.143 0.055 2.617 1.154 * * * *
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.744 0.176 4.218 2.104 0.676 0.162 4.164 1.965
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.443 0.083 5.327 1.557 0.457 0.072 6.375 1.58
CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.615 0.088 6.957 1.851 0.577 0.082 7.019 1.781
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.417 0.101 4.144 1.517 0.777 0.086 8.99 2.174
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.303 0.045 6.779 1.353 0.324 0.039 8.215 1.383
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL * * * * 0.138 0.028 4.878 1.148
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.366 0.163 8.405 3.919 1.318 0.168 7.867 3.736
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.297 0.073 4.057 1.346
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.876 0.122 7.165 2.402 0.941 0.114 8.263 2.562
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.194 0.089 2.18 1.214
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.696 0.128 5.441 2.006 0.677 0.119 5.675 1.968
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.334 0.127 2.627 1.397 0.337 0.118 2.845 1.4
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.313 0.079 3.951 1.367 0.236 0.071 3.326 1.266
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.132 0.061 2.174 1.141 0.164 0.053 3.079 1.178
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.327 0.063 5.211 1.386 0.304 0.056 5.392 1.356
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY * * * * 0.225 0.103 2.193 1.252
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.446 0.08 5.545 1.563 0.421 0.073 5.79 1.523
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.104 0.031 3.337 1.109
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.163 0.057 2.86 1.177 0.177 0.052 3.382 1.194
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.207 0.034 6.07 1.23 0.214 0.03 7.123 1.238
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.253 0.054 4.72 1.287 0.236 0.048 4.911 1.266
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.26 0.054 4.819 1.297
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC * * * * 0.165 0.059 2.795 1.179
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.148 0.065 2.267 1.16 0.292 0.058 5.033 1.339
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.458 0.114 4.004 1.581 0.548 0.104 5.277 1.73
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.152 0.059 2.589 1.164 0.155 0.052 2.974 1.167
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.35 0.15 2.335 1.418
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER * * * * 0.119 0.056 2.119 1.127
HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine 0.302 0.086 3.525 1.352 0.232 0.074 3.145 1.262
HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.477 0.046 10.353 1.611 0.245 0.04 6.122 1.277
HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.658 0.099 6.652 1.932 0.712 0.087 8.172 2.038
HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.489 0.052 9.398 1.63 0.512 0.048 10.729 1.668
HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.434 0.068 6.379 1.544 0.914 0.057 15.983 2.495
HP135_CVG Other Repair of Small Intestine 0.333 0.068 4.925 1.395 0.219 0.058 3.786 1.245
HP166_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - High Mortality 0.548 0.075 7.274 1.729 0.484 0.07 6.909 1.622
HP170_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - Moderate Mortality 0.398 0.122 3.254 1.488 0.424 0.109 3.897 1.528
HP171_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - High Mortality 0.519 0.148 3.506 1.68 0.397 0.136 2.925 1.488
HP172_CVG Pylorus - High Mortality 0.658 0.162 4.05 1.93 0.417 0.152 2.749 1.517
HP176_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis and Large-to-Large Anastomosis - Moderate Mortality 0.459 0.067 6.81 1.583 0.362 0.063 5.722 1.437
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HP177_CVG Colon Resection Anastomosis – High Mortality 0.376 0.061 6.189 1.457 0.275 0.057 4.871 1.317
HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.325 0.101 3.233 1.384 * * * *
HP183_CVG Stoma 0.345 0.14 2.471 1.412 0.534 0.127 4.214 1.705
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.139 0.058 2.378 1.149
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.183 0.06 3.039 1.201 0.186 0.054 3.443 1.204
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.335 0.089 3.757 1.398 0.313 0.082 3.802 1.368
INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.165 0.037 4.441 1.179 * * * *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.563 0.168 3.357 1.756
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.283 0.129 2.185 1.327
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.496 0.091 5.443 1.642 0.586 0.084 6.942 1.797
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.38 0.101 3.762 1.462 0.252 0.095 2.661 1.286
OTHER ASCITES 0.179 0.05 3.575 1.197 0.137 0.046 2.968 1.147
OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.315 0.104 3.029 1.37
OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.352 0.087 4.021 1.421 0.213 0.083 2.57 1.237
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.292 0.093 3.146 1.339 0.229 0.085 2.705 1.257
P4311_CVG PERCUTANEOUS [ENDOSCOPIC] GASTROSTOMY [PEG] -0.367 0.102 -3.598 0.692 -0.347 0.09 -3.863 0.707
P4641_CVG Revision of Stoma of Small Intestine -0.358 0.114 -3.125 0.699 -0.215 0.09 -2.382 0.807
P4674_CVG Closure of Fistula of Small Intestine, Except Duodenum 0.415 0.055 7.498 1.515 0.296 0.05 5.913 1.345
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.516 0.169 3.048 1.675 0.482 0.149 3.238 1.62
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.518 0.044 11.717 1.678 0.505 0.041 12.462 1.657
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.284 0.136 2.09 1.329 0.31 0.122 2.538 1.364
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.345 0.148 2.33 1.412
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.438 0.202 2.164 1.55 0.592 0.177 3.345 1.807
Repair of Small Intestine Stoma -0.482 0.11 -4.385 0.618 -0.567 0.091 -6.199 0.567
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.968 0.046 20.907 2.632 0.833 0.044 18.877 2.3
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.212 0.054 3.92 1.236 0.226 0.051 4.428 1.253
SexFemale -0.134 0.028 -4.731 0.875 -0.121 0.025 -4.833 0.886
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.877 0.035 81.044 17.752 3.481 0.039 88.252 32.496
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.293 0.059 4.94 1.34 0.269 0.054 5.017 1.309
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.171 0.048 3.56 1.187 0.157 0.042 3.755 1.17
UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.128 0.053 2.418 1.137 0.238 0.048 4.975 1.269
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.46 0.046 10.045 1.584 0.404 0.042 9.61 1.498
GASTROPTOSIS * * * * 0.362 0.177 2.049 1.436
HP175_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.69 0.18 -3.834 0.501
HP181_CVG Rectal Resection and Anastomosis * * * * -0.491 0.171 -2.872 0.612
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Small Intestine Surgeries (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF STOMACH, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.882 0.215 4.097 2.416
OTHER SPECIFIED DISORDERS OF INTESTINES * * * * 0.249 0.086 2.896 1.282
P4593_CVG Other Small-to-Large Intestinal Anastomosis * * * * 0.251 0.077 3.257 1.286
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Stroke In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.519 0.031 16.845 1.681 0.362 0.025 14.279 1.436
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.541 0.034 15.795 1.718 0.549 0.026 20.753 1.731
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.965 0.019 103.868 7.137 1.418 0.017 84.53 4.128
AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.061 0.019 -3.273 0.941 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.082 0.035 2.322 1.085
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing -0.21 0.038 -5.562 0.811 0.358 0.026 13.951 1.431
Age70To74 0.138 0.026 5.381 1.148 0.171 0.02 8.503 1.186
Age75To79 0.28 0.025 11.231 1.323 0.368 0.019 18.971 1.444
Age80To84 0.364 0.025 14.763 1.439 0.575 0.019 30.272 1.777
Age85To89 0.391 0.025 15.496 1.479 0.779 0.019 40.641 2.18
Age90AndOver 0.413 0.026 15.583 1.511 1.105 0.02 56.027 3.018
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.198 0.014 14.504 1.218
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.195 0.021 9.168 1.216
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.046 0.016 2.819 1.047
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.369 0.014 26.617 1.446 0.335 0.01 33.097 1.399
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.093 0.042 2.2 1.098 0.267 0.033 8.209 1.306
CARDIAC PACEMAKER IN SITU 0.063 0.026 2.403 1.065 0.061 0.019 3.311 1.063
CEREBRAL EDEMA TRAUMATIC AND NON TRAUMATIC 0.438 0.02 21.67 1.549 0.3 0.017 17.357 1.35
CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.343 0.034 10.167 1.409 0.217 0.026 8.244 1.243
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.183 0.019 9.401 1.201 0.2 0.014 14.13 1.222
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.152 0.041 3.717 1.165 0.262 0.029 9.07 1.299
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.159 0.026 6.097 1.173 0.181 0.019 9.547 1.198
CLIPPING OF ANEURYSM -0.389 0.121 -3.217 0.678 -0.448 0.112 -4.013 0.639
COMA 1.521 0.029 52.655 4.578 1.434 0.027 53.296 4.194
COMPRESSION OF BRAIN 1.066 0.029 37.106 2.904 0.855 0.026 32.643 2.352
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.32 0.02 16.076 1.377 0.334 0.015 22.885 1.396
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.049 0.015 3.342 1.05 0.038 0.011 3.53 1.039
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.083 0.016 5.173 1.086 0.091 0.012 7.81 1.095
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.581 0.016 37.375 1.789 0.788 0.011 69.242 2.199
ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 0.642 0.045 14.282 1.9 0.492 0.041 11.853 1.635
ENDOVASCULAR (TOTAL) EMBOLIZATION OR OCCLUSION OF HEAD AND NECK VESSELS -0.335 0.067 -5.038 0.715 -0.365 0.06 -6.072 0.694
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.658 0.078 8.471 1.931 0.852 0.059 14.512 2.344
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.055 0.026 2.121 1.056
FLACCID HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.894 0.076 11.702 2.445 1.099 0.06 18.209 3
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.224 0.081 2.76 1.251 0.219 0.061 3.598 1.245
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.104 0.038 2.778 1.11 0.119 0.028 4.33 1.127
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.076 0.032 2.424 1.079 0.066 0.023 2.832 1.068
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.142 0.038 3.679 1.152
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.283 0.021 13.396 1.327
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.626 0.049 12.804 1.871 0.502 0.042 12.052 1.652
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.193 0.089 13.375 3.297 1.04 0.074 14.056 2.829
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.218 0.019 11.241 1.244 0.155 0.014 10.781 1.168
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.091 0.019 4.874 1.096
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.101 0.017 5.804 1.106 0.242 0.013 18.164 1.274
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.367 0.04 9.101 1.444 0.195 0.032 6.048 1.216
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.082 0.012 7.013 1.085
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.284 0.032 8.894 1.329 0.431 0.024 17.657 1.539
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.273 0.048 5.649 1.314 0.344 0.037 9.267 1.411
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.159 0.064 2.502 1.173
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.158 0.045 3.518 1.172 0.069 0.033 2.067 1.071
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.526 0.071 7.38 1.691 0.483 0.057 8.534 1.621
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.261 0.032 8.158 1.298 0.459 0.025 18.175 1.582
