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Mortality and Complications Outcomes
2020 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 79 Appendix D. Model Fit Statistics 107 Appendix E. Hospital Ratings Removal Policy 108 Appendix F. All-Payer States Citations and Disclaimers 109
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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 available for 15 states. 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. Healthgrades is unable to provide ratings nationwide for these procedures and only reports on hospital clinical performance in the 15 states that make all-payer data available.
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 2016 through 2018. 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 most of the patients for the clinical categories studied.
• Inpatient all-payer data for the appendectomy and bariatric surgery cohorts were provided by the following 15 states:
• Colorado • Nevada* • Pennsylvania • Washington* • Florida • New Jersey • Rhode Island* • West Virginia • Iowa • New York • Texas • Wisconsin • Maryland • Oregon • Virginia*
*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 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 2015 through 2017 (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 2016-2018 and all-payer 2015-2017 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) independently for all 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 used to define each cohort can be found in Healthgrades ICD-10 Mapping Tool at https://icd10mappingtool.healthgrades.com/.
For a hospital to be eligible for a rating in a cohort, at least 30 cases across three years of data and at least five cases in the most current year are required per cohort and per hospital. As a result, the number of hospitals that qualified and received a rating ranged from a low of 456 rated for bariatric surgery to a high of 4,001 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), as defined by clinical and coding experts. A list of the ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes that indicate in-hospital complications for each 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 2019 MedPAR Codebook* and how they were used by Healthgrades in determining in-hospital complications in the current 2020 award year analyses. These indicators are identical to those in the all-payer 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
* Chronic Condition Data Warehouse MedPAR Codebook 1.0 Available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. https://www.ccwdata.org › documents › Codebook-MedPAR
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 0.667 to 0.944. 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 any 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
& • Procedures for 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
• Open or endoscopic replacement
• Open valvuloplasties • Aortic, mitral, pulmonary, or
tricuspid, including TAVR
• Aortic dissections and repairs • Patients discharged alive with
a length of stay < 1 day
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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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 • Other Pulmonary embolism with
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
• Fusion of 2+ cervical vertebral joints
• Fusion of 2-7 thoracic joints • Fusion of 2+ lumbar vertebral
joints • Performed within 3rd cervical
vertebrae to lumbosacral spine • Single incision approach
• Injuries associated with major trauma
• C1-C2 fusions • 8+ thoracic joint fusions • Refusions or removal of
previously placed material • Post-laminectomy syndrome:
cervical, thoracic, or lumbar • Insertion of spinal disc
prosthetics • Spinal column malignancies
Appendix A. Patient Cohort Definitions
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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
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.172 0.069 2.510 1.188 0.134 0.053 2.556 1.144
ACIDOSIS 0.518 0.037 13.881 1.678 0.327 0.031 10.686 1.387
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.542 0.119 4.543 1.720 0.496 0.096 5.176 1.643
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.344 0.125 2.754 1.410 * * * *
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.909 0.062 14.564 2.481 0.742 0.053 14.096 2.099
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.358 0.054 6.601 1.431 0.282 0.047 5.988 1.325
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.116 0.044 2.657 1.123 0.217 0.033 6.623 1.243
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.186 0.072 2.568 1.204
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.243 0.044 5.460 1.274
Age70To74 0.090 0.049 1.851 1.094 0.106 0.037 2.912 1.112
Age75To79 0.348 0.046 7.511 1.416 0.371 0.035 10.657 1.449
Age80To84 0.560 0.045 12.331 1.751 0.562 0.034 16.396 1.754
Age85To89 0.800 0.046 17.549 2.227 0.846 0.034 24.716 2.331
Age90AndOver 1.060 0.047 22.644 2.885 1.197 0.035 34.364 3.312
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.113 0.037 3.010 1.119 0.405 0.027 15.074 1.500
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.157 0.044 3.565 1.170
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.114 0.027 4.257 1.120
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.131 0.058 2.251 1.140 0.141 0.044 3.201 1.152
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.321 0.026 12.470 1.379 0.296 0.019 15.236 1.345
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.311 0.077 4.057 1.365 0.127 0.063 2.003 1.135
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.169 0.047 3.577 1.184 0.178 0.037 4.845 1.195
CACHEXIA 0.657 0.065 10.105 1.929 0.616 0.053 11.705 1.852
CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.803 0.119 6.741 2.233 0.726 0.105 6.919 2.067
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.335 0.029 11.452 1.398 0.287 0.022 12.970 1.333
CHRONIC DUODENAL ILEUS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTION OF DUODENUM * * * * 0.293 0.089 3.276 1.340
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.112 0.036 3.082 1.119 0.075 0.027 2.737 1.077
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.415 0.061 6.758 1.514 0.469 0.046 10.118 1.599
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.235 0.045 5.169 1.265 0.250 0.034 7.368 1.284
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.440 0.087 5.034 1.553 0.665 0.063 10.634 1.945
COLONOSCOPY AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY 0.218 0.065 3.337 1.244 0.163 0.050 3.248 1.178
COLOSTOMY, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 0.560 0.069 8.094 1.751 0.432 0.056 7.645 1.540
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.230 0.044 5.241 1.259 0.335 0.032 10.429 1.397
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.084 0.026 3.185 1.088 0.050 0.020 2.512 1.051
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.407 0.044 9.310 1.502
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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
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.260 0.054 4.834 1.297 0.353 0.040 8.786 1.423
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.110 0.039 2.846 1.117 * * * *
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.051 0.025 2.013 1.052
DILATION OF INTESTINE * * * * 0.243 0.072 3.363 1.275
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.475 0.031 15.235 1.608 0.658 0.023 28.380 1.931
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.271 0.070 18.045 3.563 1.277 0.054 23.808 3.587
Endoscopic insertion of colonic stent(s) -0.834 0.281 -2.972 0.434 * * * *
EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY 0.842 0.068 12.368 2.320 0.574 0.061 9.424 1.776
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.264 0.076 3.465 1.302
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.411 0.066 6.197 1.508 0.284 0.052 5.417 1.328
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.281 0.048 5.860 1.325 0.228 0.038 6.026 1.256
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.397 0.054 7.290 1.487 0.314 0.043 7.312 1.369
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.568 0.063 9.033 1.765 0.509 0.049 10.291 1.664
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.407 0.032 12.757 1.502 0.456 0.025 18.198 1.577
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.918 0.075 12.171 2.505 0.868 0.064 13.578 2.381
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.319 0.029 11.060 1.376 0.252 0.022 11.360 1.287
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.169 0.048 3.506 1.184 0.207 0.036 5.756 1.230
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.419 0.061 6.924 1.521 0.477 0.047 10.175 1.611
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.352 0.061 5.820 1.422 0.372 0.048 7.819 1.450
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.121 0.029 4.196 1.129 0.110 0.022 5.007 1.116
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.633 0.103 6.137 1.883 0.619 0.085 7.314 1.858
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.131 0.062 2.111 1.140 0.255 0.047 5.449 1.291
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.428 0.086 4.971 1.534 0.422 0.068 6.186 1.526
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.201 0.044 4.557 1.222 0.163 0.034 4.780 1.177
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.466 0.120 3.883 1.593
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.456 0.093 4.919 1.578 0.375 0.073 5.155 1.456
HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.295 0.080 3.702 1.343 0.326 0.061 5.321 1.386
HYDRONEPHROSIS * * * * 0.283 0.060 4.738 1.327
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.196 0.056 3.487 1.217 0.320 0.043 7.439 1.377
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.431 0.052 8.264 1.540 0.326 0.042 7.809 1.385
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.190 0.036 5.326 1.210 0.215 0.027 7.917 1.240
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE * * * * 0.260 0.079 3.307 1.297
INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) * * * * -0.257 0.028 -9.195 0.773
INTUSSUSCEPTION * * * * -0.330 0.129 -2.568 0.719
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis, not otherwise specified -0.468 0.227 -2.056 0.627 -0.483 0.154 -3.141 0.617
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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
LYSIS OF PERITONEAL ADHESIONS 0.597 0.028 21.419 1.817 0.349 0.027 13.005 1.418
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.777 0.150 5.172 2.176 0.541 0.127 4.263 1.718
OPEN AND OTHER CECECTOMY 0.403 0.129 3.126 1.496 0.333 0.110 3.028 1.395
OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 1.067 0.065 16.307 2.907 0.752 0.055 13.586 2.121
OPEN AND OTHER SIGMOIDECTOMY 0.634 0.085 7.459 1.885 0.252 0.071 3.573 1.287
Other and open repair of direct inguinal hernia with graft or prosthesis * * * * -0.253 0.057 -4.409 0.776
Other and open repair of other hernia of anterior abdominal wall with graft or prosthesis 0.239 0.057 4.199 1.269 * * * *
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.144 0.058 2.480 1.154 * * * *
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.371 0.091 4.087 1.449 0.364 0.070 5.223 1.439
OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE 0.459 0.074 6.179 1.582 0.249 0.062 4.054 1.283
OTHER GASTROENTEROSTOMY WITHOUT GASTRECTOMY 0.723 0.203 3.569 2.060 * * * *
OTHER LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF OTHER HERNIA OF ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL WITH GRAFT OR PROSTHESIS * * * * -0.361 0.100 -3.625 0.697
OTHER PARTIAL RESECTION OF SMALL INTESTINE 0.755 0.034 22.094 2.128 0.530 0.029 18.088 1.698
OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.195 0.041 4.753 1.215 0.134 0.033 4.095 1.144
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.138 0.051 2.721 1.148
PARALYTIC ILEUS * * * * 0.149 0.028 5.335 1.160
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.311 0.116 2.687 1.364 0.262 0.092 2.835 1.300
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 1.036 0.067 15.470 2.817 0.899 0.060 14.899 2.458
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.301 0.116 2.592 1.351 0.406 0.085 4.787 1.501
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.363 0.141 2.567 1.437 0.280 0.111 2.523 1.323
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.492 0.134 3.684 1.636
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.546 0.130 4.185 1.726
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.566 0.187 8.361 4.788 0.833 0.131 6.376 2.300
Repair of other hernia of anterior abdominal wall 0.170 0.046 3.661 1.185 * * * *
SexFemale -0.208 0.024 -8.724 0.812 -0.185 0.018 -10.279 0.831
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.812 0.029 131.194 45.226 3.355 0.027 125.583 28.642
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.185 0.090 2.044 1.203 0.182 0.070 2.616 1.200
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.226 0.057 3.959 1.254 0.143 0.045 3.196 1.154
UNILATERAL OR UNSPECIFIED FEMORAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION (NOT SPECIFIED AS RECURRENT) * * * * -0.218 0.078 -2.801 0.804
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.098 0.023 -4.270 0.907
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.480 0.059 8.101 1.616 0.573 0.046 12.560 1.773
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.492 0.053 9.208 1.636 0.413 0.046 8.964 1.512
VOLVULUS 0.123 0.046 2.640 1.131 * * * *
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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 * * * * 0.078 0.036 2.147 1.081
ACIDOSIS 0.630 0.029 21.857 1.878 0.350 0.019 18.591 1.420
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.671 0.022 30.104 1.956 0.467 0.013 35.733 1.596
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.948 0.057 16.600 2.581 0.611 0.040 15.463 1.843
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.856 0.025 34.637 2.353 0.329 0.015 21.313 1.390
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.363 0.044 8.164 1.438 0.193 0.027 7.080 1.213
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.229 0.093 2.464 1.258 0.233 0.054 4.359 1.263
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.296 0.049 6.039 1.344 0.452 0.028 16.161 1.571
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.370 0.054 6.821 1.448 0.541 0.032 16.657 1.718
Age70To74 0.176 0.033 5.396 1.193 0.174 0.019 9.426 1.191
Age75To79 0.272 0.032 8.395 1.312 0.340 0.018 18.641 1.405
Age80To84 0.363 0.033 10.873 1.437 0.478 0.019 25.445 1.613
Age85To89 0.319 0.036 8.786 1.376 0.592 0.020 29.467 1.808
Age90AndOver 0.322 0.041 7.894 1.379 0.769 0.022 34.716 2.158
ALKALOSIS * * * * 0.159 0.043 3.729 1.172
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.176 0.019 9.401 1.192
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.157 0.033 4.710 1.171
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.197 0.025 7.923 1.218
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.057 0.028 2.021 1.059 0.167 0.016 10.736 1.182
ANXIETY STATE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.052 0.014 3.754 1.054
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.076 0.027 2.822 1.079
ASBESTOSIS * * * * 0.243 0.080 3.045 1.275
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.333 0.021 16.245 1.396 0.301 0.011 26.366 1.352
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.329 0.056 5.866 1.389 0.176 0.034 5.130 1.193
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.128 0.025 5.088 1.137
BRONCHIECTASIS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION -0.206 0.071 -2.927 0.813 -0.309 0.040 -7.639 0.734
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED 0.493 0.144 3.420 1.638 * * * *
CACHEXIA 0.521 0.044 11.772 1.684 0.486 0.029 16.657 1.626
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.344 0.043 8.052 1.410
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.651 0.048 13.463 1.917 0.370 0.029 12.808 1.448
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.217 0.050 4.316 1.243 0.263 0.029 9.097 1.301
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.190 0.037 5.143 1.209 0.113 0.021 5.362 1.120
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.382 0.096 3.990 1.465 0.351 0.056 6.237 1.420
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.403 0.028 14.433 1.496 0.356 0.016 22.791 1.428
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.175 0.011 15.180 1.191
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.689 0.022 30.685 1.991 0.687 0.013 52.324 1.988
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.770 0.060 12.908 2.161 0.841 0.035 24.212 2.319
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.185 0.027 6.875 1.203 0.194 0.015 12.566 1.214
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.271 0.040 6.749 1.311 0.057 0.025 2.314 1.059
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.481 0.029 16.328 1.618 0.502 0.021 24.461 1.652
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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
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.451 0.084 17.177 4.269 0.874 0.066 13.333 2.396
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.497 0.025 20.012 1.644 0.218 0.015 14.371 1.244
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.104 0.043 2.414 1.110
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.121 0.034 3.546 1.128 0.093 0.019 4.909 1.098
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.455 0.038 12.086 1.576 0.393 0.024 16.222 1.482
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.604 0.045 13.436 1.830 0.377 0.029 13.093 1.458
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.093 0.019 4.984 1.097
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA * * * * 0.048 0.022 2.235 1.049
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.255 0.024 10.795 1.291
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.440 0.020 22.311 1.552 0.195 0.011 17.480 1.216
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.632 0.046 13.648 1.881 0.553 0.028 19.950 1.738
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.115 0.027 4.205 1.122
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.225 0.036 6.255 1.253 0.247 0.020 12.086 1.280
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.497 0.064 7.809 1.644 0.442 0.039 11.471 1.556
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.103 0.041 2.534 1.109
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 1.068 0.089 12.042 2.909 0.725 0.060 12.163 2.064
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.777 0.056 13.891 2.175 0.679 0.036 18.732 1.972
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.464 0.036 12.854 1.590 0.402 0.022 18.320 1.495
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.285 0.030 9.395 1.330 0.176 0.018 9.977 1.192
LOSS OF WEIGHT * * * * 0.149 0.053 2.805 1.161
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.450 0.056 7.965 1.568 0.963 0.030 32.355 2.618
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.285 0.094 3.015 1.330 0.715 0.051 14.025 2.044
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.327 0.133 2.448 1.386 0.304 0.076 4.011 1.356
METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.359 0.113 3.175 1.431
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.565 0.131 4.314 1.760 0.236 0.085 2.766 1.266
OTHER DYSPNEA AND RESPIRATORY ABNORMALITY * * * * 0.167 0.046 3.641 1.182
OTHER MALAISE AND FATIGUE * * * * 0.212 0.023 9.193 1.237
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.581 0.103 5.664 1.787 0.232 0.061 3.816 1.261
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.155 0.039 3.995 1.167
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.246 0.089 2.748 1.278 0.449 0.048 9.328 1.567
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.163 0.026 6.235 1.177
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.440 0.049 8.992 1.552 0.480 0.027 17.968 1.616
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.608 0.076 8.010 1.837
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.606 0.151 4.016 1.833 0.743 0.086 8.611 2.103
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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
SexFemale -0.175 0.019 -9.151 0.839 -0.292 0.011 -27.255 0.747
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.677 0.022 164.674 39.518 2.576 0.018 140.961 13.139
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.135 0.053 2.536 1.144 0.154 0.030 5.152 1.166
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.358 0.044 8.042 1.430 0.241 0.026 9.129 1.273
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.154 0.048 3.231 1.166
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.459 0.043 10.682 1.583 0.503 0.025 19.975 1.654
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.161 0.070 2.302 1.175
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.126 0.021 6.086 1.134
Viral Pneumonia 0.584 0.151 3.867 1.793 * * * *
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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 * * * * 0.136 0.065 2.103 1.146
ACIDOSIS 0.658 0.032 20.386 1.932 0.574 0.029 19.863 1.775
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.422 0.078 5.404 1.525 0.472 0.069 6.809 1.602
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.094 0.104 10.528 2.986 1.119 0.105 10.664 3.062
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.422 0.095 4.459 1.525 0.392 0.084 4.638 1.480
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.712 0.147 4.836 2.038 0.531 0.135 3.943 1.701
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.584 0.044 13.244 1.794 0.559 0.041 13.646 1.748
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.639 0.040 15.949 1.894 0.627 0.037 16.970 1.873
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.207 0.042 4.933 1.230 0.196 0.037 5.355 1.216
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.252 0.099 2.550 1.287 0.247 0.085 2.896 1.280
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.323 0.067 4.826 1.381 0.381 0.057 6.728 1.464
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.427 0.075 5.682 1.532
Age70To74 0.241 0.039 6.227 1.273 0.243 0.033 7.321 1.275
Age75To79 0.399 0.038 10.373 1.491 0.473 0.033 14.494 1.605
Age80To84 0.594 0.040 15.026 1.811 0.720 0.033 21.544 2.054
Age85To89 0.788 0.042 18.800 2.199 1.004 0.035 28.547 2.729
Age90AndOver 0.915 0.049 18.613 2.498 1.331 0.040 33.353 3.784
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.682 0.190 3.588 1.977 0.538 0.162 3.324 1.713
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.326 0.035 9.410 1.385
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.319 0.026 12.423 1.376 0.308 0.021 14.424 1.361
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.203 0.077 2.639 1.225 * * * *
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.315 0.052 6.086 1.370 0.300 0.046 6.570 1.350
CACHEXIA 0.548 0.080 6.805 1.729 0.625 0.070 8.944 1.868
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.283 0.029 9.819 1.327 0.309 0.024 12.930 1.362
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.158 0.031 5.130 1.171
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.214 0.063 3.381 1.238 0.405 0.052 7.791 1.499
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.160 0.040 4.013 1.173
CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.535 0.080 6.707 1.707 0.493 0.073 6.746 1.637
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.495 0.085 5.854 1.641 0.690 0.067 10.228 1.994
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.269 0.044 6.114 1.308 0.333 0.037 9.013 1.395
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.094 0.026 3.554 1.099 0.089 0.022 4.085 1.093
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.518 0.138 10.973 4.562 1.364 0.141 9.653 3.913
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.335 0.056 6.030 1.398
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.989 0.082 12.028 2.689 1.191 0.050 23.679 3.290
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.253 0.080 3.174 1.287 0.166 0.067 2.468 1.180
FECAL IMPACTION 0.459 0.083 5.515 1.583 0.402 0.072 5.582 1.494
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.501 0.099 5.047 1.651 0.539 0.089 6.049 1.714
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.247 0.095 2.606 1.281 * * * *
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.245 0.045 5.411 1.277 0.133 0.042 3.208 1.143
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.331 0.063 5.254 1.392 0.279 0.054 5.212 1.322
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.226 0.048 4.701 1.253 0.196 0.040 4.893 1.217
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.302 0.050 6.051 1.352 0.259 0.043 6.000 1.295
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.581 0.056 10.322 1.787 0.640 0.048 13.319 1.897
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.184 0.026 7.046 1.202
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.315 0.059 5.290 1.370 0.337 0.054 6.290 1.401
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.167 0.030 5.628 1.182 0.206 0.025 8.112 1.229
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.230 0.047 4.934 1.259 0.233 0.038 6.062 1.262
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.215 0.043 5.032 1.240
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.256 0.054 4.725 1.292 0.301 0.045 6.654 1.352
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.097 0.035 2.782 1.102 0.121 0.029 4.095 1.128
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.136 0.056 2.428 1.146 0.235 0.048 4.845 1.265
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.294 0.080 3.687 1.342
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.195 0.052 3.757 1.215
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.242 0.062 3.900 1.273
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.121 0.039 3.074 1.128
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.134 0.045 2.985 1.143 0.146 0.038 3.844 1.158
HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.510 0.034 14.847 1.666 0.417 0.031 13.483 1.517
HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.533 0.032 16.770 1.703 0.501 0.028 17.694 1.650
HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.592 0.162 3.649 1.807 0.596 0.150 3.964 1.815
HP174_CVG Anal-Rectal Procedures w/o COB -0.137 0.047 -2.891 0.872 -0.097 0.038 -2.591 0.907
HP175_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.213 0.040 -5.315 0.808
HP176_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis and Large-to-Large Anastomosis - Moderate Mortality 0.679 0.028 23.863 1.973 0.416 0.029 14.170 1.516
HP177_CVG Colon Resection Anastomosis – High Mortality 0.427 0.028 15.034 1.533 0.219 0.028 7.751 1.245
HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.116 0.045 2.587 1.123 0.147 0.037 3.945 1.158
HP180_CVG Other Rectal Procedures -0.502 0.068 -7.359 0.606 -0.220 0.047 -4.652 0.803
HP181_CVG Rectal Resection and Anastomosis -0.151 0.072 -2.094 0.860 -0.136 0.057 -2.374 0.873
HP183_CVG Stoma 0.407 0.078 5.193 1.502 0.376 0.069 5.423 1.456
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.334 0.052 6.448 1.397 0.330 0.045 7.361 1.392
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.396 0.061 6.545 1.486 0.356 0.056 6.418 1.428
LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.322 0.083 -3.878 0.724 -0.273 0.065 -4.210 0.761
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.691 0.144 4.800 1.996 0.895 0.118 7.596 2.447
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
MEGACOLON, OTHER THAN HIRSCHSPRUNG'S 0.246 0.089 2.773 1.279 0.235 0.078 3.030 1.265
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.700 0.072 9.757 2.014 0.562 0.065 8.595 1.755
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.274 0.130 2.110 1.315
OTHER ASCITES 0.246 0.053 4.650 1.278 0.268 0.047 5.679 1.307
OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM * * * * 0.289 0.068 4.229 1.336
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.192 0.095 2.012 1.212 0.279 0.078 3.566 1.322
OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.516 0.068 7.563 1.676 0.445 0.062 7.138 1.561
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.322 0.089 3.621 1.380 0.306 0.078 3.926 1.359
OTHER SPECIFIED DISORDERS OF PERITONEUM * * * * 0.174 0.074 2.352 1.191
OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.167 0.055 3.021 1.182 0.137 0.047 2.883 1.147
OTHER SPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.179 0.073 2.453 1.196 0.236 0.067 3.506 1.266
P4674_CVG Closure of Fistula of Small Intestine, Except Duodenum 0.394 0.094 4.188 1.483 0.285 0.085 3.345 1.330
PANCYTOPENIA 0.378 0.098 3.872 1.459 0.482 0.082 5.873 1.619
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.629 0.038 16.657 1.876 0.670 0.034 19.596 1.955
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.513 0.119 4.319 1.670 0.519 0.099 5.244 1.681
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.322 0.115 2.790 1.380
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.831 0.219 8.344 6.239 1.294 0.176 7.348 3.648
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.213 0.036 33.885 3.365 1.085 0.033 32.725 2.959
SexFemale -0.139 0.023 -6.007 0.870 -0.208 0.019 -10.771 0.813
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.127 0.029 106.200 22.803 3.571 0.030 117.226 35.548
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.255 0.050 5.058 1.290 0.365 0.042 8.689 1.441
ULCERATIVE COLITIS, UNSPECIFIED 0.318 0.101 3.153 1.375 * * * *
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.376 0.051 7.409 1.456 0.335 0.044 7.589 1.399
UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.228 0.052 4.391 1.256 0.168 0.048 3.495 1.183
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.582 0.041 14.026 1.789 0.568 0.038 15.016 1.764
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.098 0.038 2.552 1.103 0.196 0.032 6.182 1.217
VOLVULUS 0.185 0.047 3.972 1.203 0.272 0.039 7.056 1.312
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) 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
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES -0.098 0.033 -2.947 0.907 -0.075 0.029 -2.620 0.928
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.312 0.169 7.769 3.712 1.263 0.159 7.951 3.535
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.327 0.074 4.402 1.387 0.252 0.067 3.782 1.287
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.213 0.061 3.478 1.237
ADHESIVE PERICARDITIS 0.623 0.143 4.350 1.865 0.501 0.131 3.833 1.651
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.126 0.037 3.373 1.135 0.110 0.033 3.365 1.116
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.624 0.276 2.259 1.866 0.692 0.237 2.918 1.997
Age70To74 0.303 0.047 6.415 1.353 0.271 0.041 6.654 1.311
Age75To79 0.528 0.048 10.940 1.695 0.506 0.042 12.157 1.658
Age80To84 0.880 0.052 16.808 2.410 0.895 0.045 19.929 2.448
Age85To89 1.177 0.070 16.835 3.246 1.181 0.060 19.555 3.258
Age90AndOver 1.361 0.173 7.865 3.900 1.470 0.146 10.084 4.350
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.371 0.187 1.983 1.450
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 0.954 0.230 4.139 2.595 1.046 0.206 5.089 2.846
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION * * * * 0.379 0.168 2.253 1.461
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.625 0.126 4.964 1.869 0.556 0.113 4.916 1.744
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.182 0.039 4.650 1.200 0.231 0.034 6.855 1.259
AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.264 0.122 2.165 1.302
CARDIAC ARREST 0.719 0.139 5.185 2.052 0.693 0.127 5.476 2.000
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.386 0.064 6.050 1.471 0.343 0.060 5.701 1.410
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.258 0.042 6.174 1.294 0.271 0.036 7.541 1.311
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.468 0.088 5.326 1.598 0.500 0.077 6.513 1.649
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.332 0.063 5.297 1.394 0.342 0.055 6.220 1.408
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.346 0.110 3.156 1.414 0.516 0.089 5.808 1.676
DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT MENTION OF COMPLICATION, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.874 0.324 2.700 2.398 0.711 0.298 2.386 2.035
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.539 0.067 23.016 4.658 1.278 0.083 15.417 3.589
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, OPEN APPROACH - INCLUSIVE 0.421 0.100 4.226 1.524 0.342 0.087 3.931 1.407
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE * * * * 0.250 0.103 2.415 1.284
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.578 0.049 11.680 1.782 0.534 0.044 12.270 1.706
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.201 0.058 3.449 1.222 0.228 0.051 4.497 1.256
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.664 0.080 8.278 1.942 0.642 0.071 9.043 1.900
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.636 0.070 9.104 1.889 0.661 0.062 10.671 1.937
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 0.358 0.062 5.792 1.431 0.345 0.057 6.108 1.412
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.197 0.051 3.902 1.218 * * * *
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.378 0.048 7.907 1.460 0.294 0.042 6.948 1.342
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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 * * * * 0.205 0.094 2.189 1.228
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.198 0.051 3.923 1.219 0.210 0.046 4.575 1.234
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.191 0.074 2.590 1.210
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.301 0.054 5.604 1.351 0.332 0.046 7.181 1.393
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.751 0.036 48.361 5.762 1.515 0.033 46.156 4.549
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 2.972 0.102 29.069 19.527 2.703 0.100 27.138 14.920
MULTIPLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.541 0.090 -6.046 0.582 -0.551 0.079 -6.994 0.577
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.603 0.190 3.171 1.827 0.617 0.164 3.764 1.853
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.468 0.115 4.073 1.596 0.442 0.099 4.462 1.556
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.362 0.141 2.559 1.436
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY [PTCA] - BYP-VLV Specific 0.352 0.077 4.599 1.422 0.403 0.069 5.859 1.497
SexFemale 0.469 0.033 14.209 1.599 0.390 0.029 13.502 1.476
SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.612 0.049 -12.551 0.542 -0.565 0.043 -13.004 0.568
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.302 0.122 2.483 1.353 * * * *
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.937 0.027 34.256 2.552 0.793 0.023 33.757 2.210
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.196 0.026 7.604 1.216 0.251 0.019 13.274 1.286
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.743 0.026 29.063 2.102 0.582 0.022 27.038 1.789
AdmitSourceXferHospital * * * * 0.056 0.018 3.067 1.058
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.459 0.087 5.281 1.582 0.492 0.068 7.229 1.636
Age70To74 0.242 0.031 7.875 1.274 0.194 0.024 8.038 1.214
Age75To79 0.512 0.031 16.719 1.668 0.466 0.024 19.416 1.593
Age80To84 0.749 0.031 23.948 2.115 0.732 0.024 30.033 2.080
Age85To89 1.003 0.034 29.943 2.727 1.036 0.026 39.924 2.819
Age90AndOver 1.335 0.040 33.491 3.800 1.422 0.031 46.148 4.145
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.510 0.069 7.352 1.666 0.654 0.053 12.415 1.923
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.094 0.022 4.185 1.098
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.198 0.035 5.715 1.218 0.285 0.025 11.249 1.329
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.233 0.083 2.806 1.263 0.269 0.065 4.161 1.309
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.154 0.021 7.359 1.166 0.255 0.016 15.992 1.291
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.350 0.053 6.616 1.418 0.297 0.046 6.438 1.346
CARDIAC ARREST 1.327 0.041 32.560 3.771 1.193 0.037 31.990 3.297
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.998 0.027 36.513 2.713 0.882 0.024 36.436 2.416
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.198 0.025 7.863 1.219 0.241 0.019 12.539 1.273
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.091 0.022 4.203 1.096
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.393 0.045 8.670 1.481 0.418 0.036 11.668 1.519
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.182 0.033 5.452 1.200 0.250 0.026 9.452 1.284
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.231 0.028 8.163 1.260 0.172 0.023 7.622 1.188
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.466 0.032 14.376 1.594 0.438 0.026 16.721 1.549
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.102 0.034 2.976 1.107 0.138 0.026 5.361 1.148
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.091 0.025 3.657 1.095 0.097 0.020 4.895 1.102
Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA 0.482 0.174 2.772 1.619 0.483 0.135 3.591 1.622
DISSECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.436 0.117 3.712 1.546 0.323 0.099 3.271 1.382
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.950 0.054 17.649 2.585 1.073 0.041 26.020 2.925
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.274 0.065 4.179 1.315 0.238 0.050 4.783 1.269
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE * * * * 0.042 0.018 2.365 1.043
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.133 0.033 4.018 1.142 0.195 0.025 7.923 1.215
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY * * * * 0.160 0.027 5.845 1.174
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.241 0.041 5.833 1.273 0.406 0.030 13.425 1.501
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.531 0.044 12.080 1.701 0.812 0.033 24.484 2.253
HD143_CVG INFERIOR WALL AMI 0.943 0.029 32.189 2.568 0.827 0.023 35.443 2.287
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.289 0.027 47.453 3.629 1.183 0.021 55.184 3.264
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.391 0.023 16.915 1.479 0.355 0.019 18.879 1.427
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.253 0.030 8.354 1.288 0.262 0.023 11.391 1.300
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.303 0.038 7.941 1.354 0.367 0.031 11.992 1.443
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.163 0.038 4.263 1.177
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.287 0.038 7.626 1.333 0.320 0.029 10.910 1.378
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.240 0.021 11.377 1.271
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.234 0.032 7.374 1.263
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.674 0.083 8.107 1.962 0.559 0.071 7.845 1.749
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.364 0.039 9.280 1.438 0.339 0.032 10.730 1.403
HYPOTHERMIA (CENTRAL) (LOCAL) 1.316 0.103 12.724 3.729 1.270 0.101 12.619 3.560
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.780 0.026 68.841 5.927 1.548 0.023 66.957 4.702
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 1.468 0.060 24.567 4.340 1.148 0.052 22.185 3.151
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.299 0.083 3.595 1.349 0.360 0.063 5.750 1.433
PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.309 0.073 4.216 1.362 0.340 0.056 6.102 1.405
PCI - Drug-Eluting Stent - Four or More Arteries -0.346 0.096 -3.617 0.708 -0.252 0.075 -3.382 0.777
PCI - Drug-Eluting Stent - One Artery -0.618 0.023 -27.086 0.539 -0.587 0.018 -32.690 0.556
PCI - Drug-Eluting Stent - Three Arteries -0.477 0.054 -8.866 0.620 -0.426 0.042 -10.206 0.653
PCI - Drug-Eluting Stent - Two Arteries -0.562 0.030 -18.580 0.570 -0.515 0.023 -21.929 0.598
PCI - No Stent - All Arteries 0.337 0.025 13.492 1.401 0.245 0.020 12.240 1.277
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.605 0.087 6.920 1.832 0.770 0.063 12.313 2.160
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.122 0.190 5.908 3.072 1.016 0.147 6.898 2.763
Procedure On Non Coronary Vessel 0.906 0.067 13.519 2.475 0.736 0.056 13.165 2.087
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.109 0.048 2.264 1.115
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.142 0.050 2.859 1.152 0.087 0.039 2.231 1.091
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.958 0.061 15.830 2.606 0.818 0.054 15.025 2.266
SexFemale 0.210 0.019 11.312 1.234 0.111 0.014 7.696 1.118
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.349 0.062 5.623 1.418 0.507 0.047 10.814 1.661
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.229 0.042 5.472 1.257 0.197 0.038 5.170 1.218
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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 0.494 0.065 7.651 1.639 0.401 0.057 7.062 1.493
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.121 0.038 29.641 3.066 0.945 0.034 28.045 2.573
AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.130 0.033 -3.970 0.878 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.298 0.092 3.236 1.347
Age70To74 0.050 0.044 1.121 1.051 0.058 0.036 1.610 1.060
Age75To79 0.204 0.045 4.553 1.227 0.271 0.036 7.492 1.312
Age80To84 0.296 0.048 6.184 1.344 0.444 0.039 11.523 1.559
Age85To89 0.469 0.053 8.868 1.598 0.705 0.043 16.559 2.024
Age90AndOver 0.497 0.066 7.498 1.644 0.983 0.052 18.763 2.671
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.179 0.045 3.962 1.196
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.215 0.032 6.642 1.240 0.242 0.028 8.612 1.274
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.210 0.076 2.750 1.234
CEREBRAL EDEMA - NON TRAUMATIC 0.111 0.036 3.076 1.118 0.086 0.029 2.996 1.089
CEREBRAL EMBOLISM WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.384 0.126 3.051 1.467 0.328 0.110 2.993 1.389
CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.301 0.058 5.195 1.352 0.234 0.048 4.911 1.264
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.125 0.043 2.874 1.133 0.174 0.034 5.086 1.190
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.157 0.055 2.870 1.170 0.144 0.044 3.287 1.155
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.502 0.102 4.895 1.651 0.506 0.084 6.057 1.659
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.244 0.064 3.840 1.277 0.233 0.052 4.512 1.262
CLIPPING OF ANEURYSM -0.401 0.133 -3.010 0.669 -0.437 0.117 -3.751 0.646
COMA 0.934 0.050 18.616 2.545 0.806 0.045 17.734 2.240
COMPRESSION OF BRAIN 0.182 0.037 4.869 1.199 0.090 0.030 3.040 1.094
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.438 0.059 7.467 1.550 0.349 0.048 7.200 1.417
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.246 0.033 7.420 1.279 0.195 0.027 7.315 1.216
DECOMPRESSION OF TRIGEMINAL NERVE ROOT -2.253 0.521 -4.328 0.105 -1.926 0.328 -5.864 0.146
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.256 0.043 5.942 1.292 0.230 0.035 6.480 1.259
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.201 0.040 5.056 1.222 0.195 0.032 6.138 1.215
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.141 0.093 12.245 3.130 1.198 0.079 15.104 3.314
ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 0.243 0.066 3.658 1.275 0.330 0.056 5.940 1.391
EXCISION OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA * * * * -0.585 0.289 -2.027 0.557
EXCISION OF LESION OR TISSUE OF CEREBRAL MENINGES -0.650 0.098 -6.605 0.522 -0.551 0.072 -7.611 0.577
FORMATION OF CRANIAL BONE FLAP * * * * -0.442 0.139 -3.190 0.643
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.197 0.069 2.861 1.217 0.162 0.056 2.870 1.176
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.237 0.059 4.052 1.267 0.147 0.049 3.016 1.159
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.138 0.046 3.008 1.148
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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 0.329 0.048 6.863 1.390 0.254 0.040 6.294 1.289
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.228 0.054 4.199 1.256
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.069 0.032 2.160 1.072
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.232 0.091 2.547 1.261 0.162 0.079 2.057 1.176
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.559 0.127 4.414 1.749 0.513 0.109 4.703 1.671
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.284 0.076 3.719 1.329 0.292 0.062 4.728 1.339
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.470 0.200 2.356 1.601 * * * *
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.293 0.096 3.065 1.341 0.213 0.079 2.705 1.237
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.404 0.068 5.953 1.498 0.383 0.060 6.411 1.467
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF INTRACRANIAL NEUROSTIMULATOR LEAD(S) -1.780 0.347 -5.137 0.169 -1.797 0.256 -7.007 0.166
INCISION OF CEREBRAL MENINGES 0.207 0.041 5.009 1.230 * * * *
INFARCTION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY - INCLUSIVE 0.619 0.066 9.445 1.857 0.356 0.056 6.333 1.428
INFUSION OF VASOPRESSOR AGENT 1.234 0.072 17.167 3.436 0.927 0.066 14.066 2.528