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.106 0.042 2.534 1.112 0.19 0.031 6.138 1.21
HYPOXEMIA 0.129 0.054 2.384 1.138 0.137 0.04 3.403 1.147
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 0.578 0.02 29.015 1.783 0.387 0.016 24.474 1.472
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.265 0.041 6.418 1.304
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.438 0.087 5.019 1.55 0.968 0.061 15.801 2.633
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PROSTATE * * * * 0.144 0.064 2.262 1.155
NEUROLOGIC NEGLECT SYNDROME 0.095 0.037 2.568 1.1 0.16 0.029 5.588 1.173
OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS 0.72 0.032 22.53 2.054 0.598 0.029 20.669 1.818
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF BASILAR ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.8 0.056 14.323 2.225 0.52 0.047 11.031 1.682
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF CAROTID ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.294 0.03 9.847 1.342 0.171 0.023 7.318 1.187
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.272 0.068 3.985 1.312 0.107 0.053 2.034 1.113
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS 0.283 0.074 3.836 1.327 0.346 0.057 6.043 1.413
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.398 0.064 6.231 1.489 0.33 0.053 6.18 1.391
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.347 0.088 3.956 1.415
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.071 0.032 2.214 1.073
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.546 0.027 19.955 1.727 0.596 0.023 26.026 1.814
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.492 0.074 6.649 1.635
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.243 0.104 2.34 1.275 0.488 0.078 6.239 1.629
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent -1.705 0.056 -30.69 0.182 -1.282 0.042 -30.586 0.277
SexFemale -0.174 0.014 -12.897 0.84 -0.166 0.01 -16.753 0.847
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.721 0.015 254.052 41.292 3.338 0.014 246.772 28.173
STATUS POST ADMINISTRATION OF TPA (RTPA) IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO ADMISSION TO CURRENT FACILITY 0.259 0.036 7.23 1.295 * * * *
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 0.927 0.04 23.269 2.527 0.654 0.033 19.534 1.924
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.166 0.033 5.04 1.18 0.148 0.025 6.037 1.16
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE -0.087 0.017 -5.216 0.917 -0.026 0.012 -2.147 0.974
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING DOMINANT SIDE 0.131 0.019 7.053 1.14 0.216 0.014 15.752 1.241
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING NONDOMINANT SIDE 0.11 0.019 5.914 1.116 0.181 0.014 13.218 1.198
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.36 0.021 17.067 1.433 0.472 0.016 30.175 1.603
UNSPECIFIED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE 0.786 0.042 18.753 2.195 0.625 0.033 18.683 1.869
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.255 0.048 5.367 1.291 0.308 0.037 8.307 1.361
ALTERED MENTAL STATUS * * * * 0.149 0.027 5.432 1.161
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, APHASIA * * * * 0.134 0.035 3.828 1.144
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED PRECEREBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION * * * * -0.142 0.064 -2.225 0.868
OTHER ABNORMAL BLOOD CHEMISTRY * * * * 0.21 0.048 4.358 1.234
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE VESSEL - STROKE SPECIFIC * * * * -0.29 0.036 -8.111 0.748
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Valve Surgery In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.819 0.063 13.086 2.268 0.743 0.059 12.664 2.103
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.061 0.153 6.915 2.89 0.963 0.148 6.528 2.621
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.13 0.048 2.725 1.139 0.096 0.045 2.136 1.1
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.168 0.06 2.816 1.183 0.185 0.055 3.39 1.204
ADHESIVE PERICARDITIS 0.622 0.095 6.532 1.862 0.56 0.089 6.272 1.751
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.176 0.038 4.568 1.192 0.133 0.035 3.781 1.142
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.541 0.172 3.142 1.717 0.542 0.148 3.674 1.72
Age70To74 0.217 0.043 5.01 1.242 0.191 0.039 4.896 1.211
Age75To79 0.488 0.042 11.686 1.63 0.46 0.038 12.234 1.585
Age80To84 0.67 0.043 15.451 1.954 0.662 0.039 17.096 1.939
Age85To89 0.873 0.05 17.613 2.395 0.886 0.044 20.363 2.425
Age90AndOver 1.054 0.067 15.771 2.87 1.117 0.056 19.97 3.055
ANNULOPLASTY 0.271 0.047 5.733 1.312 0.214 0.044 4.852 1.239
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.087 0.036 2.401 1.09
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES 0.279 0.121 2.306 1.322 0.225 0.112 2.002 1.252
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF ONE CORONARY ARTERY 0.303 0.038 7.937 1.354 0.233 0.035 6.607 1.263
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES 0.417 0.063 6.657 1.517 0.359 0.058 6.161 1.431
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES 0.366 0.043 8.553 1.442 0.294 0.04 7.392 1.342
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY * * * * 0.423 0.12 3.523 1.527
CARDIAC ARREST 1.007 0.171 5.879 2.737 1.099 0.156 7.035 3.002
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.069 0.034 2.053 1.071 0.131 0.029 4.524 1.14
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.522 0.062 8.369 1.686 0.479 0.055 8.659 1.615
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.101 0.029 3.491 1.106 0.118 0.025 4.643 1.126
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.183 0.07 2.618 1.201 0.27 0.057 4.699 1.31
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.085 0.095 11.363 2.959 1.052 0.086 12.188 2.862
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.382 0.105 3.632 1.466 0.371 0.095 3.907 1.45
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.31 0.044 7.034 1.364 0.277 0.039 7.097 1.319
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.099 0.029 3.376 1.104 0.093 0.026 3.579 1.098
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.078 0.038 2.052 1.082 0.079 0.034 2.311 1.082
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.48 0.081 5.936 1.616 0.525 0.072 7.304 1.69
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.603 0.05 12.022 1.828 0.605 0.046 13.293 1.832
hd128_CVG MITRAL STENOSIS & INSUFFICIENCY 0.44 0.07 6.263 1.552 0.387 0.065 5.923 1.473
HD143_CVG INFERIOR WALL AMI 0.424 0.147 2.886 1.528 0.486 0.14 3.467 1.625
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.3 0.044 6.775 1.349 0.312 0.04 7.82 1.366
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.09 0.037 2.471 1.094
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.331 0.044 7.436 1.392 0.345 0.039 8.811 1.412
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Valve Surgery (continued) In-Hospital Mortality In-Hospital + 30-Day Mortality
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.507 0.161 3.14 1.66 0.444 0.147 3.017 1.559
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 2.256 0.033 68.06 9.546 2.086 0.032 66.026 8.056
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 3.114 0.125 24.857 22.507 2.875 0.123 23.434 17.731
MECHANICAL COMPLICATION DUE TO HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS 0.647 0.172 3.765 1.91 0.48 0.166 2.889 1.616
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.156 0.038 4.101 1.169 0.169 0.035 4.821 1.184
MULTIPLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS 0.33 0.142 2.328 1.391 0.388 0.126 3.071 1.475
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE 0.766 0.047 16.392 2.151 0.561 0.045 12.581 1.752
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 0.493 0.032 15.318 1.638 0.309 0.032 9.646 1.363
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE 0.965 0.056 17.372 2.625 0.911 0.062 14.606 2.486
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 0.818 0.036 22.779 2.267 0.803 0.048 16.895 2.232
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF TRICUSPID VALVE 0.971 0.187 5.203 2.64 1.008 0.169 5.964 2.74
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF TRICUSPID VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 1.416 0.102 13.86 4.121 1.219 0.097 12.604 3.383
OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF AORTIC VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.994 0.127 7.824 2.702 0.825 0.12 6.889 2.283
OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF MITRAL VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.271 0.06 4.481 1.311 * * * *
OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF TRICUSPID VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.388 0.073 5.32 1.474 0.369 0.067 5.492 1.446
OTHER AND NOS, BYPASS ANASTOMOSIS FOR HEART REVASCULARIZATION 0.398 0.071 5.602 1.489 0.321 0.066 4.838 1.378
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY [PTCA] - BYP-VLV Specific 0.45 0.099 4.531 1.568 0.393 0.09 4.376 1.481
SexFemale 0.358 0.026 14.017 1.43 0.276 0.022 12.316 1.318
TRANSAPICAL REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE 1.085 0.08 13.611 2.96 0.852 0.07 12.123 2.344
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.431 0.093 4.622 1.539 0.352 0.087 4.067 1.422
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.587 0.202 2.901 1.799 0.564 0.189 2.985 1.758
SLHP102_CVG MITRAL VALVE ONLY REPLACEMENT * * * * -0.169 0.059 -2.888 0.844
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Appendix C. Coefficient Summary Table – Complication Cohorts Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.866 0.281 3.078 2.378
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.767 0.061 12.568 2.153
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.902 0.169 5.35 2.464
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.535 0.205 2.608 1.707
Age70To74 0.073 0.041 1.8 1.076
Age75To79 0.229 0.041 5.647 1.258
Age80To84 0.279 0.043 6.495 1.322
Age85To89 0.42 0.049 8.554 1.521
Age90AndOver 0.567 0.07 8.06 1.764
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.771 0.12 6.441 2.162
ANGIOPLASTY OF OTHER NON-CORONARY VESSEL(S) 0.263 0.036 7.32 1.301
AORTA-ILIAC-FEMORAL BYPASS 0.737 0.107 6.863 2.089
AORTA-RENAL BYPASS 1.267 0.21 6.047 3.551
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.269 0.066 4.101 1.309
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.375 0.061 6.152 1.455
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.357 0.127 2.819 1.429
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.185 0.029 6.443 1.203
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.494 0.067 7.419 1.639
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.895 0.094 9.522 2.447
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.279 0.07 3.952 1.321
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.28 0.063 4.468 1.323
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.324 0.063 5.143 1.383
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.96 0.097 9.876 2.611
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.357 0.064 5.624 1.43
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.366 0.074 4.921 1.442
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.496 0.068 7.329 1.642
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.903 0.107 8.472 2.467
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.156 0.091 12.666 3.176
HD149_CVG INFRA-RENAL ANEURYSM 0.088 0.037 2.379 1.092
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.162 0.034 4.771 1.176
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.499 0.191 2.609 1.646
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.549 0.128 4.274 1.731
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.854 0.206 4.154 2.349
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.188 0.084 2.226 1.207
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.396 0.184 7.596 4.037
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.477 0.081 5.885 1.611
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.453 0.068 6.669 1.573
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.131 0.043 3.08 1.14
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.164 0.026 6.252 1.178