INSERTION OF SKULL PLATE -0.406 0.115 -3.524 0.666 -0.398 0.087 -4.580 0.671
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 0.377 0.043 8.794 1.457 0.357 0.037 9.763 1.429
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING 0.248 0.104 2.385 1.281 0.272 0.092 2.951 1.312
INTRACRANIAL VENTRICULAR SHUNT OR ANASTOMOSIS 1.306 0.172 7.593 3.692 1.040 0.150 6.918 2.828
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS * * * * 0.078 0.036 2.159 1.081
Malignant neoplasm of brain, unspecified site * * * * 0.424 0.093 4.555 1.528
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.453 0.074 6.103 1.573
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LIVER, SPECIFIED AS SECONDARY * * * * 0.359 0.106 3.394 1.433
Malignant neoplasm of other parts of brain * * * * 0.468 0.191 2.448 1.596
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PROSTATE 0.475 0.137 3.472 1.608 0.287 0.112 2.567 1.333
OPEN BIOPSY OF BRAIN -0.671 0.076 -8.855 0.511 * * * *
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.517 0.088 5.900 1.677 0.463 0.076 6.066 1.588
OTHER CRANIAL OSTEOPLASTY * * * * -0.549 0.189 -2.901 0.577
OTHER ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE ON OTHER VESSELS 0.484 0.120 4.017 1.622 0.355 0.104 3.426 1.426
OTHER EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF LESION OR TISSUE OF BRAIN -0.772 0.057 -13.557 0.462 -0.326 0.039 -8.296 0.721
OTHER INCISION OF BRAIN 0.383 0.056 6.881 1.467 0.245 0.047 5.242 1.278
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.454 0.158 2.863 1.574
Other malignant neoplasm of unspecified site * * * * 0.669 0.156 4.290 1.953
PERCUTANEOUS ANGIOPLASTY OF EXTRACRANIAL VESSEL(S) 0.282 0.133 2.125 1.325 * * * *
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA), AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT RESIDUAL DEFICITS 0.106 0.047 2.244 1.112 0.126 0.037 3.388 1.135
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PERSONAL HISTORY OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND EMBOLISM * * * * 0.152 0.060 2.514 1.164
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.256 0.074 3.450 1.292 0.347 0.066 5.238 1.414
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.383 0.368 3.763 3.988 * * * *
REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF VENTRICULAR SHUNT -0.430 0.130 -3.313 0.650 -0.447 0.104 -4.294 0.639
REOPENING OR OTHER CRANIOTOMY SITE -0.610 0.073 -8.373 0.543 -0.474 0.053 -8.959 0.622
SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BONE AND BONE MARROW * * * * 0.423 0.085 4.988 1.526
SECONDARY MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF OTHER PARTS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM * * * * 0.660 0.137 4.835 1.935
SexFemale -0.150 0.030 -5.060 0.860 -0.216 0.024 -9.113 0.806
SIMPLE SUTURE OF DURA MATER OF BRAIN 0.341 0.158 2.152 1.406 0.327 0.128 2.565 1.387
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 4.242 0.032 131.170 69.544 3.797 0.030 126.959 44.562
STATUS POST ADMINISTRATION OF TPA (RTPA) IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO ADMISSION TO CURRENT FACILITY 0.184 0.070 2.627 1.202 * * * *
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 0.484 0.050 9.687 1.623 0.329 0.044 7.464 1.390
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.457 0.060 7.577 1.579 0.428 0.049 8.726 1.535
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.406 0.089 4.580 1.501 0.241 0.078 3.088 1.272
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING DOMINANT SIDE * * * * 0.092 0.033 2.805 1.096
UNSPECIFIED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE 0.821 0.116 7.087 2.273 0.774 0.100 7.724 2.169
VENTRICULAR SHUNT TO ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND ORGANS -1.910 0.094 -20.420 0.148 -1.203 0.062 -19.543 0.300
VENTRICULOSTOMY 1.345 0.043 31.641 3.839 0.978 0.036 27.361 2.658
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.527 0.064 8.186 1.694 0.261 0.042 6.280 1.299
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.310 0.099 3.127 1.363
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.561 0.108 5.202 1.753 0.432 0.071 6.073 1.540
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.144 0.073 15.642 3.138 0.712 0.054 13.230 2.037
AdmitSourceXferHospital * * * * 0.135 0.055 2.438 1.145
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.392 0.050 7.818 1.480
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.411 0.061 6.695 1.508
Age70To74 0.091 0.068 1.340 1.096 0.096 0.041 2.376 1.101
Age75To79 0.290 0.069 4.222 1.336 0.372 0.040 9.292 1.450
Age80To84 0.295 0.073 4.050 1.343 0.566 0.041 13.757 1.762
Age85To89 0.437 0.078 5.597 1.549 0.773 0.044 17.603 2.165
Age90AndOver 0.489 0.090 5.431 1.631 1.013 0.049 20.599 2.754
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.282 0.032 8.675 1.326
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.572 0.232 2.461 1.772
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.165 0.063 2.633 1.180
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.567 0.162 3.504 1.762 * * * *
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.187 0.047 3.999 1.206 0.231 0.026 8.783 1.260
CACHEXIA 0.593 0.130 4.572 1.809 0.479 0.084 5.718 1.615
CARDIAC ARREST 3.479 0.154 22.535 32.437 2.792 0.144 19.342 16.306
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.107 0.032 3.327 1.113
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.213 0.044 4.874 1.237
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.487 0.116 4.189 1.627
CHRONIC LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION 0.817 0.274 2.987 2.264 * * * *
CHRONIC ULCER OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES * * * * 0.352 0.142 2.475 1.422
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.537 0.137 3.927 1.711 0.384 0.086 4.490 1.468
COMA 0.769 0.246 3.120 2.158 0.409 0.196 2.091 1.505
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.329 0.037 8.765 1.389
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.352 0.126 2.796 1.421
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.284 0.053 5.390 1.329
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.342 0.061 5.592 1.408
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with other coma, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 1.415 0.093 15.135 4.117 0.676 0.103 6.561 1.965
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with other specified manifestations/ketoacidosis, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * -0.258 0.085 -3.056 0.772
DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT MENTION OF COMPLICATION, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], UNCONTROLLED_RA -0.853 0.290 -2.942 0.426 -0.243 0.115 -2.112 0.784
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
DIABETES WITH COMA, TYPE l (JUVENILE TYPE), NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.952 0.232 4.101 2.590 * * * *
DIABETES WITH HYPEROSMOLARITY, TYPE II OR UNSPECIFIED TYPE, NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED * * * * -0.390 0.090 -4.326 0.677
DIABETES WITH HYPEROSMOLARITY, TYPE l (JUVENILE TYPE), UNCONTROLLED 1.038 0.527 1.970 2.822 * * * *
DIABETES WITH HYPEROSMOLARITY, TYPE ll OR UNSPECIFIED TYPE, UNCONTROLLED -0.492 0.136 -3.618 0.611 -0.346 0.090 -3.849 0.708
DIABETES WITH KETOACIDOSIS, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED -0.246 0.122 -2.025 0.782 -0.347 0.099 -3.510 0.707
Diabetes with ketoacidosis, type I [juvenile type], uncontrolled 1.056 0.485 2.177 2.876 * * * *
DIABETES WITH OTHER SPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS , TYPE l (JUVENILE TYPE) , NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED * * * * -0.213 0.103 -2.068 0.808
DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON (WITHOUT MENTION OF HEMORRHAGE) 0.927 0.343 2.707 2.528 * * * *
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.668 0.054 12.445 1.950 0.722 0.031 23.028 2.059
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.925 0.083 11.169 2.521 1.017 0.042 24.073 2.765
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.226 0.191 6.429 3.408 0.892 0.149 5.980 2.440
GANGRENE 0.432 0.135 3.214 1.541 0.222 0.082 2.710 1.249
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.503 0.109 4.599 1.654
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.371 0.060 6.132 1.449 * * * *
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.382 0.087 4.409 1.465 0.282 0.052 5.467 1.325
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.281 0.080 3.499 1.324 0.316 0.046 6.870 1.372
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.269 0.086 3.119 1.309 0.230 0.051 4.539 1.258
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.345 0.108 3.205 1.412 0.186 0.068 2.730 1.205
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.364 0.060 6.064 1.439 0.497 0.035 14.193 1.644
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.628 0.139 4.524 1.873 0.339 0.096 3.512 1.403
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.235 0.046 5.138 1.265 0.131 0.026 5.005 1.140
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.097 0.039 2.474 1.102
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.136 0.050 2.740 1.146 0.220 0.029 7.630 1.246
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.373 0.083 4.473 1.453 0.416 0.050 8.265 1.517
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.219 0.052 4.201 1.244
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.311 0.085 3.675 1.365 0.432 0.049 8.763 1.540
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.445 0.119 3.749 1.560 0.785 0.070 11.227 2.192
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.368 0.048 7.709 1.445
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.402 0.069 5.850 1.495
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.587 0.100 5.885 1.799
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.303 0.072 4.226 1.354
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.171 0.072 2.378 1.186 * * * *
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 1.177 0.155 7.591 3.246 0.618 0.117 5.270 1.855
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.451 0.078 5.789 1.570 0.457 0.050 9.210 1.580
HYPERTENSIVE HEART AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, MALIGNANT, WITH HEART FAILURE AND WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE STAGE V OR END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.358 0.102 3.507 1.431 * * * *
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA * * * * 0.100 0.034 2.911 1.105
HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.304 0.087 3.511 1.356
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.509 0.160 3.180 1.664 0.497 0.095 5.244 1.643
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BREAST (FEMALE), UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.555 0.210 2.648 1.742
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 1.110 0.133 8.345 3.034
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.811 0.192 4.236 2.251 0.346 0.147 2.360 1.414
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.971 0.165 5.904 2.641 0.663 0.113 5.848 1.941
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 1.015 0.180 5.653 2.759 0.611 0.127 4.806 1.841
OTHER ASCITES * * * * 0.930 0.099 9.428 2.534
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.498 0.214 2.328 1.645 * * * *
OTHER MALAISE AND FATIGUE * * * * 0.182 0.055 3.301 1.200
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.647 0.203 3.184 1.910
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 1.344 0.266 5.059 3.833 0.480 0.213 2.258 1.616
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.634 0.169 3.754 1.885 * * * *
PARALYTIC ILEUS * * * * 0.447 0.203 2.200 1.564
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.391 0.117 3.329 1.478 0.473 0.079 5.971 1.604
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS * * * * 0.358 0.149 2.406 1.430
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.394 0.071 5.511 1.482
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.397 0.135 2.944 1.488 0.323 0.080 4.026 1.381
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.462 0.132 3.511 1.588 0.346 0.078 4.411 1.413
PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II * * * * 0.474 0.056 8.529 1.606
PULMONARY COLLAPSE * * * * 0.206 0.087 2.373 1.229
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.728 0.227 3.210 2.070 0.590 0.151 3.893 1.804
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.167 0.080 2.087 1.182
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.380 0.227 6.067 3.975 0.911 0.192 4.738 2.488
SexFemale -0.116 0.042 -2.735 0.891 -0.140 0.024 -5.845 0.870
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.142 0.226 5.048 3.133 0.682 0.188 3.637 1.978
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.462 0.052 66.899 31.875 2.471 0.042 58.713 11.837
THORACENTESIS 1.125 0.172 6.555 3.081 0.537 0.123 4.365 1.711
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.239 0.089 2.687 1.270 0.220 0.053 4.163 1.246
ULCER OF CALF * * * * 0.348 0.126 2.754 1.416
ULCER OF LOWER LIMB, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.187 0.092 2.027 1.206
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.423 0.172 2.456 1.526 0.256 0.100 2.561 1.292
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.443 0.148 2.988 1.557
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.394 0.125 3.152 1.484 0.476 0.076 6.226 1.609
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.433 0.033 13.263 1.542 0.199 0.023 8.743 1.220
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.606 0.057 10.551 1.832 0.438 0.040 11.024 1.550
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.909 0.105 8.663 2.482 0.725 0.090 8.034 2.065
ACUTE GASTRIC ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.415 0.102 4.086 1.515 0.321 0.082 3.899 1.379
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.259 0.069 3.778 1.296 0.310 0.046 6.791 1.363
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.592 0.034 17.507 1.808 0.401 0.023 17.264 1.493
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.136 0.133 8.557 3.116 1.045 0.116 8.975 2.845
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.159 0.038 4.225 1.172 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.106 0.051 2.077 1.111
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.141 0.021 6.813 1.152
Age70To74 0.104 0.043 2.414 1.109 0.154 0.028 5.557 1.167
Age75To79 0.226 0.042 5.365 1.253 0.363 0.027 13.560 1.437
Age80To84 0.412 0.042 9.891 1.510 0.581 0.026 22.013 1.788
Age85To89 0.523 0.043 12.283 1.687 0.782 0.027 29.222 2.186
Age90AndOver 0.668 0.045 14.952 1.950 1.040 0.028 37.268 2.829
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 0.373 0.113 3.308 1.451 * * * *
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER 0.517 0.135 3.817 1.676 0.545 0.093 5.892 1.725
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.140 0.018 7.669 1.150
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.352 0.087 4.046 1.422
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.669 0.193 3.471 1.953 * * * *
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.225 0.025 8.952 1.253 0.257 0.015 16.753 1.293
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.169 0.036 4.748 1.184 0.199 0.021 9.303 1.220
CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 0.236 0.103 2.280 1.266 0.156 0.062 2.511 1.169
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.148 0.031 4.840 1.160 0.170 0.019 9.028 1.185
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.124 0.022 5.568 1.132
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.256 0.057 4.497 1.292 0.361 0.036 9.931 1.435
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.120 0.027 4.449 1.128
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.439 0.060 7.348 1.551 0.344 0.041 8.362 1.411
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.532 0.128 4.142 1.702 0.477 0.107 4.459 1.612
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTRIC ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.582 0.065 8.966 1.790 0.381 0.053 7.150 1.464
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.124 0.047 2.625 1.132
CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.740 0.162 4.580 2.095 0.574 0.126 4.546 1.775
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.438 0.075 5.878 1.550 0.503 0.051 9.905 1.653
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.199 0.042 4.721 1.221 0.245 0.026 9.506 1.278
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.053 0.026 2.041 1.054 0.040 0.016 2.568 1.041
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.058 0.021 2.730 1.060
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.063 0.020 3.221 1.065
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.334 0.096 3.483 1.397 0.225 0.076 2.963 1.253
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.856 0.060 14.263 2.353 0.594 0.072 8.221 1.811
Esophageal and Stomach Procedures- Low Mortality * * * * -0.185 0.074 -2.510 0.831
Gastrointestinal Control of Bleeding -0.329 0.052 -6.357 0.720 -0.511 0.033 -15.445 0.600
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.434 0.116 3.730 1.543 0.320 0.084 3.802 1.377
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE * * * * 0.169 0.065 2.588 1.184
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.215 0.043 5.006 1.240 * * * *
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.222 0.061 3.608 1.248 0.158 0.040 3.956 1.171
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.289 0.046 6.228 1.335 0.177 0.030 5.822 1.194
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.156 0.051 3.051 1.169 0.148 0.033 4.488 1.159
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY * * * * 0.111 0.042 2.643 1.117
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.208 0.047 4.392 1.232 0.205 0.030 6.797 1.227
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.197 0.027 7.375 1.218 0.225 0.016 13.713 1.252
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.293 0.058 5.056 1.341 0.188 0.042 4.474 1.207
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.221 0.027 8.188 1.247 0.177 0.017 10.158 1.193
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.091 0.040 2.266 1.095
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.143 0.029 5.021 1.154
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.091 0.019 4.838 1.095
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.147 0.046 3.172 1.158 0.108 0.030 3.584 1.114
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified * * * * 0.178 0.026 6.912 1.194
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS * * * * 0.165 0.075 2.210 1.179
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.435 0.068 6.369 1.545 0.459 0.046 9.967 1.583
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.199 0.037 5.333 1.220
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.196 0.062 3.145 1.217 0.260 0.040 6.505 1.296
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.086 0.029 3.000 1.089
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.432 0.095 4.557 1.540 0.447 0.064 6.986 1.563
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.327 0.069 4.761 1.387 0.149 0.047 3.147 1.161
HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.658 0.086 7.617 1.931 0.346 0.075 4.636 1.413
HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.604 0.114 5.304 1.830 0.285 0.102 2.791 1.330
HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.708 0.187 3.779 2.030 0.682 0.164 4.161 1.978
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.378 0.077 4.935 1.460 0.236 0.063 3.761 1.267
HP135_CVG Other Repair of Small Intestine 0.842 0.134 6.286 2.321 0.640 0.115 5.557 1.896
HP164_CVG Esophagus Resection and Anastomosis 0.406 0.076 5.324 1.501 -0.221 0.068 -3.264 0.802
HP165_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.293 0.083 -3.528 0.746
HP166_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - High Mortality 0.752 0.042 17.756 2.120 0.382 0.031 12.445 1.466
HP167_CVG Other Esophageal Procedures - Low Mortality -0.485 0.054 -8.991 0.616 -0.150 0.030 -5.000 0.860
HP168_CVG Other Esophageal Procedures - High Mortality 0.655 0.080 8.164 1.924 0.203 0.064 3.175 1.225
HP170_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - Moderate Mortality 0.553 0.040 13.694 1.738 0.283 0.029 9.681 1.327
HP171_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - High Mortality 0.368 0.050 7.399 1.444 * * * *
HP172_CVG Pylorus - High Mortality 0.355 0.071 4.974 1.427 * * * *
HP173_CVG Reflux -0.399 0.080 -4.995 0.671 -0.931 0.062 -15.101 0.394
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.076 0.021 3.664 1.079
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.161 0.046 3.527 1.175 0.110 0.030 3.665 1.117
HYPOCALCEMIA * * * * 0.121 0.053 2.287 1.128
LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE * * * * -0.475 0.116 -4.098 0.622
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.522 0.109 4.785 1.685 0.867 0.065 13.266 2.380
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF CARDIA * * * * 0.186 0.082 2.267 1.205
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF ESOPHAGUS, UNSPECIFIED 0.284 0.107 2.666 1.329 0.596 0.064 9.322 1.814
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF LOWER THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS * * * * 0.222 0.076 2.925 1.249
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF MIDDLE THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS 0.420 0.202 2.080 1.523 0.417 0.144 2.892 1.517
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER THIRD OF ESOPHAGUS * * * * 0.437 0.188 2.331 1.549
OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 0.541 0.193 2.800 1.718 0.501 0.162 3.086 1.650
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.541 0.071 7.567 1.717 0.398 0.053 7.511 1.489
OTHER ASCITES 0.513 0.067 7.669 1.671 0.657 0.050 13.121 1.928
OTHER DISORDERS OF NEUROHYPOPHYSIS 0.569 0.135 4.209 1.767 0.211 0.088 2.385 1.235
OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM 0.325 0.076 4.286 1.384 0.216 0.050 4.303 1.242
OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.487 0.114 4.272 1.628 0.395 0.100 3.944 1.485
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.801 0.056 14.419 2.228 0.588 0.044 13.505 1.800
OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.345 0.107 3.239 1.412
OTHER SPECIFIED PERITONITIS * * * * 0.261 0.121 2.168 1.299
P4311_CVG PERCUTANEOUS [ENDOSCOPIC] GASTROSTOMY [PEG] 0.164 0.040 4.073 1.178 0.661 0.025 26.194 1.936
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.282 0.078 3.619 1.326
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.547 0.106 5.145 1.729 0.644 0.090 7.137 1.903
PERITONITIS (ACUTE) GENERALIZED * * * * 0.409 0.092 4.446 1.505
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.283 0.112 2.519 1.327 0.262 0.071 3.711 1.300
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.267 0.073 3.680 1.307 0.149 0.046 3.262 1.161
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.255 0.084 3.036 1.290 0.123 0.053 2.337 1.131
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.198 0.051 3.851 1.219
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.929 0.273 7.065 6.881 0.821 0.153 5.373 2.274
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.707 0.044 15.999 2.027 0.397 0.034 11.623 1.488
SexFemale -0.151 0.023 -6.470 0.860 -0.227 0.014 -15.970 0.797
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.250 0.025 89.066 9.489 2.050 0.019 109.444 7.766
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.146 0.029 5.131 1.158
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.275 0.069 4.011 1.316
UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.315 0.072 4.396 1.370 0.423 0.060 7.076 1.526
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.879 0.117 7.522 2.409 0.652 0.097 6.688 1.919
VOLVULUS 0.372 0.151 2.455 1.450 * * * *
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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 * * * * 0.124 0.038 3.241 1.132
ACIDOSIS 0.651 0.028 22.904 1.917 0.337 0.020 17.005 1.400
ACQUIRED COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY 0.428 0.051 8.387 1.534 0.235 0.033 7.052 1.265
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.406 0.065 6.252 1.500 0.218 0.045 4.883 1.244
ACUTE GASTRIC ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.153 0.048 -3.157 0.858
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.442 0.048 9.161 1.556 0.345 0.033 10.549 1.412
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.982 0.037 26.598 2.671 0.639 0.028 22.726 1.895
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.194 0.034 5.739 1.214 0.155 0.021 7.285 1.168
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.180 0.074 2.436 1.198 0.294 0.044 6.720 1.342
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.170 0.040 4.272 1.185 0.382 0.023 16.762 1.465
Age70To74 0.058 0.040 1.446 1.060 0.055 0.025 2.175 1.056
Age75To79 0.206 0.039 5.336 1.229 0.217 0.024 9.045 1.242
Age80To84 0.289 0.038 7.555 1.335 0.340 0.024 14.359 1.406
Age85To89 0.369 0.039 9.574 1.446 0.529 0.024 22.233 1.697
Age90AndOver 0.361 0.040 9.024 1.435 0.782 0.024 32.236 2.186
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER * * * * 0.308 0.057 5.403 1.361
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.332 0.016 20.466 1.393
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.216 0.027 7.933 1.241
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE * * * * 0.112 0.030 3.804 1.119
ANGIODYSPLASIA OF INTESTINE WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.439 0.066 -6.648 0.644 -0.330 0.037 -8.895 0.719
ANGIODYSPLASIA OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.465 0.058 -8.010 0.628 -0.396 0.033 -11.872 0.673
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.148 0.021 7.132 1.160 0.225 0.012 18.048 1.252
ATRIAL FLUTTER * * * * 0.098 0.039 2.503 1.103
BLOOD IN STOOL -0.113 0.031 -3.647 0.893 -0.087 0.019 -4.625 0.916
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.250 0.028 9.028 1.284
CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 0.316 0.094 3.372 1.371 0.477 0.052 9.255 1.612
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.125 0.024 5.096 1.133 0.165 0.015 11.239 1.179
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) * * * * 0.093 0.016 5.625 1.097
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.172 0.040 4.287 1.188 0.307 0.024 12.621 1.360
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.182 0.034 5.296 1.200 0.186 0.021 8.878 1.204
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 1.719 0.115 14.915 5.578 1.163 0.097 11.948 3.199
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.393 0.036 11.027 1.481 0.212 0.024 8.858 1.236
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTRIC ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION -0.146 0.041 -3.597 0.864 -0.137 0.025 -5.528 0.872
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED GASTROJEJUNAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * -0.302 0.093 -3.241 0.739
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.085 0.033 2.621 1.089
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.149 0.034 4.411 1.161
COLONOSCOPY AND FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY -0.288 0.033 -8.857 0.750 -0.318 0.019 -16.926 0.728
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.219 0.032 6.859 1.245 0.266 0.019 13.839 1.305
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.280 0.027 10.513 1.323
DIEULAFOY LESION (HEMORRHAGIC) OF INTESTINE * * * * -0.343 0.138 -2.496 0.709
DIEULAFOY LESION (HEMORRHAGIC) OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM * * * * -0.243 0.063 -3.832 0.784
DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.274 0.089 -3.059 0.761 -0.452 0.052 -8.698 0.636
DIVERTICULOSIS OF COLON WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.337 0.039 -8.634 0.714 -0.411 0.023 -17.666 0.663
DIVERTICULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE WITH HEMORRHAGE * * * * -0.326 0.136 -2.398 0.722
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.403 0.024 16.633 1.496 0.581 0.014 40.844 1.787
DUODENAL ULCER, UNSPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC, WITHOUT HEMORRHAGE OR PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.084 0.035 2.372 1.087
DUODENITIS, WITH HEMORRHAGE -0.248 0.118 -2.102 0.780 -0.197 0.067 -2.930 0.821
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.816 0.042 19.475 2.261 0.866 0.027 32.579 2.376
ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL OF GASTRIC OR DUODENAL BLEEDING 0.096 0.033 2.954 1.101 -0.160 0.021 -7.449 0.852
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE, WITH BLEEDING 0.606 0.167 3.631 1.834 0.356 0.113 3.157 1.427
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES WITH BLEEDING 0.362 0.099 3.661 1.436 0.186 0.066 2.825 1.204
ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY [EGD] WITH CLOSED BIOPSY -0.447 0.026 -17.426 0.639 -0.367 0.015 -23.885 0.693
GASTROESOPHAGEAL LACERATION-HEMORRHAGE SYNDROME * * * * -0.126 0.047 -2.678 0.882
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.201 0.040 5.058 1.222
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.297 0.042 7.019 1.346 0.205 0.027 7.636 1.228
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.261 0.034 7.760 1.299 0.152 0.021 7.270 1.165
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.297 0.040 7.396 1.346 0.123 0.026 4.753 1.131
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.481 0.047 10.211 1.618 0.350 0.031 11.286 1.419
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.601 0.026 23.000 1.824 0.596 0.018 32.527 1.814
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.999 0.061 16.384 2.717 0.664 0.048 13.965 1.943
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.390 0.022 17.503 1.477 0.254 0.014 18.060 1.289
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.205 0.035 5.839 1.228
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.093 0.021 4.441 1.097
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.554 0.035 15.718 1.740 0.421 0.024 17.234 1.524
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.225 0.029 7.768 1.253 0.190 0.018 10.353 1.209
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.076 0.017 4.367 1.079
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.241 0.026 9.403 1.272
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.381 0.042 8.989 1.464 0.385 0.027 14.191 1.469
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.473 0.058 8.229 1.606 0.621 0.037 16.630 1.861
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.254 0.026 9.943 1.289
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.280 0.050 5.555 1.323 0.327 0.032 10.325 1.387
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.128 0.020 6.469 1.136
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.493 0.076 6.489 1.637 0.525 0.051 10.373 1.690
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.254 0.038 6.674 1.289
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.127 0.044 2.864 1.135 0.101 0.027 3.700 1.106
HEMATEMESIS 0.253 0.041 6.199 1.288 0.227 0.025 9.063 1.255
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.192 0.027 7.175 1.211 0.119 0.017 6.905 1.127
HP127_CVG Other Procedures to Control Gastric or Duodenal Bleeding 0.746 0.045 16.604 2.110 0.278 0.034 8.155 1.320
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.381 0.040 9.470 1.463 0.464 0.026 17.649 1.590
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.177 0.034 5.217 1.194 0.171 0.022 7.907 1.187
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.237 0.034 6.946 1.268 0.274 0.021 13.187 1.315
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.650 0.116 5.596 1.916 0.426 0.081 5.283 1.531
OPEN AND OTHER RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY 2.296 0.106 21.731 9.931 1.487 0.091 16.327 4.425
OPEN, OTHER, AND UNSPECIFIED PARTIAL EXCISION OR MULTIPLE SEGMENTATION OF LARGE INTESTINE * * * * -0.279 0.036 -7.752 0.756
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.559 0.046 12.109 1.749 0.372 0.032 11.712 1.451
OTHER ASCITES 0.670 0.053 12.658 1.955 0.778 0.037 21.010 2.177
OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.146 0.054 2.731 1.158
OTHER ENDOSCOPY OF SMALL INTESTINE * * * * -0.179 0.015 -12.312 0.836
OTHER GASTROSCOPY 0.718 0.175 4.112 2.050 0.248 0.126 1.975 1.282
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.664 0.032 20.801 1.942 0.432 0.023 18.457 1.540
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.123 0.038 3.222 1.131
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.946 0.090 10.549 2.575 0.489 0.065 7.560 1.631
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.296 0.082 3.616 1.345 0.150 0.054 2.762 1.162
PORTAL HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.241 0.037 6.465 1.273
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.603 0.091 6.661 1.827 0.399 0.057 6.976 1.491
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.254 0.084 3.015 1.289 0.595 0.049 12.260 1.813
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.296 0.110 2.688 1.345 0.569 0.065 8.736 1.766
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.380 0.097 3.914 1.462 0.649 0.057 11.310 1.913
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.425 0.213 6.706 4.160 * * * *
SexFemale -0.200 0.020 -9.969 0.819 -0.189 0.012 -15.742 0.828
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.502 0.023 149.100 33.168 2.593 0.019 135.661 13.365
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.109 0.044 2.499 1.116
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.296 0.034 8.707 1.344 0.315 0.021 14.799 1.370
ULCER OF ANUS AND RECTUM * * * * 0.162 0.063 2.564 1.176
ULCER OF ESOPHAGUS WITH BLEEDING * * * * 0.120 0.033 3.594 1.128
UNSPECIFIED GASTRITIS AND GASTRODUODENITIS, WITH HEMORRHAGE * * * * 0.110 0.034 3.256 1.116
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.590 0.046 12.821 1.805 0.571 0.030 18.960 1.770
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.723 0.078 9.269 2.060 0.352 0.056 6.303 1.422
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED * * * * 0.113 0.019 5.984 1.119
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.186 0.073 -2.532 0.831
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF ONE CORONARY ARTERY 0.163 0.049 3.319 1.177 * * * *
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.223 0.045 -4.952 0.800
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES * * * * -0.219 0.040 -5.518 0.803
ACIDOSIS 0.758 0.017 43.662 2.134 0.587 0.015 38.100 1.799
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.403 0.032 12.534 1.497 0.399 0.028 14.370 1.490
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.290 0.040 7.203 1.336 0.326 0.038 8.556 1.385
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF ANTEROLATERAL AND OTHER WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE - 410.01 and 410.11 0.173 0.024 7.192 1.189 0.311 0.033 9.479 1.365
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROPOSTERIOR WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.106 0.043 -2.447 0.900 * * * *
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF OTHER LATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.265 0.039 6.748 1.303 0.312 0.042 7.410 1.366
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -0.794 0.020 -39.247 0.452 -0.489 0.031 -15.579 0.613
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, UNSPECIFIED SITE, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.542 0.028 19.567 1.720 0.571 0.036 16.068 1.770
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.590 0.016 37.697 1.805 0.424 0.014 30.641 1.528
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.077 0.033 2.341 1.080
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.214 0.033 6.574 1.239
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.189 0.051 3.682 1.208 0.519 0.041 12.705 1.681
Age70To74 0.253 0.021 12.096 1.288 0.201 0.017 11.603 1.223
Age75To79 0.449 0.021 21.589 1.567 0.407 0.017 23.627 1.502
Age80To84 0.633 0.021 30.185 1.884 0.615 0.017 35.509 1.850
Age85To89 0.744 0.022 33.801 2.104 0.809 0.018 44.795 2.246
Age90AndOver 0.780 0.024 33.123 2.181 1.023 0.019 53.358 2.782
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.203 0.016 12.822 1.226
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.290 0.027 10.783 1.337
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.347 0.037 36.291 3.847 1.299 0.036 36.061 3.667
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.115 0.020 5.713 1.122 0.201 0.016 12.855 1.223
AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS 0.037 0.017 2.203 1.038 0.055 0.013 4.087 1.056
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.507 0.056 9.079 1.661 0.447 0.047 9.599 1.563
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.080 0.013 6.221 1.083 0.138 0.010 13.411 1.148
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.348 0.037 9.434 1.416 0.286 0.033 8.713 1.331
CACHEXIA 0.407 0.051 8.045 1.503 0.494 0.042 11.764 1.639
CARDIAC ARREST 1.663 0.027 62.341 5.277 1.418 0.025 55.712 4.128
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.226 0.018 66.843 3.408 1.023 0.017 59.927 2.783
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.120 0.016 7.661 1.128 0.161 0.013 12.621 1.175
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.195 0.020 9.567 1.216
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.313 0.058 5.429 1.367
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.251 0.020 12.702 1.285 0.230 0.016 14.074 1.259
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.103 0.024 4.260 1.108 0.095 0.020 4.775 1.100
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.498 0.019 26.099 1.646 0.437 0.016 26.952 1.548
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.165 0.024 6.826 1.179
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.093 0.017 5.365 1.097
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.026 0.013 1.969 1.026
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.081 0.016 5.222 1.085 0.099 0.013 7.760 1.104
DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT MENTION OF COMPLICATION, TYPE I [JUVENILE TYPE], NOT STATED AS UNCONTROLLED 0.504 0.167 3.026 1.655 0.382 0.139 2.754 1.464
Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.226 0.089 2.539 1.253
DISSECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.394 0.106 3.710 1.483 0.297 0.094 3.154 1.346
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.636 0.016 40.030 1.889 0.674 0.013 51.991 1.962
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.040 0.026 40.093 2.828 0.982 0.034 29.225 2.670
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, ENDOVASCULAR APPROACH - INCLUSIVE -0.912 0.202 -4.515 0.402 -0.823 0.158 -5.222 0.439
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF OTHER LESION OR TISSUE OF HEART, OPEN APPROACH - INCLUSIVE 0.495 0.108 4.594 1.640 0.278 0.101 2.747 1.320
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.118 0.017 6.919 1.126 0.132 0.015 9.011 1.141
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.053 0.016 3.362 1.054
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.057 0.020 2.830 1.058
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.238 0.021 11.353 1.269
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.755 0.036 21.056 2.127 0.533 0.033 16.306 1.705
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.355 0.014 25.767 1.426 0.315 0.011 27.585 1.370
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS 0.106 0.032 3.277 1.112 0.104 0.027 3.914 1.109
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.235 0.019 12.584 1.265 0.254 0.015 17.013 1.289
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.073 0.025 2.963 1.076 0.150 0.021 7.226 1.161
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.489 0.022 21.968 1.631 0.430 0.019 22.560 1.537
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.179 0.020 8.804 1.196 0.169 0.017 9.964 1.185
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS * * * * 0.199 0.037 5.376 1.221
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.220 0.013 17.077 1.246
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.125 0.019 6.508 1.134
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.068 0.026 2.628 1.070 0.057 0.021 2.698 1.059
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.460 0.045 10.131 1.584 0.313 0.039 7.950 1.368
HP102_ CVG Mitral Valve Only Replacement 0.771 0.094 8.198 2.162 0.577 0.089 6.506 1.780
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.149 0.041 3.634 1.161 0.327 0.035 9.439 1.387
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.445 0.022 20.021 1.561 0.363 0.019 19.194 1.438
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA * * * * 0.110 0.018 6.204 1.116
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.359 0.021 65.854 3.893 1.201 0.019 63.012 3.323
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 1.747 0.043 40.933 5.736 1.465 0.039 37.846 4.326
LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.459 0.071 6.451 1.583 0.335 0.062 5.415 1.398
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.391 0.078 5.033 1.479 0.801 0.059 13.570 2.227
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY * * * * 0.104 0.033 3.101 1.109
MULTIPLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS * * * * -0.445 0.130 -3.426 0.641
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.422 0.073 5.787 1.525 0.338 0.063 5.370 1.403
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.124 0.054 2.280 1.132 0.155 0.043 3.590 1.168
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.529 0.061 8.701 1.696 0.420 0.052 8.149 1.522
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.436 0.096 4.553 1.547 0.329 0.081 4.057 1.390
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.099 0.035 2.831 1.104
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.427 0.054 7.912 1.532 0.465 0.043 10.848 1.593
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.338 0.078 4.318 1.402
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable * * * * 0.295 0.087 3.369 1.343
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.117 0.139 8.041 3.056 0.797 0.112 7.136 2.219
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE CORONARY AND NON CORONARY VESSEL -0.775 0.015 -50.749 0.461 -0.758 0.012 -61.408 0.469
PROCEDURE ON THREE VESSELS - INCLUSIVE -0.562 0.050 -11.205 0.570 -0.530 0.041 -12.897 0.588
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE -0.665 0.024 -27.148 0.514 -0.646 0.020 -32.392 0.524
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.524 0.046 11.344 1.688 0.413 0.041 10.143 1.512
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.172 0.030 5.701 1.188 0.096 0.025 3.880 1.101
SexFemale * * * * -0.075 0.010 -7.739 0.928
SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS -0.589 0.027 -21.956 0.555 -0.676 0.030 -22.150 0.509
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.958 0.018 168.891 19.268 2.681 0.017 153.727 14.600
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.341 0.031 11.045 1.407 0.307 0.026 11.926 1.359
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.331 0.099 3.327 1.392 0.286 0.081 3.544 1.331
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.105 0.052 2.019 1.111 0.100 0.043 2.342 1.105
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.376 0.068 5.507 1.457 0.432 0.057 7.529 1.540
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.323 0.052 6.202 1.381 0.264 0.044 5.959 1.302
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.108 0.042 2.579 1.114
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION * * * * 0.197 0.029 6.760 1.218
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.146 0.038 3.827 1.157
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
VASCULAR DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.104 0.053 1.966 1.109
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INFEROLATERAL WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE * * * * 0.105 0.033 3.207 1.111
AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.078 0.028 2.764 1.081
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.480 0.066 7.311 1.616 0.323 0.057 5.710 1.382
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.401 0.097 4.111 1.493 0.479 0.076 6.289 1.615
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.941 0.187 5.037 2.562 0.760 0.181 4.206 2.139
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF ANTEROLATERAL AND OTHER WALL, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE - 410.01 and 410.11 * * * * -0.239 0.115 -2.080 0.788
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE -1.222 0.068 -17.890 0.295 -1.031 0.074 -13.928 0.357
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, UNSPECIFIED SITE, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.412 0.082 5.046 1.509 0.272 0.085 3.199 1.312