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.688 0.212 3.245 1.99
MECHANICAL COMPLICATION OF OTHER VASCULAR DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT - INCLUSIVE 0.251 0.059 4.216 1.285
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.889 0.221 4.021 2.433
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.204 0.077 2.653 1.226
OTHER (PERIPHERAL) VASCULAR SHUNT OR BYPASS 0.91 0.077 11.84 2.485
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA), AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT RESIDUAL DEFICITS 0.123 0.042 2.966 1.131
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 2.06 0.188 10.95 7.848
RESECTION OF ABDOMINAL AORTA WITH REPLACEMENT 2.104 0.038 55.382 8.2
SexFemale 0.198 0.03 6.579 1.219
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 2.101 0.275 7.645 8.173
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Appendectomy
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH GENERALIZED PERITONITIS 1.01 0.021 48.758 2.746
ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH PERITONEAL ABSCESS 0.938 0.023 41.04 2.555
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.212 0.104 2.038 1.236
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.502 0.173 2.901 1.652
Age45To64 0.482 0.022 21.698 1.619
Age65To74 0.805 0.03 26.924 2.237
Age75AndOver 1.25 0.034 36.677 3.489
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.302 0.047 6.491 1.353
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.2 0.042 4.765 1.221
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.43 0.041 10.577 1.537
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.884 0.063 14.103 2.422
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.485 0.169 2.868 1.624
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.252 0.118 10.576 3.498
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.465 0.07 6.649 1.591
CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 0.323 0.04 7.999 1.381
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.464 0.061 7.649 1.59
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.153 0.035 4.423 1.166
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 3.208 0.153 20.992 24.732
ESCHERICHIA COLI [E. COLI] INFECTION IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.543 0.043 12.591 1.722
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.147 0.022 6.809 1.158
HD122_CVG ASTHMA 0.082 0.039 2.124 1.086
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.733 0.032 22.91 2.081
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.264 0.041 6.516 1.302
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.726 0.2 3.623 2.066
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.358 0.106 3.381 1.43
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.293 0.036 8.201 1.34
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.118 0.042 2.788 1.125
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.443 0.042 10.625 1.557
LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY 1.008 0.091 11.068 2.74
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.333 0.1 3.322 1.395
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.322 0.047 6.847 1.38
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED DISEASES OF APPENDIX 0.322 0.052 6.174 1.38
OTHER APPENDECTOMY 1.57 0.092 16.998 4.805
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.266 0.04 6.642 1.305
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.604 0.077 7.805 1.829
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.627 0.069 9.102 1.873
SexFemale -0.392 0.018 -21.455 0.676
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.204 0.083 2.455 1.226
UMBILICAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.116 0.048 2.391 1.123
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Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.4 0.053 7.54 1.493
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.336 0.137 2.447 1.4
Age70To74 0.15 0.035 4.235 1.162
Age75To79 0.217 0.036 5.98 1.243
Age80To84 0.39 0.039 10.123 1.477
Age85To89 0.551 0.044 12.593 1.734
Age90AndOver 0.494 0.058 8.559 1.639
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.152 0.044 3.424 1.164
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.285 0.066 4.343 1.33
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.13 0.032 4.074 1.139
Biopsy of spinal cord or spinal meninges - 03.32 0.313 0.089 3.526 1.368
CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME WITHOUT MENTION OF NEUROGENIC BLADDER 0.293 0.074 3.963 1.341
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITH MYELOPATHY 0.155 0.051 3.038 1.168
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.221 0.033 6.611 1.248
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.157 0.058 2.694 1.17
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.195 0.066 2.96 1.215
CLOSED FRACTURE OF SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA WITHOUT MENTION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY 1.227 0.083 14.796 3.41
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.275 0.047 5.839 1.317
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.228 0.026 8.696 1.256
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.358 0.083 4.319 1.431
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.095 0.033 2.869 1.1
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.187 0.049 3.827 1.206
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.281 0.047 6.029 1.324
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC, UNSPECIFIED 0.082 0.031 2.615 1.086
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.482 0.118 4.092 1.619
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.406 0.054 7.584 1.501
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.498 0.12 4.158 1.646
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.474 0.081 5.875 1.606
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.577 0.063 9.113 1.782
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.398 0.072 5.524 1.489
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.295 0.087 3.398 1.343
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.054 0.082 12.846 2.87
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.21 0.035 6.071 1.234
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.661 0.063 10.427 1.937
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.105 0.05 2.121 1.111
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.529 0.079 6.677 1.697
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.383 0.06 6.405 1.467
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.237 0.065 3.62 1.268
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.697 0.191 3.654 2.007
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.664 0.134 4.948 1.942
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.172 0.062 2.761 1.188
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.328 0.045 7.216 1.388
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Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion) (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.222 0.033 6.656 1.249
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF INTERSPINOUS PROCESS DEVICE(S) -0.466 0.09 -5.188 0.628
INSERTION or REPLACEMENT OF PARTIAL or TOTAL SPINAL DISC PROSTHESIS, CERVICAL -1.32 0.453 -2.916 0.267
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF PEDICLE-BASED DYNAMIC STABILIZATION DEVICE(S) 0.446 0.214 2.083 1.562
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISORDER WITH MYELOPATHY, CERVICAL REGION 0.259 0.085 3.034 1.296
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISORDER WITH MYELOPATHY, LUMBAR REGION 0.278 0.091 3.071 1.321
INTRASPINAL ABSCESS 0.685 0.072 9.475 1.983
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF STEROIDS 0.15 0.064 2.347 1.162
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.225 0.186 6.575 3.405
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.317 0.035 9.007 1.373
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.584 0.111 5.25 1.793
OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL 0.279 0.03 9.439 1.322
OTHER REPAIR AND PLASTIC OPERATIONS ON SPINAL CORD STRUCTURES 0.703 0.042 16.806 2.019
OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.193 0.093 2.068 1.213
PARAPLEGIA 0.59 0.088 6.686 1.803
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.064 0.026 2.456 1.066
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.57 0.19 8.281 4.809
RETENTION OF URINE, UNSPECIFIED 0.166 0.058 2.861 1.18
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.293 0.097 3.03 1.341
SexFemale -0.09 0.026 -3.455 0.914
SPINAL STENOSIS OF THORACIC REGION 0.181 0.07 2.584 1.198
Spinal Tap - 03.31 0.819 0.138 5.939 2.267
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.33 0.073 4.55 1.392
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.232 0.06 20.653 3.428
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.19 0.047 4.089 1.209
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Bariatric Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 1.474 0.508 2.901 4.368
Age45To64 0.248 0.028 8.808 1.282
Age65To74 0.489 0.048 10.245 1.631
Age75AndOver 1.014 0.181 5.609 2.755
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.233 0.072 3.235 1.262
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.385 0.065 5.897 1.47
CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS 0.529 0.145 3.645 1.697
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.888 0.134 6.631 2.43
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.596 0.181 8.82 4.932
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.489 0.143 3.428 1.631
CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 2.448 0.145 16.887 11.565
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.286 0.08 3.58 1.331
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.155 0.054 2.899 1.168
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.241 0.079 3.047 1.272
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.518 0.065 7.942 1.679
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.15 0.029 5.171 1.162
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 4.13 0.091 45.205 62.202
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.335 0.125 2.677 1.398
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.802 0.105 7.666 2.23
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.55 0.108 5.111 1.734
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.673 0.18 3.746 1.961
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.396 0.132 2.992 1.485
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.54 0.135 3.987 1.715
HYPOXEMIA 0.554 0.191 2.906 1.74
LAPAROSCOPIC GASTROENTEROSTOMY 0.975 0.204 4.788 2.65
LAPAROSCOPIC LYSIS OF PERITONEAL ADHESIONS 0.445 0.045 9.882 1.56
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.293 0.026 11.124 1.34
OTHER ABNORMAL GLUCOSE 0.192 0.074 2.592 1.212
OTHER GASTROSTOMY 2.127 0.156 13.64 8.387
OTHER PARTIAL RESECTION OF SMALL INTESTINE 1.445 0.108 13.431 4.244
OTHER REPAIR OF INTESTINE 2.299 0.137 16.768 9.961
OTHER REPAIR OF STOMACH 0.63 0.1 6.326 1.878
OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.358 0.158 2.268 1.43
PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY WITH ANASTOMOSIS TO JEJUNUM OR JEJUNAL TRANSPOSITION 0.346 0.166 2.09 1.414
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.359 0.144 2.485 1.431
PULMONARY COLLAPSE 0.677 0.237 2.863 1.968
SexFemale -0.216 0.029 -7.382 0.806
SMALL-TO-SMALL INTESTINAL ANASTOMOSIS 0.985 0.09 10.884 2.677
UMBILICAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.24 0.086 2.799 1.271
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Carotid Procedures
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.881 0.057 15.437 2.413
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.448 0.03 14.817 1.565
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.478 0.083 5.782 1.613
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.362 0.102 3.541 1.436
Age70To74 0.085 0.023 3.649 1.089
Age75To79 0.205 0.023 8.798 1.228