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.690 0.052 13.205 1.995 0.392 0.045 8.682 1.480
AdmitSourceXferHospital -0.333 0.104 -3.186 0.717 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.210 0.064 3.299 1.234
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.421 0.091 4.647 1.524
Age70To74 0.073 0.106 0.686 1.075 0.152 0.083 1.838 1.164
Age75To79 0.199 0.100 1.997 1.220 0.356 0.078 4.589 1.428
Age80To84 0.360 0.093 3.859 1.434 0.504 0.074 6.850 1.655
Age85To89 0.442 0.090 4.915 1.556 0.706 0.071 9.930 2.025
Age90AndOver 0.477 0.088 5.439 1.611 0.890 0.069 12.818 2.435
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.221 0.036 6.117 1.248
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.435 0.197 7.292 4.201 1.324 0.199 6.654 3.758
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.128 0.047 2.743 1.137
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.081 0.031 2.648 1.085
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, COMPLETE 0.762 0.203 3.748 2.143 0.419 0.181 2.311 1.520
CACHEXIA 0.473 0.136 3.485 1.604 0.352 0.113 3.118 1.423
CARDIAC ARREST 3.037 0.142 21.368 20.838 2.672 0.149 17.914 14.472
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.703 0.092 18.494 5.493 1.492 0.093 16.106 4.445
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.110 0.039 2.805 1.116
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.196 0.059 3.335 1.216 * * * *
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.679 0.048 14.160 1.972 0.605 0.039 15.326 1.832
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.507 0.155 3.259 1.660
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.591 0.040 14.600 1.805 0.600 0.031 19.308 1.823
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE * * * * 0.780 0.090 8.714 2.182
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.209 0.059 3.568 1.233
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.847 0.110 7.676 2.334 0.740 0.099 7.493 2.095
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.459 0.043 10.635 1.582 0.395 0.033 11.850 1.484
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.659 0.067 9.845 1.933 0.625 0.056 11.157 1.868
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.298 0.050 5.919 1.347 0.342 0.040 8.608 1.408
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.784 0.129 6.073 2.190 * * * *
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.219 0.042 5.223 1.245
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.137 0.061 2.233 1.146
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.363 0.132 2.744 1.438 0.269 0.108 2.488 1.309
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.437 0.102 4.277 1.549 0.684 0.083 8.210 1.981
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.376 0.071 5.333 1.457 0.434 0.058 7.497 1.543
HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.136 0.069 1.973 1.146
LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.535 0.209 2.557 1.707 * * * *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.954 0.173 5.506 2.595
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.854 0.243 3.511 2.350 * * * *
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.303 0.118 2.562 1.354 0.529 0.100 5.307 1.698
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.549 0.150 3.652 1.732 0.512 0.118 4.330 1.669
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.641 0.273 2.344 1.898 0.643 0.216 2.970 1.902
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.452 0.142 3.179 1.572 0.258 0.105 2.460 1.295
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.200 0.098 2.048 1.222
SexFemale -0.169 0.039 -4.381 0.845 -0.239 0.029 -8.101 0.787
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.195 0.051 43.364 8.976 2.022 0.050 40.649 7.554
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.375 0.161 2.320 1.454
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.529 0.123 4.294 1.697 0.381 0.100 3.821 1.464
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.313 0.103 3.026 1.367 0.492 0.079 6.237 1.635
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 1.350 0.298 4.534 3.859 1.059 0.283 3.735 2.882
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.479 0.016 29.304 1.614 0.291 0.011 25.474 1.338
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.563 0.014 39.854 1.756 0.498 0.010 52.160 1.645
ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.533 0.050 -10.648 0.587 -0.333 0.030 -11.041 0.717
ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.771 0.035 -22.082 0.463 -0.481 0.020 -23.895 0.618
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.475 0.022 21.591 1.608 0.391 0.015 26.549 1.479
ACUTE ON CHRONIC COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.551 0.028 -19.851 0.576 -0.232 0.017 -14.031 0.793
ACUTE ON CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.701 0.027 -26.310 0.496 -0.399 0.016 -25.226 0.671
ACUTE ON CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.430 0.027 -16.187 0.650 -0.140 0.016 -8.844 0.869
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.432 0.012 36.020 1.540 0.191 0.008 24.887 1.211
ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.404 0.035 -11.663 0.668 -0.263 0.021 -12.514 0.768
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.279 0.020 13.954 1.322 0.186 0.013 14.308 1.205
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.249 0.043 5.831 1.283 0.216 0.027 8.038 1.242
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.350 0.022 16.171 1.419 0.480 0.014 35.450 1.616
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.470 0.027 17.557 1.600 0.596 0.018 32.882 1.815
Age70To74 0.196 0.023 8.630 1.216 0.194 0.014 14.292 1.214
Age75To79 0.404 0.022 18.734 1.498 0.381 0.013 29.463 1.464
Age80To84 0.515 0.021 24.414 1.674 0.542 0.013 43.025 1.720
Age85To89 0.650 0.021 30.944 1.915 0.747 0.013 59.631 2.111
Age90AndOver 0.740 0.021 34.832 2.097 0.983 0.013 77.683 2.674
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.073 0.015 4.769 1.076 0.288 0.009 31.738 1.333
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.163 0.033 4.909 1.177
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.050 0.008 6.191 1.051
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.132 0.015 8.585 1.141 0.165 0.009 17.990 1.179
AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS 0.039 0.014 2.895 1.040 0.022 0.008 2.770 1.022
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.159 0.010 15.505 1.172 0.140 0.006 23.059 1.150
AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR IN SITU * * * * 0.037 0.011 3.403 1.037
CACHEXIA 0.483 0.032 15.035 1.622 0.490 0.022 22.278 1.632
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.060 0.012 4.850 1.062 0.107 0.007 14.295 1.113
CHRONIC COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.365 0.080 -4.543 0.694 -0.137 0.048 -2.860 0.872
CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.534 0.054 -9.879 0.586 -0.291 0.031 -9.390 0.748
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.201 0.009 21.449 1.222
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V * * * * 0.295 0.036 8.237 1.344
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.180 0.009 19.479 1.198
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE * * * * 0.175 0.016 11.239 1.191
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.232 0.038 6.173 1.261 0.307 0.023 13.321 1.359
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.386 0.024 15.798 1.471 0.269 0.015 17.814 1.309
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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 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 3.002 0.036 82.914 20.128 2.001 0.033 61.259 7.394
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 3.243 0.019 173.865 25.621 2.132 0.017 128.560 8.432
DELIRIUM 0.222 0.043 5.148 1.249 0.248 0.028 8.964 1.282
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.129 0.033 3.971 1.138
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.162 0.009 17.094 1.175
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.809 0.011 71.597 2.245 0.674 0.007 96.895 1.962
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.805 0.034 24.014 2.237 0.789 0.033 24.076 2.200
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.075 0.023 3.320 1.078
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF -0.117 0.012 -10.178 0.889 -0.123 0.007 -17.457 0.884
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.046 0.015 3.188 1.048 0.066 0.009 7.478 1.069
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.081 0.011 7.133 1.084 0.049 0.007 7.185 1.050
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.054 0.009 6.117 1.056
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.359 0.017 21.508 1.432 0.474 0.011 44.740 1.607
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.792 0.048 16.345 2.209 0.523 0.038 13.861 1.688
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.042 0.069 15.064 2.835 0.653 0.050 12.940 1.922
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.518 0.011 47.617 1.678 0.351 0.007 52.578 1.420
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.121 0.016 7.423 1.129
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.042 0.017 2.403 1.043 0.082 0.010 8.015 1.085
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.626 0.019 32.589 1.870 0.553 0.013 43.264 1.739
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.354 0.021 16.518 1.425 0.272 0.014 19.518 1.312
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.109 0.024 4.627 1.115 0.324 0.015 22.209 1.383
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.437 0.013 34.296 1.548 0.260 0.008 31.762 1.297
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.144 0.054 -2.658 0.866 * * * *
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.234 0.029 7.932 1.263 0.306 0.019 15.791 1.359
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.464 0.016 29.166 1.590 0.419 0.010 40.843 1.521
HYPERTENSIVE HEART AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, MALIGNANT, WITH HEART FAILURE AND WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE STAGE V OR END STAGE RENAL DISEASE * * * * -0.136 0.034 -4.003 0.873
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE, MALIGNANT, BENIGN, UNSPECIFIED, WITH HEART FAILURE -0.281 0.014 -20.508 0.755 -0.265 0.008 -32.612 0.767
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.266 0.015 17.970 1.305 0.286 0.009 31.415 1.331
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/ DEFIBRILLATOR, TOTAL SYSTEM [AICD] -1.576 0.150 -10.492 0.207 -1.113 0.085 -13.087 0.329
LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.221 0.055 4.008 1.248 0.100 0.036 2.754 1.105
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, UNSPECIFIED 0.142 0.051 2.795 1.152 0.396 0.029 13.714 1.486
OTHER ASCITES 0.405 0.031 13.140 1.500 0.315 0.020 15.801 1.371
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.564 0.060 9.415 1.757 0.209 0.039 5.298 1.233
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.108 0.027 4.004 1.115 0.085 0.017 4.959 1.088
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.509 0.034 14.922 1.663 0.444 0.024 18.262 1.559
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.439 0.049 8.942 1.552 0.621 0.031 20.103 1.861
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.407 0.087 4.665 1.503 0.611 0.055 11.206 1.842
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.496 0.059 8.398 1.642 0.606 0.038 16.043 1.833
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.241 0.081 2.962 1.272 -0.279 0.043 -6.548 0.757
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE CORONARY AND NON CORONARY VESSEL -0.146 0.051 -2.867 0.864 -0.332 0.035 -9.479 0.717
PROCEDURE ON TWO VESSELS - INCLUSIVE * * * * -0.278 0.075 -3.729 0.757
SexFemale -0.155 0.011 -14.779 0.856 -0.194 0.006 -31.029 0.824
SINGLE CORONARY TO MAMMARY OR THORACIC ARTERY BYPASS * * * * -0.439 0.089 -4.961 0.645
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.044 0.011 266.569 20.995 2.188 0.009 235.510 8.916
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.132 0.020 6.687 1.141 0.145 0.012 12.008 1.156
ULCER OF LOWER LIMB, UNSPECIFIED 0.258 0.049 5.254 1.294 0.304 0.029 10.399 1.356
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF FOOT 0.288 0.050 5.727 1.334 0.298 0.031 9.666 1.347
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.272 0.066 4.120 1.313 0.310 0.039 7.915 1.363
UNSPECIFIED COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.204 0.076 2.703 1.226
UNSPECIFIED DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE -0.460 0.065 -7.050 0.631 -0.285 0.037 -7.639 0.752
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.120 0.045 2.642 1.128 0.170 0.025 6.713 1.185
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.125 0.017 7.368 1.134 0.193 0.010 18.588 1.212
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 1.095 0.063 17.435 2.990 0.771 0.050 15.270 2.162
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.604 0.199 8.051 4.975 1.242 0.178 6.992 3.462
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.368 0.181 2.032 1.444 0.299 0.135 2.209 1.349
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE * * * * 0.366 0.152 2.407 1.443
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.598 0.138 4.346 1.819 -0.224 0.077 -2.914 0.799
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.125 0.094 11.964 3.080 0.861 0.080 10.799 2.366
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.359 0.073 4.929 1.431 0.289 0.055 5.239 1.335
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.426 0.190 2.246 1.531 0.299 0.146 2.055 1.349
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing * * * * 0.552 0.104 5.299 1.736
Age70To74 0.205 0.077 2.675 1.227 0.190 0.057 3.336 1.210
Age75To79 0.444 0.077 5.735 1.560 0.442 0.058 7.683 1.556
Age80To84 0.588 0.081 7.288 1.800 0.674 0.059 11.406 1.962
Age85To89 0.604 0.087 6.975 1.830 0.751 0.063 11.907 2.120
Age90AndOver 0.564 0.094 5.971 1.757 1.052 0.065 16.071 2.864
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER * * * * 0.441 0.186 2.376 1.554
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.276 0.095 2.895 1.317
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.307 0.055 5.632 1.360 0.285 0.040 7.140 1.329
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.262 0.085 3.102 1.300
CALCULUS OF GALLBLADDER WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.336 0.139 2.410 1.399 0.308 0.104 2.971 1.360
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.466 0.225 2.072 1.594
CHOLANGITIS 0.535 0.150 3.569 1.707 0.263 0.125 2.110 1.301
CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.799 0.159 5.036 2.223 0.348 0.137 2.539 1.416
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.184 0.062 2.967 1.202 0.265 0.044 6.008 1.303
CHRONIC AND OTHER SPECIFIED DISEASES OF PANCREAS -0.390 0.079 -4.954 0.677 -0.184 0.053 -3.461 0.832
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.319 0.085 3.746 1.376 0.329 0.062 5.280 1.389
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.488 0.089 5.454 1.629
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.345 0.089 3.895 1.412 0.378 0.064 5.938 1.460
CYST AND PSEUDOCYST OF PANCREAS 0.249 0.082 3.041 1.283 * * * *
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.795 0.064 12.393 2.214 0.755 0.048 15.792 2.127
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.829 0.120 6.892 2.291 0.960 0.086 11.119 2.611
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.414 0.127 3.259 1.513 0.374 0.095 3.941 1.454
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.398 0.109 3.644 1.489 0.328 0.084 3.925 1.388
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.346 0.102 3.380 1.414
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.328 0.066 4.980 1.389 0.524 0.051 10.236 1.689
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.516 0.139 10.941 4.553 1.117 0.124 9.010 3.056
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.646 0.053 12.146 1.907 0.585 0.039 14.914 1.796
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.231 0.101 2.291 1.260 0.332 0.070 4.744 1.394
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.341 0.095 3.588 1.406 0.402 0.074 5.434 1.494
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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 0.578 0.107 5.386 1.783 0.546 0.083 6.578 1.727
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.264 0.110 2.388 1.302 0.322 0.083 3.880 1.380
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.186 0.091 2.036 1.205
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.565 0.189 2.988 1.759
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.354 0.138 2.560 1.424
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.349 0.091 3.846 1.418 0.303 0.069 4.379 1.354
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.515 0.219 2.345 1.673 0.685 0.164 4.179 1.985
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.269 0.127 2.126 1.309 0.300 0.101 2.980 1.350
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.655 0.086 7.585 1.925 0.555 0.068 8.161 1.741
HYPOCALCEMIA 0.772 0.111 6.951 2.163 0.591 0.093 6.335 1.805
JAUNDICE, UNSPECIFIED, NOT OF NEWBORN * * * * 0.331 0.159 2.078 1.393
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY -0.882 0.105 -8.428 0.414 -0.753 0.072 -10.525 0.471
LOSS OF WEIGHT * * * * 0.300 0.130 2.308 1.350
OBSTRUCTION OF BILE DUCT * * * * 0.233 0.088 2.651 1.262
OTHER ASCITES 0.915 0.089 10.271 2.497 0.861 0.069 12.433 2.365
OTHER EMPHYSEMA * * * * 0.427 0.147 2.908 1.532
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.440 0.109 4.031 1.553 0.181 0.091 1.982 1.199
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.471 0.187 2.516 1.601 0.578 0.146 3.962 1.782
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.742 0.253 2.933 2.101
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.463 0.369 3.962 4.321 0.973 0.252 3.863 2.645
SexFemale -0.287 0.048 -5.990 0.750 -0.255 0.035 -7.342 0.775
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 4.120 0.064 64.685 61.533 3.538 0.058 60.622 34.414
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PANCREAS * * * * 0.522 0.171 3.050 1.685
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 1.143 0.192 5.942 3.135 0.693 0.171 4.061 2.001
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.403 0.097 4.172 1.496 0.449 0.073 6.128 1.567
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.599 0.022 27.563 1.821 0.347 0.016 21.404 1.414
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.564 0.019 29.280 1.757 0.521 0.014 37.894 1.683
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.734 0.038 19.234 2.083 0.557 0.029 19.363 1.746
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.786 0.015 52.827 2.194 0.401 0.010 38.413 1.494
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.318 0.029 11.044 1.374 0.282 0.020 14.398 1.325
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital * * * * 0.203 0.036 5.569 1.225
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.117 0.028 4.228 1.125 0.312 0.018 17.343 1.366
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.292 0.033 8.959 1.339 0.578 0.022 26.870 1.782
Age70To74 0.109 0.029 3.747 1.115 0.135 0.019 6.952 1.144
Age75To79 0.273 0.028 9.877 1.314 0.326 0.018 17.727 1.386
Age80To84 0.346 0.027 12.719 1.414 0.477 0.018 26.481 1.612
Age85To89 0.502 0.027 18.608 1.652 0.629 0.018 34.930 1.876
Age90AndOver 0.563 0.027 20.847 1.757 0.881 0.018 49.157 2.414
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.261 0.012 22.346 1.299
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.115 0.040 2.867 1.122
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.095 0.012 8.220 1.099
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.057 0.020 2.897 1.058
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.268 0.014 19.590 1.307 0.213 0.009 23.859 1.237
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.133 0.041 3.257 1.142 * * * *
BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, UNSPECIFIED -0.301 0.041 -7.334 0.740 -0.354 0.029 -12.202 0.702
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.143 0.020 7.046 1.154
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED -0.313 0.085 -3.662 0.731 -0.391 0.055 -7.069 0.676
CACHEXIA 0.546 0.036 15.251 1.726 0.505 0.026 19.200 1.658
CANDIDIASIS OF MOUTH * * * * 0.214 0.041 5.212 1.239
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.228 0.019 12.100 1.256 0.197 0.012 16.181 1.218
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.216 0.021 10.516 1.241
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.397 0.089 4.465 1.487 0.512 0.062 8.250 1.668
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.237 0.023 10.343 1.268 0.207 0.015 13.459 1.230
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.389 0.059 6.562 1.475 0.456 0.040 11.507 1.578
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.481 0.019 25.659 1.617 0.446 0.012 35.914 1.563
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.255 0.057 4.453 1.291
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.159 0.038 4.164 1.173
DEMENTIA, UNSPECIFIED, WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.303 0.042 7.167 1.354
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.060 0.014 4.388 1.062
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.772 0.015 52.846 2.164 0.697 0.010 71.097 2.007
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.408 0.036 11.418 1.504 0.574 0.024 24.018 1.775
GASTROSTOMY STATUS 0.239 0.050 4.760 1.270 0.351 0.032 10.819 1.420
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.218 0.033 6.515 1.244 0.115 0.023 4.939 1.121
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.110 0.021 5.221 1.117 0.098 0.014 6.768 1.103
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.222 0.029 7.661 1.249 0.080 0.020 3.923 1.083
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.323 0.020 16.567 1.382 0.420 0.015 28.882 1.522
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 1.351 0.043 31.651 3.863 1.004 0.034 29.876 2.730
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.357 0.016 22.923 1.429 0.173 0.011 15.973 1.189
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS * * * * 0.096 0.028 3.489 1.101
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.129 0.020 6.373 1.138 0.167 0.014 12.257 1.181
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.445 0.028 15.865 1.560 0.347 0.020 17.696 1.415
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION * * * * 0.082 0.012 6.893 1.086
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.158 0.016 9.596 1.171