Age80To84 0.284 0.025 11.425 1.329
Age85To89 0.414 0.029 14.162 1.512
Age90AndOver 0.38 0.046 8.163 1.462
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.284 0.08 3.544 1.329
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.315 0.035 9.034 1.37
APHASIA 0.399 0.029 13.587 1.491
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.18 0.062 2.884 1.197
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.236 0.071 3.303 1.266
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.069 0.02 3.423 1.072
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.256 0.067 3.838 1.292
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.558 0.088 6.325 1.747
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.104 0.02 5.293 1.11
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.44 0.026 17.061 1.553
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.28 0.067 4.149 1.323
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.721 0.052 13.993 2.057
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.31 0.03 10.254 1.363
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.172 0.028 6.21 1.188
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.263 0.049 5.36 1.301
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.168 0.033 5.168 1.183
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.321 0.028 11.269 1.379
ENDARTERECTOMY OF OTHER VESSELS OF HEAD AND NECK 6 0.208 0.051 4.111 1.232
ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 1.229 0.052 23.441 3.417
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.304 0.062 4.888 1.355
FACIAL WEAKNESS 0.279 0.032 8.8 1.321
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.246 0.067 3.637 1.278
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.411 0.066 6.245 1.509
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.353 0.039 9.114 1.423
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.356 0.041 8.751 1.428
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.153 0.044 3.499 1.166
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.214 0.022 9.887 1.239
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.809 0.067 12.014 2.247
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.194 0.02 9.851 1.214
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.611 0.051 12.031 1.842
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.133 0.064 2.074 1.142
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.463 0.058 8.008 1.589
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.284 0.048 5.901 1.328
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.684 0.032 21.21 1.982
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Carotid Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.842 0.106 7.904 2.32
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.165 0.089 13.123 3.206
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.28 0.04 6.967 1.323
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.146 0.153 7.509 3.146
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.238 0.038 6.259 1.269
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.325 0.067 4.865 1.383
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.25 0.048 5.169 1.284
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.417 0.048 8.595 1.517
INFARCTION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY - INCLUSIVE 0.463 0.047 9.85 1.589
INSERTION OF TWO VASCULAR STENTS 0.504 0.114 4.438 1.656
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.127 0.016 8.109 1.135
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.267 0.08 3.333 1.306
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.142 0.045 3.178 1.153
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.245 0.028 8.782 1.277
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.407 0.096 4.22 1.502
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.238 0.065 3.652 1.268
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.243 0.071 3.417 1.275
PERCUTANEOUS ANGIOPLASTY OF EXTRACRANIAL VESSEL(S) 0.151 0.037 4.126 1.163
PERCUTANEOUS INSERTION OF CAROTID ARTERY STENT(S) 0.171 0.047 3.647 1.186
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.113 0.113 9.876 3.042
STRICTURE OF ARTERY 0.175 0.075 2.325 1.192
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.294 0.053 5.55 1.342
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.384 0.069 5.572 1.468
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.297 0.04 7.432 1.346
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Defibrillator Procedures
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.825 0.142 5.82 2.281
Age70To74 0.053 0.031 1.727 1.054
Age75To79 0.076 0.031 2.475 1.079
Age80To84 0.122 0.033 3.688 1.129
Age85To89 0.099 0.041 2.406 1.104
Age90AndOver 0.148 0.076 1.948 1.16
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.142 0.057 2.479 1.153
ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY OF LEFT HEART STRUCTURES -0.151 0.036 -4.185 0.86
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.438 0.118 3.706 1.549
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.076 0.021 3.61 1.079
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.091 0.039 2.353 1.095
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.29 0.049 5.895 1.337
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.175 0.083 2.1 1.191
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.434 0.06 7.22 1.544
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.163 0.052 3.126 1.176
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2 0.068 29.337 7.39
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 1.489 0.036 41.78 4.432
CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY USING A SINGLE CATHETER 0.156 0.03 5.137 1.169
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.245 0.049 5.024 1.278
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.202 0.051 3.985 1.224
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.137 0.03 4.582 1.146
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.206 0.049 4.19 1.229
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.356 0.056 6.31 1.428
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.239 0.09 2.64 1.269
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.127 0.048 2.66 1.135
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.238 0.024 9.902 1.269
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.407 0.074 5.478 1.503
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.321 0.037 8.737 1.379
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.12 0.042 2.87 1.128
HEMODIALYSIS 0.482 0.056 8.619 1.619
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.156 0.043 3.592 1.169
IMPLANTATION OF RECHARGEABLE CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION [CCM], TOTAL SYSTEM 0.451 0.093 4.855 1.571
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 0.991 0.12 8.238 2.693
INFECTION AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO CARDIAC DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.647 0.221 2.919 1.909
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF EPICARDIAL LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO EPICARDIUM 0.563 0.103 5.49 1.756
Non Coronary procedures 0.614 0.201 3.056 1.849
NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION 0.757 0.054 14.049 2.133
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.431 0.14 3.069 1.538
OTHER COMPLICATIONS DUE TO OTHER CARDIAC DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.188 0.084 2.246 1.207
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.335 0.104 3.221 1.398
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.592 0.142 4.168 1.808
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Defibrillator Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD(S) ONLY 0.418 0.038 10.864 1.518
REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/DEFIBRILLATOR PULSE GENERATOR ONLY -0.11 0.05 -2.186 0.896
RIGHT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.357 0.06 5.931 1.43
SECONDARY THROMBOCYTOPENIA 0.478 0.164 2.92 1.614
SexFemale 0.148 0.023 6.523 1.159
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.627 0.169 3.709 1.872
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.13 0.045 2.883 1.139
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.965 0.05 19.172 2.625
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.478 0.094 5.08 1.613
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.227 0.06 3.799 1.254
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Gallbladder Removal Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.331 0.024 13.782 1.393
ACUTE AND CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS 0.142 0.035 4.043 1.152
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.098 0.015 6.547 1.103
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.099 0.049 2.018 1.104
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.138 0.048 2.888 1.148
Age70To74 0.182 0.016 11.307 1.199
Age75To79 0.334 0.016 20.396 1.397
Age80To84 0.454 0.017 26.412 1.574
Age85To89 0.599 0.019 31.441 1.821
Age90AndOver 0.724 0.024 30.164 2.064
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.193 0.036 5.313 1.213
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.203 0.03 6.773 1.225
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.114 0.013 8.623 1.121
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.143 0.045 3.153 1.154
CALCULUS OF GALLBLADDER WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.191 0.028 6.855 1.21
CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.818 0.016 51.99 2.267
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.175 0.015 11.554 1.191
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.37 0.026 14.483 1.447
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.466 0.041 11.473 1.594
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.258 0.029 8.924 1.294
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.126 0.034 3.662 1.134
CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 0.061 0.024 2.483 1.062
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.215 0.019 11.04 1.24
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.115 0.012 9.692 1.122
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.079 0.026 3.044 1.082
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.17 0.019 9.045 1.185
ENDOSCOPIC INSERTION OF STENT (TUBE) INTO BILE DUCT 0.622 0.02 31.471 1.863
ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY [ERCP] 0.143 0.033 4.343 1.153
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.264 0.073 3.628 1.302
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.232 0.041 5.712 1.262
EXPLORATION OF COMMON BILE DUCT 0.295 0.034 8.624 1.343
HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.303 0.033 9.265 1.354
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.079 0.024 3.238 1.082
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.217 0.077 2.825 1.242
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.233 0.031 7.415 1.263
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.455 0.026 17.455 1.576
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.286 0.029 9.89 1.331
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.117 0.047 2.466 1.124
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.559 0.04 14.139 1.75
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.047 0.016 2.847 1.048
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.62 0.021 28.876 1.86
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.313 0.017 18.133 1.367
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.148 0.024 6.245 1.159
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Gallbladder Removal Surgery (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.154 0.032 4.768 1.167
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.136 0.028 4.922 1.146
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.281 0.059 4.744 1.325
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.431 0.048 9.008 1.539
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.072 0.026 2.744 1.075
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.529 0.09 5.856 1.698