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.504 0.032 15.889 1.655 0.537 0.022 24.238 1.711
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.139 0.022 6.216 1.149
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.209 0.025 8.522 1.232 0.225 0.017 13.383 1.253
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.398 0.044 8.966 1.489 0.389 0.031 12.370 1.476
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.123 0.034 3.572 1.130
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.503 0.063 8.035 1.653 0.472 0.045 10.392 1.604
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.598 0.031 19.203 1.819 0.785 0.022 36.313 2.193
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.449 0.026 17.135 1.567 0.425 0.018 23.125 1.530
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.077 0.020 3.882 1.080 0.055 0.013 4.172 1.057
INFLUENZA WITH PNEUMONIA -0.340 0.044 -7.805 0.712 -0.546 0.031 -17.342 0.579
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE -0.321 0.154 -2.084 0.725 -0.608 0.118 -5.159 0.545
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.684 0.040 17.239 1.983 1.139 0.025 45.285 3.123
NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.480 0.090 5.302 1.616 0.425 0.063 6.743 1.529
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.205 0.067 3.065 1.227 0.167 0.047 3.528 1.182
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.351 0.086 4.072 1.420 0.185 0.059 3.121 1.204
OTHER DYSPNEA AND RESPIRATORY ABNORMALITY 0.167 0.068 2.441 1.182 0.211 0.042 5.019 1.235
OTHER FLUID OVERLOAD * * * * 0.078 0.035 2.198 1.081
OTHER MALAISE AND FATIGUE * * * * 0.061 0.016 3.751 1.063
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 1.308 0.056 23.291 3.698 0.778 0.044 17.584 2.177
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.074 0.025 2.935 1.077
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA * * * * 0.121 0.036 3.326 1.128
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.249 0.059 4.205 1.283 0.117 0.042 2.763 1.124
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE * * * * 0.215 0.045 4.785 1.239
PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA [STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA] -0.381 0.051 -7.462 0.683 -0.339 0.034 -9.967 0.713
PNEUMONIA DUE TO ANAEROBES * * * * -0.151 0.068 -2.208 0.860
PNEUMONIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI [E. COLI] * * * * -0.200 0.078 -2.568 0.819
PNEUMONIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE [H. INFLUENZAE] -0.645 0.132 -4.882 0.524 -0.758 0.090 -8.468 0.468
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PNEUMONIA DUE TO KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE -0.228 0.097 -2.346 0.796 -0.256 0.067 -3.822 0.774
PNEUMONIA DUE TO MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE -0.511 0.130 -3.929 0.600 -0.574 0.085 -6.778 0.563
PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA -0.295 0.041 -7.212 0.745 -0.210 0.029 -7.240 0.811
PNEUMONIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS -0.158 0.056 -2.825 0.854 -0.159 0.039 -4.129 0.853
PNEUMONIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A, OTHER, OR UNSPECIFIED -0.740 0.118 -6.259 0.477 -0.719 0.076 -9.499 0.487
PNEUMONIA, ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED -0.152 0.031 -4.871 0.859 -0.211 0.023 -9.032 0.810
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.612 0.032 19.072 1.844 0.516 0.022 23.153 1.675
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.317 0.061 5.199 1.372 0.504 0.040 12.664 1.655
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.397 0.080 4.960 1.487 0.432 0.055 7.926 1.541
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.191 0.073 2.604 1.211 0.442 0.047 9.319 1.557
PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II 0.320 0.041 7.736 1.377 0.534 0.027 20.060 1.706
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.643 0.082 7.880 1.901 * * * *
SexFemale -0.125 0.013 -9.451 0.882 -0.279 0.009 -32.523 0.757
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.281 0.016 205.348 26.607 2.660 0.015 181.637 14.300
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.175 0.027 6.362 1.191 0.137 0.019 7.364 1.146
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.195 0.031 38.441 3.303 0.793 0.025 31.991 2.209
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.347 0.052 6.718 1.415 0.210 0.034 6.241 1.234
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.303 0.021 14.396 1.354 0.341 0.014 24.320 1.407
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.353 0.051 6.981 1.423
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.106 0.020 5.198 1.111 0.158 0.013 12.116 1.171
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.754 0.045 16.730 2.125 0.570 0.038 15.085 1.768
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.730 0.053 13.789 2.075 0.619 0.043 14.388 1.857
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.466 0.072 6.505 1.594 0.421 0.058 7.319 1.524
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.582 0.034 16.929 1.790 0.383 0.026 14.604 1.466
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.242 0.052 4.677 1.274 0.197 0.040 4.914 1.217
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.229 0.074 3.103 1.258 0.271 0.055 4.920 1.311
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.246 0.097 2.544 1.279 0.610 0.068 8.991 1.841
Age70To74 0.038 0.054 0.705 1.039 0.060 0.041 1.464 1.062
Age75To79 0.132 0.053 2.500 1.141 0.167 0.040 4.147 1.182
Age80To84 0.171 0.054 3.158 1.186 0.326 0.041 8.006 1.385
Age85To89 0.219 0.057 3.851 1.245 0.436 0.043 10.212 1.546
Age90AndOver 0.219 0.062 3.518 1.245 0.700 0.046 15.380 2.014
ALKALOSIS 0.314 0.122 2.565 1.368 * * * *
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.195 0.036 5.455 1.215
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.324 0.108 12.282 3.759 1.300 0.100 12.938 3.669
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.222 0.035 6.346 1.249 0.274 0.026 10.634 1.315
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 1.028 0.149 6.921 2.796 0.687 0.124 5.553 1.988
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.202 0.065 3.113 1.224
CACHEXIA 0.504 0.104 4.861 1.656 0.462 0.082 5.626 1.588
CARDIAC ARREST 2.719 0.071 38.458 15.172 2.371 0.067 35.349 10.707
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.702 0.075 22.593 5.482 1.449 0.069 20.858 4.257
CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF LEG AND FOOT, EXCEPT TOES * * * * 0.250 0.098 2.546 1.284
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.098 0.031 3.201 1.103
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.199 0.060 3.321 1.220 0.138 0.046 3.009 1.148
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL * * * * 0.387 0.123 3.152 1.472
COMA 1.268 0.178 7.126 3.553 1.014 0.165 6.153 2.756
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.446 0.049 9.173 1.561 0.381 0.038 10.067 1.463
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.186 0.054 3.457 1.204
DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 1.049 0.200 5.239 2.856 0.830 0.182 4.554 2.293
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN * * * * 0.188 0.042 4.461 1.207
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with other specified manifestations/ketoacidosis, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.184 0.090 2.058 1.202
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.149 0.042 3.532 1.161 0.127 0.031 4.050 1.135
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.593 0.038 15.611 1.810 0.662 0.028 23.545 1.939
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.941 0.101 9.277 2.562 0.888 0.080 11.124 2.430
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.929 0.186 4.987 2.532 0.688 0.168 4.107 1.990
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.327 0.124 2.634 1.386
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.180 0.086 2.089 1.198 0.142 0.065 2.196 1.152
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS * * * * 0.203 0.039 5.214 1.225
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.299 0.041 7.313 1.349
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.682 0.129 5.271 1.978 0.601 0.099 6.085 1.824
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.522 0.197 7.719 4.579 1.079 0.178 6.080 2.942
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.450 0.037 12.077 1.569 0.278 0.029 9.526 1.320
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.146 0.071 2.053 1.157 0.170 0.051 3.321 1.185
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.129 0.060 2.161 1.138 0.251 0.047 5.323 1.285
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.586 0.052 11.257 1.797 0.461 0.042 10.962 1.585
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.129 0.054 2.407 1.138 0.161 0.040 4.000 1.175
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.328 0.042 7.857 1.388 0.313 0.032 9.936 1.368
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.268 0.077 3.464 1.307 0.409 0.057 7.176 1.506
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.299 0.062 4.797 1.348
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.149 0.071 2.090 1.160 0.226 0.053 4.295 1.253
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.118 0.043 2.703 1.125
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.315 0.113 2.784 1.371 0.482 0.084 5.753 1.620
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.590 0.125 4.723 1.805 0.571 0.099 5.739 1.770
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.220 0.093 2.374 1.246 0.293 0.074 3.970 1.341
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.551 0.065 8.436 1.736 0.470 0.053 8.832 1.600
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA * * * * 0.218 0.043 5.057 1.244
IATROGENIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE -0.745 0.193 -3.862 0.475 -0.605 0.135 -4.469 0.546
INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.953 0.132 7.207 2.593 0.588 0.111 5.311 1.801
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE * * * * 0.308 0.111 2.775 1.361
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.498 0.093 5.359 1.646 1.088 0.061 17.699 2.969
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.708 0.174 4.078 2.031
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG * * * * 0.722 0.109 6.645 2.059
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 1.100 0.119 9.250 3.005 0.853 0.106 8.045 2.346
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.728 0.141 5.163 2.071 0.430 0.119 3.596 1.537
OTHER ASCITES 0.828 0.134 6.195 2.288 1.189 0.100 11.845 3.284
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.560 0.143 3.907 1.750
OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 1.034 0.214 4.823 2.811 0.840 0.176 4.766 2.316
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION -0.139 0.053 -2.630 0.870 * * * *
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.740 0.197 3.757 2.096 0.460 0.159 2.898 1.584
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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 1.041 0.104 10.015 2.832 0.723 0.095 7.596 2.061
PANCYTOPENIA * * * * 0.417 0.096 4.362 1.517
PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 1.045 0.246 4.251 2.843 0.781 0.207 3.778 2.184
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG 0.353 0.111 3.176 1.424 0.258 0.081 3.180 1.294
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS * * * * 0.363 0.073 4.950 1.437
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.701 0.093 7.556 2.016 0.661 0.068 9.651 1.936
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.408 0.123 3.314 1.504
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.612 0.180 3.399 1.844
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.528 0.275 5.550 4.607 0.696 0.185 3.773 2.006
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS * * * * 0.421 0.142 2.964 1.524
RHABDOMYOLYSIS 0.554 0.190 2.923 1.741 * * * *
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.158 0.063 2.512 1.171
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.207 0.080 2.585 1.230 * * * *
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.227 0.207 5.939 3.412 0.888 0.185 4.793 2.429
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.569 0.251 2.263 1.767 * * * *
SexFemale * * * * -0.118 0.023 -5.101 0.888
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.599 0.102 15.677 4.950 1.289 0.094 13.657 3.628
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.184 0.041 78.565 24.154 2.613 0.037 70.765 13.640
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -3.342 0.313 -10.665 0.035 -2.578 0.268 -9.632 0.076
THORACENTESIS 0.333 0.111 3.009 1.395 0.454 0.082 5.563 1.575
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.113 0.048 2.358 1.120
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.729 0.181 4.017 2.073 0.688 0.150 4.577 1.990
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM * * * * 0.275 0.091 3.004 1.316
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION * * * * 0.169 0.046 3.694 1.184
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 1.351 0.226 5.980 3.863 1.285 0.211 6.101 3.615
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.099 0.043 2.312 1.104 * * * *
ACIDOSIS 0.364 0.013 27.398 1.440 0.247 0.011 22.390 1.280
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE -0.538 0.046 -11.728 0.584 * * * *
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.687 0.048 14.286 1.987 0.627 0.045 13.810 1.872
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.476 0.023 20.479 1.610 0.404 0.020 20.013 1.498
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.524 0.114 4.604 1.689 0.318 0.102 3.126 1.374
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE -0.158 0.046 -3.452 0.854 * * * *
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF DEEP VESSELS OF DISTAL LOWER EXTREMITY - INCLUSIVE 0.198 0.082 2.413 1.219 0.217 0.069 3.147 1.242
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED DEEP VESSELS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.230 0.086 2.682 1.258 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.407 0.018 22.860 1.502 0.288 0.015 19.107 1.334
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.276 0.040 6.830 1.318 0.315 0.033 9.584 1.370
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.163 0.024 6.879 1.177 0.338 0.019 17.768 1.402
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.269 0.033 8.034 1.308 0.490 0.028 17.653 1.632
Age70To74 0.184 0.018 10.231 1.202 0.172 0.014 12.132 1.188
Age75To79 0.349 0.018 19.397 1.417 0.355 0.014 24.979 1.426
Age80To84 0.460 0.019 24.597 1.584 0.517 0.015 34.897 1.677
Age85To89 0.565 0.020 28.198 1.760 0.654 0.016 40.928 1.924
Age90AndOver 0.618 0.022 28.180 1.856 0.796 0.018 45.297 2.217
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.114 0.014 7.882 1.121
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.149 0.025 5.880 1.161
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.290 0.082 3.520 1.336
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.106 0.012 8.707 1.111
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 1.753 0.028 62.499 5.769 1.544 0.027 57.854 4.684
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.235 0.011 20.910 1.264 0.267 0.009 29.703 1.306
ATRIAL FLUTTER * * * * 0.055 0.025 2.162 1.056
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 0.796 0.030 26.773 2.217 0.539 0.026 20.668 1.714
CACHEXIA 0.380 0.030 12.754 1.463 0.397 0.024 16.220 1.487
CARDIAC ARREST 1.955 0.024 79.895 7.064 1.667 0.023 70.946 5.295
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1.453 0.031 46.560 4.277 1.175 0.030 39.489 3.237
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.389 0.014 27.390 1.476 0.344 0.012 29.785 1.410
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) * * * * 0.180 0.021 8.479 1.197
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.158 0.020 7.939 1.171 0.161 0.016 9.930 1.175
CHRONIC LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION * * * * 0.183 0.060 3.071 1.201
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.290 0.050 5.840 1.337 0.266 0.041 6.476 1.304
COMA 1.225 0.039 31.286 3.403 1.026 0.037 27.982 2.791
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.348 0.016 21.878 1.416 0.337 0.013 26.330 1.400
DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.469 0.034 13.844 1.598 0.215 0.030 7.185 1.240
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.027 0.012 2.300 1.027
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.776 0.012 62.783 2.173 0.797 0.010 79.658 2.218
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.377 0.025 14.873 1.459 0.442 0.021 21.558 1.556
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.468 0.043 10.765 1.596 0.297 0.039 7.695 1.346
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.175 0.031 5.587 1.191
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.073 0.011 6.509 1.075
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.187 0.017 11.204 1.206 0.343 0.013 25.585 1.410
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.549 0.035 15.780 1.732 0.449 0.031 14.695 1.566
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.318 0.072 18.229 3.736 1.069 0.067 15.943 2.913
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.390 0.013 31.015 1.477 0.277 0.010 26.584 1.319
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.079 0.012 6.535 1.082
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.479 0.020 24.081 1.614 0.378 0.017 22.230 1.460
HD157_CVG VIRAL PNEUMONIA - INCLUSIVE 0.147 0.073 2.026 1.159 * * * *
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.340 0.012 28.711 1.405 0.260 0.009 27.452 1.297
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.119 0.017 6.859 1.127
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.796 0.042 18.978 2.216 0.673 0.037 18.174 1.961
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.135 0.025 5.462 1.144 0.284 0.020 13.845 1.328
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.242 0.018 13.713 1.274 0.237 0.015 16.298 1.268
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA * * * * 0.049 0.015 3.305 1.050
INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.859 0.036 23.992 2.361 0.564 0.032 17.596 1.757
INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.547 0.061 8.940 1.728 0.382 0.054 7.023 1.466
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BREAST (FEMALE), UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.336 0.074 4.532 1.399
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.745 0.034 21.970 2.107 0.918 0.028 33.333 2.505
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.391 0.058 6.697 1.478 0.514 0.047 11.040 1.673
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.352 0.029 12.341 1.422 0.259 0.024 10.879 1.296
MULTIPLE MYELOMA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION 0.341 0.078 4.395 1.406 0.333 0.065 5.144 1.395
NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.379 0.132 2.882 1.461 0.327 0.108 3.016 1.387
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.679 0.049 13.722 1.972 0.476 0.044 10.780 1.610
OTHER ASCITES 0.484 0.057 8.532 1.622 0.498 0.048 10.293 1.645
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.432 0.087 4.975 1.541 0.373 0.071 5.214 1.452
OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 0.685 0.061 11.311 1.984 0.587 0.055 10.754 1.799
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.692 0.040 17.366 1.999 0.567 0.034 16.595 1.762
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 1.123 0.095 11.758 3.074 0.927 0.087 10.712 2.528
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.882 0.047 18.637 2.415 0.694 0.044 15.877 2.002
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.270 0.072 3.748 1.310 0.138 0.063 2.207 1.148
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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 1.058 0.074 14.353 2.881 0.720 0.068 10.637 2.055
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.101 0.038 2.665 1.106 0.075 0.033 2.302 1.078
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.081 0.028 2.933 1.084
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.395 0.019 20.684 1.484 0.365 0.016 22.243 1.441
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.568 0.026 22.242 1.765 0.579 0.020 28.827 1.784
Pressure Ulcer Stage III * * * * 0.368 0.044 8.273 1.445
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.235 0.059 3.961 1.265
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.246 0.062 3.939 1.279 0.384 0.051 7.478 1.468
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.164 0.103 11.281 3.202 0.444 0.075 5.946 1.559
Pulmonary Embolism with Acute Cor Pumonale - CC Risk 0.467 0.124 3.774 1.594 0.390 0.103 3.775 1.477
SARCOIDOSIS 0.315 0.075 4.205 1.370 0.164 0.061 2.682 1.178
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.033 0.051 20.088 2.809 0.821 0.048 17.217 2.272
SexFemale -0.196 0.011 -18.182 0.822 -0.246 0.009 -28.653 0.782
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.189 0.039 30.349 3.285 0.958 0.037 26.243 2.607
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.178 0.013 246.975 23.990 2.743 0.012 221.851 15.538
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.344 0.080 4.279 1.410 0.178 0.067 2.660 1.195
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -1.094 0.044 -24.978 0.335 -0.870 0.036 -24.083 0.419
THORACENTESIS -0.121 0.036 -3.376 0.886 * * * *
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.150 0.022 6.667 1.162 0.151 0.018 8.244 1.163
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.821 0.055 14.916 2.272 0.756 0.050 15.052 2.129
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.178 0.052 3.446 1.195 0.132 0.043 3.045 1.141
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.152 0.057 2.662 1.164 0.195 0.044 4.388 1.215
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.865 0.107 8.069 2.374 0.709 0.096 7.403 2.033
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.112 0.022 5.075 1.119 0.207 0.016 12.604 1.230
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.227 0.062 3.689 1.255 0.230 0.051 4.534 1.258
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.914 0.066 13.931 2.495 0.865 0.064 13.570 2.374
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.138 0.018 7.549 1.148 0.131 0.016 8.335 1.140
ACIDOSIS 0.411 0.006 74.651 1.508 0.290 0.005 60.097 1.337
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.467 0.008 55.466 1.595 0.450 0.007 62.244 1.568