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.267 0.02 13.483 1.307
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.072 0.015 4.79 1.075
HYDROPS OF GALLBLADDER 0.096 0.029 3.331 1.101
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.414 0.051 8.115 1.512
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.11 0.038 2.919 1.116
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.119 0.02 6.069 1.126
INCISIONAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.16 0.057 2.808 1.173
LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.337 0.072 4.712 1.401
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.239 0.077 16.156 3.452
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.24 0.019 12.643 1.272
OTHER ASCITES 0.509 0.038 13.392 1.663
OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.273 0.101 2.693 1.313
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.407 0.053 7.646 1.503
OTHER PARTIAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.91 0.07 13.066 2.485
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.519 0.128 4.051 1.68
PERFORATION OF GALLBLADDER 0.424 0.033 12.799 1.529
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.204 0.018 11.525 1.226
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.204 0.06 3.395 1.226
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.317 0.122 2.608 1.373
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.043 0.067 15.562 2.838
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.539 0.036 14.987 1.715
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.206 0.03 6.807 1.229
SexFemale -0.21 0.011 -18.585 0.81
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.246 0.051 4.8 1.279
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.627 0.037 16.8 1.871
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Hip Fracture Treatment
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.126 0.028 4.5 1.134
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.131 0.025 5.285 1.14
ACIDOSIS 0.441 0.025 17.985 1.555
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.225 0.039 5.713 1.252
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.12 0.013 9.471 1.127
Age70To74 0.127 0.018 7.146 1.136
Age75To79 0.263 0.017 15.765 1.301
Age80To84 0.36 0.016 22.288 1.433
Age85To89 0.456 0.016 28.5 1.578
Age90AndOver 0.595 0.016 36.92 1.814
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.108 0.008 13.027 1.114
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.056 0.017 3.246 1.058
ANXIETY STATE, UNSPECIFIED 0.037 0.011 3.405 1.037
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.182 0.014 13.06 1.2
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.102 0.008 13.101 1.108
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.099 0.029 3.452 1.104
CACHEXIA 0.086 0.027 3.165 1.09
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.106 0.009 11.381 1.112
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.319 0.02 16.094 1.376
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.207 0.033 6.321 1.23
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.425 0.025 16.877 1.529
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.286 0.021 13.291 1.33
CLOSED FRACTURE OF BASE OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.067 0.028 -2.375 0.935
CLOSED FRACTURE OF INTERTROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR 0.113 0.014 7.799 1.119
CLOSED FRACTURE OF MIDCERVICAL SECTION OF FEMUR -0.081 0.025 -3.31 0.922
CLOSED FRACTURE OF OTHER TRANSCERVICAL SECTION OF FEMUR -0.08 0.018 -4.46 0.923
CLOSED FRACTURE OF SUBTROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR 0.271 0.017 16.154 1.311
CLOSED FRACTURE OF SURGICAL NECK OF HUMERUS 0.256 0.044 5.777 1.292
CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED INTRACAPSULAR SECTION OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.128 0.017 -7.557 0.88
CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED PART OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.129 0.016 -8.16 0.879
CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED TROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR -0.39 0.024 -16.329 0.677
CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION 0.151 0.012 12.503 1.163
CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITHOUT INTERNAL FIXATION 0.241 0.031 7.831 1.272
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.175 0.011 16.006 1.191
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 3.636 0.046 79.162 37.942
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.248 0.032 7.809 1.281
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.041 0.012 3.413 1.041
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.319 0.017 19.267 1.376
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.069 0.009 7.239 1.071
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.12 0.019 6.453 1.127
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Hip Fracture Treatment (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.097 0.014 6.96 1.101
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.024 0.009 2.63 1.025
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.226 0.023 9.865 1.254
DYSTHYMIC DISORDER 0.155 0.052 2.96 1.168
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.161 0.045 3.555 1.175
FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK 0.154 0.027 5.622 1.166
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.112 0.034 3.278 1.118
HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.317 0.018 17.216 1.373
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.141 0.02 7.127 1.151
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.166 0.046 3.607 1.181
HD108_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN W/O CHG OR FAIL 0.131 0.055 2.374 1.14
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.279 0.026 10.653 1.322
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.249 0.02 12.747 1.283
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.468 0.013 35.481 1.596
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.234 0.018 13.318 1.264
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.191 0.024 8.068 1.21
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.675 0.024 28.48 1.964
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.237 0.013 18.193 1.267
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.502 0.048 10.55 1.652
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.105 0.014 7.775 1.111
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.081 0.022 3.661 1.085
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.101 0.023 4.446 1.107
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.157 0.013 12.209 1.17
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.438 0.018 24.689 1.55
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.059 0.024 2.418 1.06
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.473 0.041 11.631 1.605
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.592 0.029 20.268 1.808
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.399 0.058 6.915 1.491
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.388 0.026 14.801 1.474
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.192 0.017 11.384 1.212
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.125 0.019 6.705 1.133
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.147 0.008 19.465 1.158
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.139 0.043 3.242 1.149
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.201 0.03 6.776 1.222
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.052 0.018 2.876 1.054
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.194 0.018 10.917 1.215
OPEN REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION 0.119 0.011 10.422 1.126
OTHER ASCITES 0.543 0.067 8.1 1.721
OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.209 0.063 3.333 1.233
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.327 0.03 11.009 1.387
OTHER LATE EFFECTS OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 0.171 0.034 5.02 1.187
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.139 0.023 6.046 1.149
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.526 0.083 6.352 1.692
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.101 0.038 2.684 1.106
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Hip Fracture Treatment (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
PARTIAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.462 0.012 38.006 1.587
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.206 0.038 5.466 1.229
PERCUTANEOUS (ENDOSCOPIC) GASTROSTOMY (PEG) 1.696 0.053 31.757 5.45
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.053 0.008 6.524 1.055
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.179 0.047 3.848 1.197
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.252 0.031 8.233 1.286
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.705 0.058 29.459 5.501
RHABDOMYOLYSIS 0.08 0.03 2.613 1.083
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.062 0.024 2.617 1.064
SexFemale -0.292 0.007 -39.905 0.747
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 1.588 0.02 80.527 4.892
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.075 0.014 5.247 1.077
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.131 0.013 10.223 1.14
TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.397 0.019 20.796 1.487
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.439 0.008 56.343 1.55
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.151 0.026 5.922 1.163
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.558 0.032 17.56 1.747
VASCULAR DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.174 0.031 5.557 1.19
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Hip Replacement
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.659 0.101 6.514 1.933
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.649 0.179 3.63 1.913
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.467 0.135 3.465 1.595
Age70To74 0.183 0.018 9.985 1.201
Age75To79 0.376 0.019 19.786 1.457
Age80To84 0.585 0.021 28.356 1.795
Age85To89 0.801 0.025 32.39 2.228
Age90AndOver 1.09 0.039 27.929 2.973
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.084 0.03 2.813 1.087
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.358 0.037 9.734 1.43
ASEPTIC NECROSIS OF HEAD AND NECK OF FEMUR - 0.307 0.029 10.721 1.359
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.174 0.019 9.275 1.19
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.16 0.073 2.189 1.173
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.316 0.113 2.803 1.372
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.329 0.02 16.205 1.389
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.311 0.035 8.964 1.364
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.318 0.04 8.038 1.374
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.311 0.031 9.89 1.364
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.727 0.075 9.741 2.07
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.212 0.039 5.462 1.236
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.364 0.032 11.397 1.439
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.22 0.017 13.124 1.246
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.228 0.015 14.707 1.256
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.547 0.073 7.521 1.728
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.742 0.033 22.467 2.101
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 1.134 0.104 10.91 3.109
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.407 0.055 7.455 1.503
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.681 0.04 17.011 1.976
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.396 0.042 9.476 1.486
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.134 0.055 2.438 1.144
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.008 0.082 12.352 2.739
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.199 0.021 9.295 1.22
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.18 0.033 5.419 1.197
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.38 0.067 5.681 1.462
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.114 0.062 17.898 3.048
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.321 0.038 8.508 1.379
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.487 0.056 8.639 1.628
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.515 0.04 12.735 1.674
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.398 0.1 3.971 1.489
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.523 0.023 22.638 1.687
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.098 0.017 5.682 1.103
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.586 0.06 9.739 1.797
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Hip Replacement (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.336 0.053 6.334 1.4
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.272 0.016 17.221 1.312
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.126 0.041 3.054 1.134
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.213 0.02 10.887 1.237
OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, PELVIC REGION AND THIGH - 715.95 0.229 0.03 7.617 1.257
OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, UNSPECIFIED SITE - 715.90 0.162 0.047 3.437 1.175
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.368 0.071 5.203 1.445
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.219 0.061 3.565 1.244
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.111 0.014 7.763 1.118
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.183 0.083 14.313 3.264
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.133 0.058 2.291 1.142
SexFemale -0.078 0.014 -5.461 0.925
SLHP107_CVG BI-LATERAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.295 0.105 2.814 1.343
SLP8151_CVG TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT -0.047 0.018 -2.616 0.954
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.474 0.045 10.631 1.606
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.231 0.028 8.407 1.26
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.372 0.078 4.755 1.451
UNSPECIFIED INTRAPELVIC PROTRUSION OF ACETABULUM, PELVIC REGION AND THIGH 0.458 0.084 5.471 1.581
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Pacemaker Procedures
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.121 0.053 2.285 1.129
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.103 0.05 2.048 1.108
ACIDOSIS 0.119 0.032 3.722 1.126
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.534 0.063 8.544 1.706
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.125 0.04 3.116 1.134
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.105 0.049 2.15 1.111
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.151 0.05 3.018 1.163
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.341 0.069 4.969 1.406
Age70To74 0.057 0.027 2.114 1.058
Age75To79 0.16 0.025 6.272 1.173
Age80To84 0.218 0.025 8.717 1.243
Age85To89 0.303 0.025 11.979 1.355
Age90AndOver 0.387 0.027 14.352 1.473
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.169 0.038 4.402 1.184
ANEMIA IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 0.089 0.035 2.589 1.094
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.12 0.035 3.454 1.128
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.075 0.02 3.812 1.078
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.219 0.089 2.456 1.245
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION 0.328 0.137 2.404 1.389
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.244 0.081 2.996 1.276
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.031 0.013 2.327 1.032
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.158 0.022 7.257 1.171
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.062 0.017 3.585 1.064
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.382 0.018 21.305 1.466
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.304 0.048 6.318 1.356
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.475 0.03 15.681 1.608
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.296 0.022 13.498 1.345
CHRONIC LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION 0.204 0.093 2.204 1.226
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.2 0.057 3.476 1.221
COMBINED RIGHT AND LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.571 0.052 10.918 1.77
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.071 0.017 4.188 1.074
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2.712 0.073 36.974 15.067
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 1.999 0.032 62.52 7.38
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.127 0.02 6.215 1.135
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.329 0.045 7.359 1.389
HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.219 0.026 8.475 1.244
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.209 0.025 8.3 1.232
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.201 0.019 10.443 1.222
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.163 0.021 7.58 1.177
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.422 0.034 12.373 1.525
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.507 0.033 15.548 1.661
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.377 0.048 7.831 1.458
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Pacemaker Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.083 0.023 3.532 1.086
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.168 0.036 4.617 1.183
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.108 0.026 4.143 1.114
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.148 0.028 5.352 1.159
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.352 0.028 12.571 1.422
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.358 0.021 16.761 1.43
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.407 0.035 11.534 1.502
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.062 0.027 2.324 1.064
IMPLANTATION OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKER WITHOUT MENTION OF DEFIBRILLATION, TOTAL SYSTEM [CRT-P] 1.24 0.05 24.86 3.457
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKER PULSE GENERATOR ONLY [CRT-P] 0.868 0.051 16.867 2.383
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO LEFT VENTRICULAR CORONARY VENOUS SYSTEM 0.222 0.074 3.019 1.249
INITIAL INSERTION OF DUAL-CHAMBER DEVICE 0.795 0.047 16.922 2.214
INITIAL INSERTION OF LEAD [ELECTRODE], NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 0.431 0.062 6.981 1.539
INITIAL INSERTION OF SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, NOT SPECIFIED AS RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.745 0.051 14.499 2.106
INITIAL INSERTION OF SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.743 0.063 11.861 2.102
INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO ATRIUM 0.531 0.075 7.072 1.7
INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO VENTRICLE 0.54 0.042 12.919 1.717
INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODES] INTO ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE 0.49 0.038 12.918 1.632
INSERTION OF PERMANENT PACEMAKER, INITIAL OR REPLACEMENT, TYPE OF DEVICE NOT SPECIFIED 0.768 0.133 5.779 2.155
INSERTION OF TEMPORARY TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKER SYSTEM 0.432 0.02 21.34 1.54
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF EPICARDIAL LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO EPICARDIUM 1.388 0.07 19.924 4.007
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.031 0.013 2.313 1.031
LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.427 0.024 17.612 1.533
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, UNSPECIFIED 0.268 0.087 3.084 1.307
Non Coronary procedures 0.959 0.132 7.252 2.609
NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION 1.153 0.036 31.832 3.166
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.654 0.079 8.306 1.924
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.266 0.064 4.175 1.305
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.461 0.092 5.024 1.586
PULMONARY COLLAPSE 0.119 0.048 2.483 1.127
REMOVAL OF LEAD(S) [ELECTRODE] WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 1.297 0.049 26.218 3.658
REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH DUAL-CHAMBER DEVICE 0.689 0.045 15.188 1.992
REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, NOT SPECIFIED AS RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.827 0.078 10.551 2.287
REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.847 0.158 5.36 2.332
REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS ATRIAL AND/OR VENTRICULAR LEAD(S) [ELECTRODE(S)] 1.101 0.035 31.816 3.008
REVISION OF LEAD [ELECTRODE] 2.535 0.029 87.833 12.616
REVISION OR REMOVAL OF PACEMAKER DEVICE 0.46 0.046 10.098 1.584
RIGHT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.761 0.07 10.826 2.141
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Pacemaker Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (OF RENAL ORIGIN) 0.114 0.058 1.974 1.121
SexFemale 0.172 0.013 13.53 1.188
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.348 0.127 2.75 1.416
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.929 0.031 29.627 2.531
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS NONRHEUMATIC 0.166 0.058 2.887 1.181
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.157 0.059 2.673 1.17
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.436 0.037 11.887 1.546
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Peripheral Vascular Bypass
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.441 0.088 4.997 1.554
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.503 0.061 8.246 1.654
Age70To74 0.081 0.036 2.262 1.084
Age75To79 0.242 0.037 6.58 1.274
Age80To84 0.392 0.04 9.799 1.48
Age85To89 0.427 0.048 8.851 1.533
Age90AndOver 0.576 0.066 8.749 1.779
ANGIOPLASTY OF OTHER NON-CORONARY VESSEL(S) 0.438 0.036 12.123 1.55
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.395 0.06 6.595 1.485
ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.374 0.041 9.077 1.454
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.462 0.034 13.604 1.588
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH REST PAIN 0.212 0.033 6.435 1.236
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH ULCERATION 0.214 0.034 6.398 1.239
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.171 0.031 5.541 1.186
CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF LEG AND FOOT, EXCEPT TOES 0.218 0.042 5.181 1.244
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.067 0.028 2.392 1.069
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.557 0.054 10.273 1.746
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.777 0.081 9.604 2.175
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.343 0.061 5.578 1.409
CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.342 0.116 2.959 1.408
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.111 0.039 2.852 1.118
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.266 0.073 3.628 1.305
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.177 0.03 5.965 1.194
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.378 0.056 6.8 1.459
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.143 0.052 2.772 1.154
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.385 0.049 7.843 1.47
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.312 0.062 5.066 1.367
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.349 0.058 6.042 1.418
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.912 0.108 8.454 2.489
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.724 0.055 13.146 2.063
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.211 0.098 2.147 1.234
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.703 0.146 4.821 2.019
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.907 0.159 5.698 2.476
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.284 0.059 4.832 1.329
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.104 0.223 4.947 3.015
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.275 0.097 2.823 1.317
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.295 0.066 4.47 1.343