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.687 0.028 24.387 1.987 0.629 0.025 25.353 1.876
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 0.699 0.014 48.627 2.012 0.669 0.014 48.383 1.953
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.155 0.027 5.696 1.168 * * * *
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.335 0.010 34.803 1.398 0.319 0.009 36.953 1.376
ACUTE PANCREATITIS 0.254 0.022 11.664 1.289 0.128 0.019 6.543 1.136
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.793 0.006 137.070 2.209 0.585 0.005 115.616 1.795
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.162 0.024 49.276 3.196 0.967 0.023 42.893 2.630
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF DEEP VESSELS OF PROXIMAL LOWER EXTREMITY - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.073 0.023 3.220 1.076
ACUTE VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED DEEP VESSELS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.095 0.035 2.696 1.100 0.177 0.031 5.804 1.194
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.185 0.009 19.876 1.203 0.162 0.008 19.561 1.176
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.119 0.019 6.232 1.126 0.187 0.016 11.465 1.206
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.078 0.009 8.748 1.081 0.219 0.008 28.929 1.245
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.238 0.013 18.791 1.268 0.434 0.011 40.302 1.544
Age70To74 0.090 0.009 9.814 1.094 0.113 0.008 14.345 1.120
Age75To79 0.229 0.009 25.417 1.258 0.274 0.008 35.245 1.315
Age80To84 0.360 0.009 39.748 1.434 0.443 0.008 56.671 1.557
Age85To89 0.488 0.009 52.607 1.628 0.616 0.008 77.038 1.852
Age90AndOver 0.627 0.010 65.750 1.872 0.846 0.008 102.723 2.330
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.166 0.006 28.929 1.181
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.043 0.014 2.969 1.044
ANEMIA IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE * * * * 0.346 0.036 9.520 1.414
ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE 0.824 0.022 37.036 2.279 0.744 0.021 34.948 2.105
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS * * * * 0.050 0.010 4.814 1.051
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.475 0.041 11.619 1.608 0.446 0.035 12.745 1.561
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.154 0.045 3.450 1.167 0.172 0.038 4.578 1.188
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.190 0.005 36.500 1.210 0.211 0.004 47.485 1.235
BIOPSY OF BRONCHUS, TRACHEA, OR CARINA 0.557 0.017 32.107 1.746 0.423 0.016 26.427 1.527
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.095 0.011 8.350 1.100 0.193 0.010 20.127 1.212
CACHEXIA 0.514 0.014 36.918 1.672 0.496 0.012 40.384 1.643
CARDIAC ARREST 2.119 0.019 112.234 8.320 1.930 0.019 102.037 6.891
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 0.714 0.019 36.735 2.043 0.633 0.019 33.321 1.884
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.164 0.012 13.757 1.179 0.237 0.010 23.496 1.267
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.495 0.034 14.433 1.641 0.586 0.030 19.583 1.797
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.196 0.008 23.107 1.217 0.199 0.007 27.284 1.220
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.366 0.017 21.270 1.442 0.447 0.015 29.733 1.564
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
COMA 0.924 0.023 39.538 2.520 0.814 0.022 36.203 2.256
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.419 0.008 52.927 1.521 0.388 0.007 56.264 1.475
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.408 0.026 55.095 4.089 1.265 0.025 50.448 3.541
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.113 0.014 8.188 1.120
DEPENDENCE ON RESPIRATOR, STATUS 0.388 0.017 22.935 1.475 0.238 0.016 15.118 1.269
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with other specified manifestations/ketoacidosis, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.050 0.011 4.567 1.051 0.093 0.009 10.124 1.097
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.038 0.007 5.338 1.038 0.059 0.006 9.914 1.061
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.743 0.006 131.399 2.102 0.777 0.005 161.058 2.176
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.751 0.016 48.296 2.120 0.797 0.014 57.003 2.219
ENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTRATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.371 0.019 19.377 1.449 0.261 0.018 14.747 1.298
GANGRENE 0.477 0.028 16.801 1.612 0.440 0.025 17.851 1.553
GASTROSTOMY STATUS * * * * 0.050 0.012 4.272 1.052
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.064 0.013 4.956 1.066 0.082 0.011 7.304 1.086
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.018 0.009 1.994 1.018 0.055 0.008 7.099 1.057
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.064 0.010 6.114 1.066 0.049 0.009 5.255 1.050
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.062 0.007 9.037 1.064 0.232 0.006 39.557 1.261
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.128 0.033 34.478 3.090 1.025 0.031 33.039 2.787
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.279 0.005 51.263 1.322 0.236 0.005 50.981 1.266
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.119 0.010 11.962 1.126 0.152 0.008 18.151 1.164
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.053 0.005 11.058 1.055
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.186 0.010 19.217 1.204 0.170 0.008 20.241 1.185
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.096 0.006 17.148 1.101 0.135 0.005 28.518 1.145
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.097 0.018 5.305 1.102 0.126 0.016 7.753 1.134
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.131 0.012 11.072 1.140 0.240 0.011 22.804 1.271
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.120 0.011 10.968 1.127
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.148 0.014 10.386 1.159
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.113 0.016 6.926 1.119
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.510 0.016 32.579 1.666 0.478 0.014 33.715 1.614
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA * * * * 0.320 0.007 43.899 1.377
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.368 0.008 46.736 1.444 0.369 0.007 52.731 1.447
INFECTION AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO OTHER VASCULAR DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.214 0.060 3.554 1.238 * * * *
INSERTION OF INTERCOSTAL CATHETER FOR DRAINAGE 0.520 0.019 27.908 1.682 0.343 0.017 19.857 1.409
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
INSERTION OF OTHER (NASO-)GASTRIC TUBE 0.566 0.025 22.353 1.762 0.446 0.024 18.733 1.562
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.185 0.012 15.885 1.203 0.174 0.010 17.338 1.190
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.072 0.032 2.224 1.075
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.725 0.021 34.014 2.066 0.873 0.019 47.041 2.395
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF COLON, UNSPECIFIED 0.337 0.051 6.655 1.401 0.406 0.044 9.178 1.501
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF UPPER LOBE, BRONCHUS OR LUNG 0.344 0.040 8.620 1.411 0.469 0.035 13.564 1.598
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SEPTICEMIA 0.289 0.021 13.547 1.336 0.334 0.015 22.813 1.397
METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SEPTICEMIA 0.141 0.023 6.221 1.152 0.182 0.016 11.432 1.199
MIXED ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDER 0.592 0.015 39.138 1.808 0.457 0.014 32.101 1.580
NEUTROPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.604 0.028 21.317 1.830 0.524 0.025 20.777 1.689
OBSTRUCTIVE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, WITHOUT EXACERBATION 0.166 0.007 24.145 1.180 0.170 0.006 29.273 1.186
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.645 0.015 42.544 1.906 0.596 0.014 42.413 1.814
OTHER ASCITES 0.605 0.016 37.445 1.831 0.647 0.015 44.049 1.909
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.072 0.027 2.688 1.075 0.079 0.023 3.417 1.083
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.413 0.031 13.264 1.512 0.442 0.027 16.375 1.555
OTHER PNEUMOTHORAX AND AIR LEAK 0.560 0.039 14.528 1.751 0.506 0.036 13.972 1.659
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.416 0.022 19.114 1.516 0.355 0.020 18.088 1.427
OTHER PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 1.135 0.026 43.237 3.112 0.898 0.024 36.694 2.455
OTHER SEPTICEMIA DUE TO GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS -0.706 0.023 -30.903 0.494 -0.525 0.016 -33.812 0.592
OTHER SPECIFIED SEPTICEMIAS -0.276 0.018 -15.439 0.759 -0.209 0.010 -19.889 0.812
OTHER STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA -0.273 0.034 -8.019 0.761 -0.088 0.026 -3.452 0.916
PANCYTOPENIA 0.419 0.015 28.398 1.520 0.408 0.013 31.429 1.504
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.202 0.020 10.013 1.224 0.149 0.018 8.212 1.160
PARENTERAL INFUSION OF CONCENTERATED NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES 0.397 0.021 18.849 1.488 0.251 0.019 12.901 1.286
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.039 0.020 1.973 1.039 0.035 0.017 2.047 1.036
PERSONAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG * * * * 0.156 0.019 8.012 1.169
PNEUMOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA -0.435 0.033 -13.057 0.647 -0.428 0.026 -16.225 0.652
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.079 0.007 10.575 1.082 0.252 0.006 39.281 1.287
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.452 0.019 23.716 1.572 0.422 0.017 25.570 1.525
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.065 0.016 4.124 1.067 0.218 0.013 16.747 1.244
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.080 0.015 5.167 1.083 0.212 0.013 16.376 1.236
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.139 0.017 8.078 1.149 0.326 0.014 22.557 1.385
PRESSURE ULCER, STAGE II * * * * 0.211 0.010 20.622 1.235
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.499 0.063 23.677 4.476 0.529 0.047 11.182 1.697
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
PULMONARY CONGESTION AND HYPOSTASIS 0.198 0.024 8.434 1.220 0.152 0.021 7.153 1.164
RENAL FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED 1.230 0.055 22.306 3.422 1.050 0.051 20.771 2.857
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.030 0.012 2.504 1.030
SARCOIDOSIS 0.170 0.048 3.569 1.186 0.114 0.041 2.773 1.121
SEPSIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCAL -0.599 0.024 -24.998 0.549 -0.483 0.016 -29.320 0.617
SEPTIC SHOCK 1.342 0.006 226.895 3.826 1.002 0.005 194.227 2.723
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO ANAEROBES -0.224 0.033 -6.820 0.800 -0.188 0.026 -7.222 0.829
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI) -1.045 0.018 -57.307 0.352 -0.822 0.010 -81.463 0.439
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE (H. INFLUENZAE) -0.646 0.064 -10.176 0.524 -0.590 0.054 -10.977 0.554
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS -0.392 0.029 -13.598 0.676 -0.243 0.022 -11.279 0.785
SEPTICEMIA DUE TO SERRATIA -0.348 0.073 -4.771 0.706 -0.184 0.060 -3.075 0.832
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.123 0.007 17.853 1.131 0.068 0.006 12.129 1.070
SexFemale 0.028 0.005 5.591 1.028 * * * *
SHOCK, UNSPECIFIED 1.023 0.037 28.032 2.783 0.806 0.034 23.422 2.239
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.781 0.006 442.016 16.139 2.625 0.006 416.239 13.804
STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.141 0.050 2.835 1.152 0.203 0.041 4.961 1.225
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 0.178 0.037 4.843 1.195 0.129 0.032 4.048 1.138
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY -1.058 0.024 -44.718 0.347 -1.028 0.021 -47.936 0.358
THORACENTESIS -0.169 0.018 -9.347 0.844 -0.071 0.016 -4.534 0.931
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.091 0.009 10.624 1.096 0.099 0.007 13.190 1.104
ULCER OF OTHER PART OF LOWER LIMB 0.106 0.037 2.846 1.112 0.176 0.031 5.654 1.192
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.658 0.023 28.695 1.931 0.671 0.021 32.649 1.956
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.150 0.026 5.704 1.162 0.133 0.023 5.718 1.142
UNSPECIFIED DISORDER OF KIDNEY AND URETER - INCLUSIVE 0.115 0.026 4.404 1.122 0.128 0.021 5.999 1.137
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.691 0.023 30.694 1.996 0.530 0.021 25.374 1.700
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.116 0.011 10.898 1.123 0.171 0.009 18.384 1.186
UNSPECIFIED SEPTICEMIA -0.035 0.014 -2.399 0.966 * * * *
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.277 0.027 10.435 1.319 0.292 0.023 12.467 1.339
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.935 0.020 46.304 2.547 0.775 0.019 40.466 2.170
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.865 0.049 17.600 2.376 0.770 0.048 16.196 2.160
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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 * * * * 0.194 0.083 2.327 1.214
ACIDOSIS 0.525 0.037 14.150 1.691 0.444 0.034 13.042 1.560
ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.492 0.102 4.823 1.636 0.563 0.094 6.003 1.756
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.167 0.125 9.365 3.213 1.305 0.126 10.343 3.689
ACUTE DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.653 0.165 3.972 1.922 0.478 0.147 3.261 1.612
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE * * * * 0.289 0.099 2.921 1.335
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.605 0.053 11.471 1.832 0.559 0.050 11.161 1.749
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.533 0.038 13.984 1.703 0.498 0.035 14.290 1.645
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.112 0.046 2.421 1.119 * * * *
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.174 0.085 2.040 1.190 0.193 0.075 2.591 1.213
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE * * * * 0.169 0.081 2.088 1.184
Age70To74 0.211 0.050 4.219 1.235 0.267 0.045 6.000 1.306
Age75To79 0.356 0.050 7.165 1.428 0.453 0.044 10.246 1.573
Age80To84 0.576 0.050 11.457 1.779 0.745 0.045 16.682 2.107
Age85To89 0.746 0.052 14.276 2.108 1.034 0.046 22.368 2.811
Age90AndOver 0.846 0.058 14.564 2.329 1.368 0.050 27.129 3.929
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 0.569 0.158 3.593 1.766 0.530 0.144 3.683 1.698
ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER * * * * 0.529 0.203 2.605 1.698
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.237 0.045 5.268 1.268
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF AORTA 0.262 0.102 2.566 1.299 * * * *
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.248 0.032 7.802 1.282 0.254 0.028 9.101 1.290
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.201 0.051 3.935 1.223
CACHEXIA 0.442 0.082 5.368 1.556 0.393 0.079 5.002 1.482
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.382 0.036 10.651 1.465 0.363 0.032 11.452 1.437
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.277 0.077 3.577 1.319 0.406 0.068 5.997 1.501
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.131 0.050 2.636 1.140
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH HEMORRHAGE AND PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 1.036 0.196 5.288 2.817 0.808 0.185 4.370 2.242
CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED DUODENAL ULCER WITH PERFORATION, WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION 0.406 0.103 3.939 1.500 0.479 0.089 5.406 1.615
CHRONIC VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.631 0.084 7.497 1.880 0.618 0.078 7.904 1.855
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.425 0.099 4.275 1.530 0.726 0.086 8.453 2.067
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.256 0.057 4.491 1.292 0.334 0.050 6.664 1.396
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.109 0.033 3.272 1.115 0.139 0.029 4.863 1.149
DEFIBRINATION SYNDROME 1.604 0.171 9.384 4.972 1.488 0.177 8.393 4.429
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE * * * * 0.307 0.074 4.148 1.360
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.154 0.057 2.710 1.166
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.545 0.265 2.055 1.725 * * * *
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.097 0.072 15.256 2.995 1.194 0.066 18.017 3.299
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY 0.501 0.134 3.736 1.650 0.620 0.122 5.094 1.858
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.318 0.060 5.319 1.374 0.212 0.055 3.821 1.236
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.265 0.082 3.221 1.303 * * * *
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.219 0.060 3.643 1.245 0.219 0.053 4.129 1.245
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.158 0.066 2.383 1.171 0.140 0.059 2.371 1.150
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.434 0.075 5.747 1.543 0.462 0.068 6.830 1.586
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.156 0.031 4.988 1.169
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.189 0.066 2.875 1.209 0.183 0.061 2.997 1.201
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.235 0.034 6.961 1.264 0.206 0.030 6.832 1.229
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.279 0.056 4.952 1.322 0.295 0.050 5.929 1.343
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * * 0.251 0.052 4.829 1.285
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.218 0.065 3.369 1.243 0.207 0.057 3.616 1.230
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.177 0.066 2.663 1.194 0.265 0.059 4.475 1.303
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.569 0.115 4.962 1.767 0.740 0.103 7.166 2.095
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.173 0.079 2.208 1.189 0.238 0.069 3.466 1.269
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.127 0.059 2.165 1.135 0.178 0.052 3.416 1.195
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.434 0.143 3.027 1.544
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.256 0.106 2.404 1.291
HP129_CVG Incisions of Small Intestine 0.280 0.081 3.451 1.323 0.276 0.069 4.009 1.317
HP130_CVG Resection or Removal of Small Intestine 0.408 0.047 8.747 1.504 0.163 0.040 4.039 1.176
HP132_CVG Exteriorization of Small Intestine 0.724 0.110 6.580 2.062 0.964 0.096 10.056 2.622
HP133_CVG Ileostomies 0.342 0.051 6.750 1.408 0.378 0.046 8.202 1.460
HP134_CVG Other Enterostomies 0.387 0.074 5.245 1.473 1.081 0.061 17.774 2.949
HP135_CVG Other Repair of Small Intestine 0.282 0.070 4.036 1.325 0.199 0.059 3.397 1.220
HP166_CVG Gastric Resection and Anastomosis - High Mortality 0.687 0.086 7.959 1.989 0.556 0.082 6.820 1.744
HP170_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - Moderate Mortality 0.390 0.113 3.437 1.477 0.360 0.101 3.571 1.433
HP171_CVG Other Stomach Procedures - High Mortality 0.410 0.148 2.777 1.507 0.311 0.135 2.296 1.365
HP172_CVG Pylorus - High Mortality 0.642 0.181 3.548 1.901 * * * *
HP175_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis - Low Mortality * * * * -0.449 0.204 -2.202 0.638
HP176_CVG Colon Resection and Anastomosis and Large-to-Large Anastomosis - Moderate Mortality 0.520 0.067 7.765 1.682 0.412 0.063 6.542 1.509
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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 0.381 0.054 7.001 1.463 0.299 0.050 5.978 1.349
HP179_CVG Other Colon Procedures 0.294 0.106 2.771 1.342 * * * *
HP181_CVG Rectal Resection and Anastomosis * * * * -0.528 0.195 -2.703 0.590
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.234 0.060 3.913 1.263 0.226 0.053 4.225 1.253
HYPOCALCEMIA * * * * 0.155 0.077 2.023 1.168
INCISIONAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION * * * * 0.174 0.080 2.167 1.190
INTESTINAL INFECTION DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE 0.318 0.091 3.482 1.375 0.308 0.084 3.690 1.361
INTESTINAL OR PERITONEAL ADHESIONS WITH OBSTRUCTION (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.138 0.037 3.710 1.149 * * * *
LARGE-TO-LARGE INTESTINAL ANASTOMOSIS 0.629 0.287 2.195 1.876 * * * *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.651 0.173 3.760 1.918
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF CARDIA 0.712 0.336 2.116 2.037 * * * *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF STOMACH, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.753 0.240 3.134 2.123
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.732 0.190 3.860 2.080 0.587 0.178 3.289 1.799
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.477 0.089 5.346 1.611 0.606 0.082 7.363 1.833
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED VENTRAL HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.337 0.099 3.409 1.401 0.303 0.090 3.385 1.354
OTHER DISORDERS OF PLASMA PROTEIN METABOLISM 0.235 0.100 2.358 1.264 0.270 0.088 3.058 1.310
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.280 0.115 2.439 1.324 0.391 0.100 3.922 1.478
OTHER LAPAROTOMY 0.270 0.082 3.296 1.310 0.196 0.077 2.564 1.217
OTHER SHOCK WITHOUT MENTION OF TRAUMA 0.317 0.091 3.471 1.373 0.279 0.083 3.358 1.322
OTHER SPECIFIED DISORDERS OF INTESTINES * * * * 0.290 0.084 3.446 1.336
P4311_CVG PERCUTANEOUS [ENDOSCOPIC] GASTROSTOMY [PEG] -0.232 0.100 -2.316 0.793 -0.171 0.086 -1.982 0.843
P4593_CVG Other Small-to-Large Intestinal Anastomosis * * * * 0.203 0.097 2.098 1.225
P4641_CVG Revision of Stoma of Small Intestine -0.556 0.142 -3.910 0.574 -0.269 0.104 -2.578 0.764
P4674_CVG Closure of Fistula of Small Intestine, Except Duodenum 0.358 0.055 6.478 1.430 0.208 0.050 4.163 1.231
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.533 0.172 3.094 1.704 * * * *
PERFORATION OF INTESTINE 0.580 0.044 13.101 1.786 0.582 0.040 14.373 1.790
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.490 0.149 3.297 1.633 0.367 0.137 2.684 1.443
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.379 0.161 2.362 1.461 0.413 0.144 2.864 1.512
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV * * * * 0.386 0.183 2.104 1.471
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 2.407 0.257 9.349 11.101 2.380 0.222 10.740 10.807
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.927 0.046 20.302 2.526 0.810 0.043 18.685 2.247
SexFemale -0.105 0.029 -3.605 0.901 -0.098 0.025 -3.865 0.906
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 2.910 0.035 83.296 18.352 3.478 0.038 91.850 32.408
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.228 0.060 3.782 1.256 0.217 0.054 4.013 1.242
UNSPECIFIED INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 0.130 0.050 2.580 1.139 0.151 0.044 3.461 1.163