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.235 0.073 3.235 1.265
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.252 0.025 10.028 1.287
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.216 0.074 2.924 1.241
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.057 0.295 3.581 2.877
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.153 0.051 3.025 1.165
OTHER ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTA 0.638 0.114 5.587 1.893
OTHER SPECIFIED CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS 0.195 0.063 3.109 1.216
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Peripheral Vascular Bypass (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.368 0.167 8.171 3.926
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE VESSEL - FP SPECIFIC 0.089 0.042 2.135 1.093
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE 0.143 0.064 2.233 1.154
SexFemale 0.122 0.025 4.826 1.13
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.372 0.076 4.868 1.451
UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.173 0.071 2.454 1.189
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Prostate Removal Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
Age70To74 0.132 0.032 4.108 1.142
Age75To79 0.408 0.042 9.666 1.504
Age80To84 0.629 0.065 9.653 1.876
Age85To89 0.925 0.097 9.508 2.521
Age90AndOver 0.874 0.191 4.563 2.396
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.399 0.077 5.193 1.49
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.417 0.201 2.079 1.518
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.354 0.056 6.373 1.425
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.31 0.081 3.805 1.363
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.383 0.162 2.367 1.467
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.352 0.1 3.513 1.422
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.216 0.038 5.696 1.241
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.234 0.105 2.229 1.264
GROSS HEMATURIA 0.305 0.084 3.628 1.357
HD101_CVG DISORDERS OF LIPOID METABOLISM - INCLUSIVE 0.063 0.029 2.148 1.065
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.189 0.031 6.059 1.208
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.774 0.192 4.026 2.169
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.794 0.065 12.184 2.213
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.802 0.142 5.632 2.231
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.319 0.125 2.557 1.376
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.372 0.215 6.372 3.944
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.799 0.135 13.295 6.041
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.142 0.148 7.731 3.133
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.592 0.184 3.216 1.807
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.883 0.157 5.625 2.419
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.406 0.08 5.09 1.501
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.198 0.045 4.371 1.218
HYDRONEPHROSIS 0.374 0.094 3.966 1.453
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.508 0.135 3.765 1.662
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.625 0.136 4.595 1.868
LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.582 0.031 -18.544 0.559
Malignant neoplasm of bladder, part unspecified 1.135 0.072 15.818 3.11
Malignant neoplasm of other specified sites of bladder 1.419 0.141 10.064 4.135
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.451 0.126 3.589 1.57
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.301 0.049 6.208 1.352
OPEN ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.374 0.082 -4.539 0.688
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.51 0.161 -3.177 0.6
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.426 0.17 2.512 1.531
Other specified disorder of male genital organs 0.898 0.281 3.19 2.454
PERINEAL PROSTATECTOMY -0.86 0.196 -4.377 0.423
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.565 0.054 10.473 1.76
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.035 0.164 6.296 2.814
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.984 0.116 8.48 2.675
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.38 0.091 4.158 1.462
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Spinal Fusion
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.397 0.05 7.957 1.487
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.362 0.126 2.861 1.436
Age70To74 0.153 0.017 9.218 1.165
Age75To79 0.29 0.018 16.079 1.337
Age80To84 0.428 0.023 18.864 1.535
Age85To89 0.537 0.035 15.367 1.711
Age90AndOver 0.719 0.079 9.096 2.052
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.507 0.091 5.543 1.661
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.242 0.029 8.493 1.274
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.41 0.044 9.337 1.507
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.175 0.022 7.95 1.191
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.327 0.084 3.882 1.387
CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME WITHOUT MENTION OF NEUROGENIC BLADDER 0.245 0.061 3.988 1.277
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITH MYELOPATHY 0.138 0.024 5.799 1.148
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.211 0.02 10.319 1.235
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.299 0.038 7.925 1.349
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.201 0.042 4.743 1.223
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.338 0.11 3.083 1.402
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.273 0.035 7.906 1.314
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.175 0.016 11.004 1.191
DEGENERATION OF LUMBAR OR LUMBOSACRAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC 0.097 0.019 5.198 1.102
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.139 0.018 7.801 1.149
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.246 0.029 8.435 1.279
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.358 0.028 12.908 1.431
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.061 0.016 3.769 1.063
DORSAL AND DORSOLUMBAR FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, ANTERIOR TECHNIQUE 1.012 0.089 11.373 2.752
DORSAL AND DORSOLUMBAR FUSION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.553 0.029 19.308 1.738
EXCISION OF BONE FOR GRAFT, UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.2 0.015 13.315 1.221
Fusion Lumber 2-7 Joints 0.399 0.018 22.709 1.49
Fusion Thoracic 2+ Joints 0.422 0.041 10.318 1.525
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.153 0.016 9.694 1.165
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.653 0.072 9.101 1.922
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.548 0.036 15.386 1.73
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.644 0.084 7.665 1.903
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.731 0.047 15.554 2.077
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.398 0.049 8.1 1.489
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.367 0.053 6.99 1.444
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.039 0.075 13.779 2.827
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.2 0.021 9.445 1.221
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.059 0.054 19.565 2.882
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS 0.298 0.065 4.561 1.347
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.124 0.03 4.093 1.132
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Spinal Fusion (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.553 0.083 6.663 1.739
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.745 0.06 12.462 2.106
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.288 0.042 6.842 1.334
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.735 0.047 15.581 2.085
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.38 0.067 5.701 1.463
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.451 0.045 10.097 1.569
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.354 0.119 2.963 1.424
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.405 0.024 16.758 1.499
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.125 0.018 7.047 1.133
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.445 0.041 10.738 1.561
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISORDER WITH MYELOPATHY, LUMBAR REGION 0.218 0.061 3.568 1.243
KYPHOSIS (ACQUIRED) (POSTURAL) 0.247 0.041 6.062 1.28
LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, ANTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.411 0.022 18.688 1.508
LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.202 0.015 13.589 1.223
LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION OR RE-FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.144 0.017 8.695 1.155
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.144 0.047 3.055 1.155
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.85 0.104 17.877 6.362
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.274 0.019 14.738 1.315
OSTEOPOROSIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.096 0.026 3.773 1.101
OTHER ABNORMAL GLUCOSE 0.101 0.051 1.986 1.106
OTHER CERVICAL FUSION OF THE ANTERIOR COLUMN, ANTERIOR TECHNIQUE -0.179 0.025 -7.128 0.836
OTHER CERVICAL FUSION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN, POSTERIOR TECHNIQUE 0.413 0.029 14.162 1.512
OTHER CHRONIC NONALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE 0.204 0.075 2.71 1.226
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.337 0.069 4.865 1.4
OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL 0.238 0.02 12.055 1.269
OTHER KYPHOSCOLIOSIS AND SCOLIOSIS 0.186 0.023 8.046 1.204
OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.151 0.062 2.439 1.163
OTHER SPECIFIED RETENTION OF URINE 0.303 0.066 4.606 1.354
PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.22 0.05 4.421 1.246
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.267 0.094 2.835 1.306
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.155 0.044 3.483 1.167
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.09 0.015 6.068 1.094
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.87 0.096 9.05 2.388
QUADRIPLEGIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.729 0.07 10.44 2.074
REPAIR OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURE 0.347 0.064 5.444 1.415
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.381 0.059 6.416 1.463
SCOLIOSIS [AND KYPHOSCOLIOSIS], IDIOPATHIC 0.317 0.033 9.747 1.373
SexFemale -0.213 0.015 -14.468 0.808
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.39 0.046 8.458 1.477
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.19 0.025 7.692 1.21
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.082 0.021 50.532 2.952
TRANSFUSION OF PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD 0.14 0.041 3.435 1.15
UNSPECIFIED URINARY INCONTINENCE 0.142 0.046 3.092 1.153
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.429 0.04 10.709 1.536
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Total Knee Replacement
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.592 0.09 6.608 1.808
Age70To74 0.121 0.012 9.812 1.128
Age75To79 0.335 0.013 25.953 1.398
Age80To84 0.534 0.015 36.003 1.706
Age85To89 0.704 0.02 35.282 2.021
Age90AndOver 0.982 0.04 24.851 2.67
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.536 0.062 8.632 1.71
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.044 0.022 2.025 1.045
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.33 0.028 11.782 1.392
AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS 0.049 0.021 2.297 1.05
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.21 0.013 15.535 1.233
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.253 0.016 16.135 1.287
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.352 0.025 14.193 1.422
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.41 0.028 14.675 1.506
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.371 0.023 16.365 1.449
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.234 0.013 18.138 1.263
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.225 0.024 9.292 1.253
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.355 0.02 17.464 1.426
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.189 0.011 16.998 1.208
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.214 0.031 6.993 1.238
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.223 0.047 4.719 1.249
FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK 0.24 0.055 4.393 1.272
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.196 0.011 17.164 1.217
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.513 0.05 10.303 1.671
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.689 0.024 28.928 1.991
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.816 0.088 9.317 2.261
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.893 0.028 32.422 2.443
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.239 0.033 7.354 1.271
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.278 0.041 6.699 1.32
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.911 0.06 15.165 2.486
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.214 0.015 13.86 1.239
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.171 0.026 6.591 1.187
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.317 0.048 27.638 3.733
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.39 0.027 14.442 1.477
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.396 0.046 8.686 1.486
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.46 0.03 15.274 1.585
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.426 0.082 5.165 1.53
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.393 0.014 28.104 1.481
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.073 0.011 6.597 1.076
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.083 0.04 2.068 1.086
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.654 0.042 15.427 1.924
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.299 0.038 7.816 1.348
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.236 0.012 19.224 1.266
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Total Knee Replacement (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF STEROIDS 0.107 0.033 3.202 1.113
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.185 0.03 6.19 1.203
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.959 0.059 33.478 7.092
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.267 0.013 21.203 1.306
OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.212 0.061 3.461 1.236
OSTEOPOROSIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.044 0.019 2.287 1.045
OTHER ACQUIRED DEFORMITIES OF KNEE 0.216 0.053 4.106 1.241
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.553 0.055 10.015 1.739
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.258 0.046 5.67 1.295
PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.321 0.043 7.451 1.379
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.142 0.01 13.712 1.152
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.187 0.055 21.466 3.276
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE 0.066 0.024 2.737 1.068
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.224 0.042 5.364 1.252
SexFemale -0.075 0.011 -7.11 0.928
SLHP106_CVG BI-LATERAL KNEE REPLACEMENT 1.135 0.078 14.564 3.112
SLP8154_CVG TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT 0.424 0.075 5.654 1.529
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.38 0.08 4.744 1.462
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.362 0.034 10.567 1.437
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.285 0.022 12.898 1.33
UNSPECIFIED GLAUCOMA 0.055 0.025 2.194 1.056
UNSPECIFIED IDIOPATHIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 0.256 0.041 6.225 1.292
UNSPECIFIED URINARY INCONTINENCE 0.091 0.038 2.404 1.096
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Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.285 0.084 3.387 1.329
Age70To74 0.215 0.052 4.132 1.24
Age75To79 0.288 0.051 5.63 1.333
Age80To84 0.42 0.051 8.149 1.521
Age85To89 0.485 0.054 9.012 1.625
Age90AndOver 0.613 0.063 9.752 1.846
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.355 0.085 4.185 1.426
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.238 0.079 3.013 1.268
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.129 0.043 3.034 1.138
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.322 0.061 5.326 1.38
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.476 0.084 5.663 1.61
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.258 0.065 3.969 1.294
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.148 0.051 2.894 1.159
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.203 0.032 6.325 1.226
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.184 0.074 2.503 1.202
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.658 0.114 5.772 1.932
HD101_CVG DISORDERS OF LIPOID METABOLISM - INCLUSIVE 0.073 0.03 2.477 1.076
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.177 0.057 3.126 1.193
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.566 0.075 7.561 1.761
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.579 0.067 8.58 1.784
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.598 0.097 6.149 1.818
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.535 0.068 7.93 1.708
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.283 0.061 4.669 1.327
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.241 0.061 3.964 1.272
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.69 0.136 5.076 1.993
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.689 0.122 5.668 1.993
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.368 0.077 4.761 1.444
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.342 0.081 4.219 1.408
HYDRONEPHROSIS 0.239 0.046 5.248 1.271
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.166 0.066 2.505 1.181
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.242 0.058 4.198 1.274
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.373 0.092 4.069 1.452
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.633 0.281 2.254 1.884
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.235 0.055 4.3 1.265
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 1.019 0.341 2.987 2.77
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.724 0.147 4.919 2.063
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.359 0.07 5.124 1.432
URINARY OBSTRUCTION, UNSPECIFIED OR NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.151 0.054 2.807 1.163
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Appendix D. Model Fit Statistics In-hospital In-hospital + 30 days
Cohort c-stat Lower CI Upper CI c-stat Lower CI Upper CI
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair 0.747 0.741 0.753 Not evaluated at 30 days
Appendectomy 0.788 0.784 0.791 Not evaluated at 30 days
Back and Neck Surgery (without Spinal Fusion) 0.710 0.704 0.715 Not evaluated at 30 days
Bariatric Surgery 0.691 0.685 0.698 Not evaluated at 30 days
Bowel Obstruction 0.891 0.888 0.894 0.848 0.845 0.851
Carotid Procedures 0.721 0.717 0.725 Not evaluated at 30 days
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 0.865 0.861 0.868 0.771 0.768 0.773
Colorectal Surgeries 0.911 0.909 0.914 0.890 0.887 0.892
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery 0.807 0.801 0.814 0.777 0.771 0.784
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient) 0.887 0.884 0.890 0.846 0.844 0.849
Cranial Neurosurgery 0.940 0.938 0.943 0.888 0.885 0.892
Defibrillator Procedures 0.699 0.694 0.704 Not evaluated at 30 days
Diabetic Emergencies 0.868 0.861 0.876 0.802 0.797 0.807
Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries 0.840 0.836 0.844 0.812 0.809 0.814
Gallbladder Removal Surgery 0.707 0.705 0.710 Not evaluated at 30 days
Gastrointestinal Bleed 0.883 0.880 0.886 0.814 0.811 0.816
Heart Attack (stent available) 0.893 0.892 0.895 0.857 0.856 0.859
Heart Attack (stent not available) 0.847 0.841 0.853 0.797 0.792 0.802
Heart Failure 0.889 0.887 0.890 0.785 0.783 0.786
Hip Fracture Treatment 0.704 0.703 0.706 Not evaluated at 30 days
Hip Replacement 0.701 0.698 0.704 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pacemaker Procedures 0.738 0.735 0.741 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pancreatitis 0.881 0.874 0.889 0.834 0.828 0.841
Peripheral Vascular Bypass 0.706 0.700 0.712 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pneumonia 0.850 0.848 0.852 0.793 0.791 0.794
Prostate Removal Surgery 0.704 0.696 0.711 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pulmonary Embolism 0.893 0.888 0.897 0.845 0.841 0.849
Respiratory Failure 0.899 0.897 0.900 0.843 0.842 0.845
Sepsis 0.896 0.895 0.896 0.863 0.863 0.864
Small Intestine Surgeries 0.876 0.872 0.880 0.875 0.872 0.879
Spinal Fusion 0.736 0.733 0.739 Not evaluated at 30 days
Stroke 0.933 0.932 0.935 0.877 0.876 0.879
Total Knee Replacement 0.696 0.694 0.699 Not evaluated at 30 days
Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery 0.664 0.657 0.672 Not evaluated at 30 days
Valve Surgery 0.792 0.786 0.798 0.759 0.754 0.764
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Appendix E. Hospital Ratings Removal Policy Effective Date: August 16, 2015
Healthgrades evaluates the performance of the nation’s nearly 5,000 hospitals using several data sources including data submitted by hospitals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), all-payer data submitted by hospitals to their states, and HCAHPS data.
Regardless of the data set utilized, Healthgrades methodology is applied to every hospital in the same manner.
On rare occasions, Healthgrades identifies new information that impacts its assessment of a hospital. Healthgrades policy is to remove certain hospitals’ performance and/or awards from its website in the following situations:
• A revocation of a hospital’s Medicare license by CMS;
• Federal conviction of a hospital for Medicare fraud;
• Egregious issues with the integrity of data submitted by a hospital to CMS or to the state in which the hospital resides.
In these rare circumstances, the hospital’s CEO will be notified in writing of the reason for removal. Removal is at the discretion of Healthgrades based on the impact from erroneous data and/or presumed fraudulent activities.
Under no circumstances will Healthgrades accept data directly from a hospital, nor will Healthgrades manipulate or change a hospital’s performance category or data in any way. It is the hospital’s responsibility to resubmit the data to CMS or to its state. To re-post specific performance information, Healthgrades must receive corrected data directly from CMS or from the state during its annual ratings update.
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Appendix F. All-Payer States Citations and Disclaimers We respectfully list the following citations and disclaimers as requested from the following states that provide inpatient data.
Nevada: This information is from the records of the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP) and was released through the Center of Health Information Analysis (CHIA) of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Authorization to release this information does not imply endorsement of this study or its findings by either DHCFP or CHIA.
Rhode Island: Rhode Island Hospital Discharge Data, Center for Health Data & Analysis, Rhode Island Department of Health
Virginia: Virginia Health Information (VHI) has provided non-confidential patient level information used in this file, report, publication, or database which it has compiled in accordance with Virginia law but which it has no authority to independently verify. By using this file, report, publication, or database, the user agrees to assume all risks that may be associated with or arise from the use of inaccurate data. VHI cannot and does not represent that the use of VHI’s data was appropriate for this file, report, publication, or database or endorse or support any conclusions of inferences that may be drawn from the use of VHI’s data.
Washington: Washington State Data is being made available from: Washington State Department of Health