UNSPECIFIED PERITONITIS 0.134 0.056 2.371 1.143 0.235 0.051 4.581 1.265
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.436 0.157 2.775 1.547
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 0.432 0.046 9.410 1.541 0.417 0.042 9.966 1.518
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.522 0.030 17.666 1.685 0.382 0.024 15.950 1.466
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.605 0.035 17.095 1.832 0.589 0.027 21.776 1.802
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 1.861 0.019 97.780 6.429 1.331 0.017 80.133 3.787
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing -0.239 0.038 -6.285 0.787 0.365 0.026 14.137 1.440
Age70To74 0.124 0.026 4.804 1.132 0.174 0.020 8.651 1.190
Age75To79 0.207 0.025 8.217 1.230 0.324 0.020 16.534 1.382
Age80To84 0.329 0.025 13.155 1.390 0.550 0.019 28.564 1.733
Age85To89 0.329 0.026 12.810 1.390 0.750 0.020 38.432 2.116
Age90AndOver 0.362 0.027 13.526 1.437 1.051 0.020 52.348 2.860
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED * * * * 0.211 0.014 15.039 1.235
ALTERED MENTAL STATUS * * * * 0.120 0.028 4.266 1.128
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE * * * * 0.199 0.022 9.105 1.220
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED * * * * 0.055 0.017 3.245 1.056
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.329 0.014 23.434 1.390 0.308 0.010 29.397 1.360
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT * * * * 0.268 0.030 8.796 1.307
CARDIAC PACEMAKER IN SITU 0.088 0.027 3.240 1.091 0.081 0.019 4.213 1.084
CEREBRAL EDEMA TRAUMATIC AND NON TRAUMATIC 0.467 0.020 23.408 1.596 0.341 0.017 20.154 1.407
CEREBRAL EMBOLISM WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION * * * * 0.054 0.013 4.053 1.055
CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.373 0.031 11.870 1.452 0.294 0.023 12.521 1.341
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.188 0.020 9.576 1.207 0.211 0.014 14.764 1.235
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.158 0.040 3.921 1.171 0.226 0.029 7.829 1.254
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.164 0.027 5.989 1.179 0.181 0.020 9.045 1.199
COMA 1.317 0.025 53.337 3.731 1.169 0.022 52.779 3.218
COMPRESSION OF BRAIN 1.034 0.028 37.199 2.812 0.854 0.025 34.100 2.349
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.437 0.024 17.926 1.549 0.406 0.018 22.149 1.500
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.044 0.015 2.929 1.045 0.031 0.011 2.844 1.032
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA * * * * 0.033 0.014 2.265 1.033
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.057 0.018 3.224 1.059 0.082 0.013 6.328 1.085
DO NOT RESUSCITATE STATUS 0.543 0.016 34.377 1.721 0.773 0.011 67.254 2.167
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.645 0.066 9.812 1.907 0.926 0.049 18.940 2.523
ENDOVASCULAR (TOTAL) EMBOLIZATION OR OCCLUSION OF HEAD AND NECK VESSELS -0.225 0.067 -3.358 0.799 -0.283 0.060 -4.689 0.753
ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 0.663 0.051 12.948 1.941 0.479 0.044 10.986 1.614
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY * * * * 0.090 0.026 3.454 1.094
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.191 0.075 2.546 1.210 0.135 0.055 2.452 1.145
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.114 0.038 2.971 1.121 0.112 0.029 3.903 1.119
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION * * * * 0.045 0.021 2.076 1.046
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.097 0.032 3.060 1.102 0.061 0.024 2.558 1.063
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.167 0.047 3.541 1.182 0.162 0.036 4.467 1.176
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION * * * * 0.261 0.021 12.451 1.299
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.594 0.049 12.041 1.811 0.485 0.042 11.641 1.624
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 1.150 0.101 11.387 3.157 0.998 0.084 11.908 2.713
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.190 0.019 9.836 1.210 0.138 0.014 9.571 1.147
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE * * * * 0.086 0.020 4.280 1.090
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.113 0.017 6.664 1.119 0.233 0.013 17.971 1.263
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.383 0.040 9.510 1.467 0.200 0.032 6.259 1.221
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA * * * * 0.062 0.012 5.209 1.064
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.229 0.034 6.792 1.258 0.383 0.026 14.971 1.467
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.355 0.048 7.344 1.426 0.426 0.038 11.370 1.532
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.126 0.026 4.923 1.134
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.127 0.039 3.295 1.136
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.058 0.020 2.877 1.059
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.275 0.060 4.559 1.317
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.098 0.042 2.349 1.102
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.116 0.047 2.492 1.123 * * * *
HEMORRHAGE OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, UNSPECIFIED 0.628 0.074 8.442 1.874 0.506 0.059 8.544 1.659
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.272 0.032 8.640 1.313 0.485 0.025 19.619 1.625
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.172 0.042 4.108 1.187 0.220 0.031 7.153 1.246
HYPOXEMIA * * * * 0.178 0.042 4.247 1.195
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE 0.492 0.020 24.457 1.636 0.378 0.014 26.208 1.460
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, APHASIA * * * * 0.136 0.033 4.109 1.146
LATE EFFECT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE * * * * 0.279 0.085 3.268 1.322
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF BRONCHUS AND LUNG, UNSPECIFIED 0.592 0.086 6.863 1.808 1.051 0.061 17.145 2.861
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PROSTATE * * * * 0.156 0.066 2.375 1.169
NEUROLOGIC NEGLECT SYNDROME 0.131 0.035 3.786 1.140 0.164 0.027 6.069 1.178
OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS 0.749 0.032 23.618 2.115 0.612 0.028 21.483 1.844
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF BASILAR ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.801 0.051 15.794 2.227 0.582 0.042 13.932 1.790
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF CAROTID ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.310 0.030 10.236 1.363 0.233 0.023 10.099 1.263
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF MULTIPLE AND BILATERAL PRECEREBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION -0.323 0.126 -2.563 0.724 * * * *
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF UNSPECIFIED PRECEREBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION -0.213 0.081 -2.638 0.808 * * * *
OCCLUSION AND STENOSIS OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION 0.317 0.061 5.152 1.372 0.158 0.048 3.334 1.172
OTHER ABNORMAL BLOOD CHEMISTRY * * * * 0.176 0.050 3.537 1.193
OTHER ALTERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS * * * * 0.424 0.098 4.331 1.529
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.433 0.059 7.350 1.542 0.359 0.049 7.314 1.432
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE * * * * 0.293 0.098 2.973 1.340
PARALYSIS AGITANS * * * * 0.076 0.031 2.419 1.079
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.512 0.028 18.235 1.668 0.574 0.023 24.586 1.776
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.254 0.103 2.479 1.290 0.557 0.072 7.778 1.745
Pressure Ulcer Unstageable 0.219 0.099 2.213 1.245 0.481 0.074 6.456 1.617
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent * * * * -0.352 0.082 -4.271 0.703
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE VESSEL - STROKE SPECIFIC * * * * -0.205 0.036 -5.728 0.814
SexFemale -0.175 0.014 -12.733 0.839 -0.170 0.010 -16.764 0.844
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 3.803 0.015 259.963 44.830 3.320 0.013 254.160 27.671
STATUS POST ADMINISTRATION OF TPA (RTPA) IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO ADMISSION TO CURRENT FACILITY 0.248 0.034 7.358 1.282 * * * *
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE 0.732 0.040 18.333 2.080 0.567 0.033 17.228 1.763
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.180 0.033 5.466 1.197 0.152 0.025 6.175 1.165
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE -0.136 0.017 -8.031 0.873 * * * *
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING DOMINANT SIDE 0.165 0.017 9.887 1.179 0.240 0.012 19.546 1.271
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING NONDOMINANT SIDE 0.141 0.017 8.440 1.152 0.206 0.012 16.800 1.228
UNSPECIFIED HEMIPLEGIA AFFECTING UNSPECIFIED SIDE 0.389 0.063 6.211 1.476 0.366 0.048 7.706 1.443
UNSPECIFIED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE 0.709 0.042 16.767 2.031 0.612 0.033 18.820 1.845
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.239 0.048 4.944 1.270 0.302 0.037 8.074 1.352
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF FOUR OR MORE CORONARY ARTERIES 0.604 0.135 4.469 1.830 0.530 0.125 4.247 1.699
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF ONE CORONARY ARTERY 0.337 0.042 8.092 1.401 0.241 0.038 6.278 1.272
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF THREE CORONARY ARTERIES 0.479 0.068 7.008 1.615 0.429 0.063 6.824 1.535
(AORTO)CORONARY BYPASS OF TWO CORONARY ARTERIES 0.371 0.046 8.062 1.449 0.291 0.042 6.877 1.338
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.702 0.063 11.155 2.017 0.610 0.059 10.378 1.841
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER 1.030 0.150 6.857 2.801 0.942 0.144 6.559 2.564
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.258 0.058 4.430 1.295 0.199 0.054 3.712 1.220
ADHESIVE PERICARDITIS 0.594 0.098 6.049 1.810 0.544 0.092 5.946 1.723
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.253 0.039 6.512 1.288 0.203 0.035 5.807 1.226
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.721 0.164 4.406 2.057 0.598 0.144 4.157 1.819
Age70To74 0.142 0.044 3.201 1.152 0.127 0.040 3.201 1.136
Age75To79 0.351 0.043 8.105 1.420 0.340 0.039 8.802 1.405
Age80To84 0.594 0.045 13.172 1.811 0.577 0.040 14.391 1.781
Age85To89 0.740 0.053 13.957 2.096 0.780 0.046 17.068 2.183
Age90AndOver 0.896 0.070 12.724 2.450 0.998 0.057 17.385 2.712
ANNULOPLASTY 0.246 0.047 5.262 1.279 0.191 0.043 4.410 1.210
CARDIAC ARREST 0.705 0.200 3.534 2.025 0.898 0.177 5.060 2.454
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED * * * * 0.129 0.030 4.347 1.138
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE 0.199 0.043 4.672 1.221 0.192 0.038 5.057 1.212
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.169 0.072 2.351 1.184 0.252 0.059 4.297 1.287
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 1.290 0.063 20.491 3.632 1.281 0.056 22.850 3.601
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.124 0.040 3.119 1.132 0.140 0.034 4.089 1.150
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.425 0.036 11.949 1.529 0.396 0.031 12.786 1.486
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.115 0.031 3.724 1.122 0.080 0.027 2.924 1.083
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.479 0.077 6.235 1.615 0.542 0.068 7.994 1.720
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.618 0.050 12.460 1.855 0.619 0.045 13.897 1.856
hd128_CVG MITRAL STENOSIS & INSUFFICIENCY 0.438 0.071 6.122 1.549 0.354 0.066 5.387 1.425
HD146_CVG ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 0.330 0.043 7.639 1.391 0.341 0.038 8.864 1.406
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE * * * * 0.198 0.034 5.767 1.219
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.309 0.045 6.860 1.363 0.281 0.040 7.047 1.324
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 2.217 0.035 63.023 9.178 2.049 0.033 61.277 7.764
INSERTION OF PERCUTANEOUS EXTERNAL HEART ASSIST DEVICE 2.958 0.135 21.965 19.257 2.771 0.130 21.242 15.967
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.102 0.047 2.197 1.108 0.111 0.041 2.711 1.118
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE 0.866 0.063 13.697 2.379 0.670 0.056 11.891 1.955
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 0.540 0.039 13.701 1.716 0.361 0.034 10.709 1.435
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE 1.986 0.410 4.841 7.284 0.964 0.072 13.426 2.622
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Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio Coefficient
Standard Error Z-Stat
Odds Ratio
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF MITRAL VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 1.874 0.414 4.524 6.512 0.850 0.049 17.369 2.339
OPEN AND OTHER REPLACEMENT OF TRICUSPID VALVE WITH TISSUE GRAFT 1.399 0.097 14.454 4.051 1.207 0.091 13.295 3.343
OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF AORTIC VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.951 0.140 6.781 2.587 0.835 0.131 6.391 2.306
OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF MITRAL VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.477 0.078 6.126 1.611 0.338 0.071 4.742 1.402
OPEN HEART VALVULOPLASTY OF TRICUSPID VALVE WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 0.344 0.090 3.812 1.411 0.304 0.083 3.647 1.355
OTHER AND NOS, BYPASS ANASTOMOSIS FOR HEART REVASCULARIZATION 0.541 0.064 8.463 1.717 0.461 0.059 7.798 1.585
OTHER COMPLICATIONS DUE TO OTHER CARDIAC DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.235 0.091 2.589 1.265 * * * *
PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.246 0.097 2.526 1.279 0.252 0.087 2.896 1.287
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY [PTCA] - BYP-VLV Specific 0.498 0.122 4.087 1.646 0.426 0.111 3.857 1.531
SexFemale 0.383 0.027 14.245 1.467 0.265 0.023 11.363 1.304
SLHP102_CVG MITRAL VALVE ONLY REPLACEMENT -1.037 0.417 -2.487 0.355 -0.168 0.060 -2.788 0.845
SLHP105_CVG AORTIC AND MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT -0.973 0.417 -2.332 0.378 * * * *
TRANSAPICAL REPLACEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE 1.120 0.102 11.025 3.064 0.837 0.090 9.302 2.309
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.355 0.096 3.709 1.426 0.311 0.086 3.598 1.365
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION 0.704 0.204 3.446 2.022 0.628 0.192 3.272 1.874
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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 0.954 0.316 3.021 2.596
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.879 0.065 13.439 2.408
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.897 0.179 5.002 2.452
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.501 0.225 2.225 1.650
Age70To74 0.061 0.046 1.334 1.063
Age75To79 0.174 0.045 3.847 1.190
Age80To84 0.266 0.048 5.567 1.305
Age85To89 0.349 0.055 6.361 1.418
Age90AndOver 0.407 0.080 5.113 1.503
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.487 0.144 3.372 1.627
ANGIOPLASTY OF OTHER NON-CORONARY VESSEL(S) 0.239 0.040 5.974 1.269
AORTA-ILIAC-FEMORAL BYPASS 0.792 0.119 6.629 2.208
AORTA-RENAL BYPASS 1.143 0.235 4.869 3.137
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.227 0.075 3.018 1.254
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.453 0.067 6.736 1.573
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.388 0.130 2.984 1.475
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.130 0.032 4.104 1.139
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.581 0.064 9.052 1.788
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.021 0.096 10.634 2.775
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.405 0.071 5.677 1.500
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.359 0.067 5.372 1.432
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.420 0.195 2.157 1.523
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.190 0.062 3.076 1.209
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.414 0.204 2.027 1.514
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.334 0.071 4.726 1.397
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.419 0.081 5.140 1.520
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.483 0.075 6.409 1.620
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.000 0.109 9.205 2.718
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.083 0.096 11.252 2.952
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.198 0.038 5.236 1.219
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.434 0.189 2.295 1.543
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.390 0.133 2.927 1.477
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.887 0.212 4.188 2.427
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.215 0.088 2.438 1.239
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.513 0.186 8.119 4.540
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.504 0.083 6.070 1.656
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.464 0.072 6.476 1.590
HD180_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 25-29 0.219 0.098 2.242 1.245
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.165 0.029 5.617 1.180
MECHANICAL COMPLICATION OF OTHER VASCULAR DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT - INCLUSIVE 0.231 0.067 3.475 1.260
OTHER (PERIPHERAL) VASCULAR SHUNT OR BYPASS 0.945 0.088 10.772 2.573
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED COAGULATION DEFECTS 0.846 0.232 3.647 2.331
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA), AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT RESIDUAL DEFICITS 0.116 0.046 2.501 1.122
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 2.803 0.212 13.211 16.493
RESECTION OF ABDOMINAL AORTA WITH REPLACEMENT 2.016 0.043 47.327 7.509
SexFemale 0.202 0.033 6.098 1.224
UNSPECIFIED VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE 1.949 0.272 7.166 7.019
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Appendectomy
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis 0.940 0.022 42.785 2.559
Acute Appendicitis with Localize Peritonitis 0.780 0.023 33.691 2.181
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.132 0.053 2.498 1.141
Age45To64 0.446 0.023 19.065 1.562
Age65To74 0.760 0.031 24.565 2.139
Age75AndOver 1.176 0.035 33.135 3.241
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.272 0.047 5.789 1.312
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.182 0.042 4.313 1.200
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.390 0.040 9.652 1.477
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.518 0.153 3.380 1.679
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.861 0.060 14.452 2.366
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.051 0.118 8.922 2.859
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.499 0.070 7.127 1.647
CLOSED SURGICAL PROCEDURE CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE 0.221 0.048 4.575 1.247
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.404 0.067 5.997 1.498
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.150 0.036 4.222 1.162
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 3.066 0.155 19.832 21.466
ESCHERICHIA COLI [E. COLI] INFECTION IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE AND OF UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.525 0.045 11.664 1.691
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.161 0.022 7.190 1.174
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.753 0.030 25.127 2.123
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.273 0.039 6.951 1.314
HD160_CVG RENAL DIALYSIS 0.775 0.190 4.086 2.171
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.573 0.097 5.912 1.774
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.281 0.036 7.806 1.324
HD180_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 25-29 0.204 0.069 2.946 1.227
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.165 0.040 4.088 1.180
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.348 0.042 8.253 1.416
LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY 0.979 0.103 9.477 2.662
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.475 0.100 4.735 1.609
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.339 0.046 7.314 1.403
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED DISEASES OF APPENDIX 0.242 0.050 4.849 1.274
OTHER APPENDECTOMY 1.651 0.104 15.808 5.213
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.210 0.042 4.960 1.234
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.802 0.093 8.616 2.231
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.435 0.070 6.192 1.545
SexFemale -0.384 0.019 -20.166 0.681
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.208 0.080 2.595 1.232
UMBILICAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.115 0.050 2.327 1.122
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Back and Neck Surgeries (Without Spinal Fusion)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.254 0.097 2.620 1.289
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.415 0.052 7.917 1.515
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.352 0.133 2.653 1.422
Age70To74 0.142 0.042 3.406 1.153
Age75To79 0.201 0.043 4.708 1.222
Age80To84 0.350 0.045 7.837 1.419
Age85To89 0.462 0.049 9.400 1.588
Age90AndOver 0.414 0.059 7.066 1.512
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.177 0.046 3.843 1.194
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.244 0.071 3.454 1.276
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.170 0.033 5.116 1.185
Biopsy of spinal cord or spinal meninges - 03.32 0.495 0.087 5.680 1.640
CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME WITHOUT MENTION OF NEUROGENIC BLADDER 0.344 0.084 4.066 1.410
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITH MYELOPATHY 0.153 0.064 2.378 1.166
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.167 0.036 4.674 1.181
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.188 0.056 3.341 1.207
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.233 0.068 3.424 1.263
CLOSED FRACTURE OF SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA WITHOUT MENTION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY 1.124 0.089 12.694 3.078
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.227 0.029 7.764 1.254
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.303 0.081 3.732 1.353
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.085 0.037 2.331 1.089
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.160 0.050 3.196 1.173
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.288 0.045 6.383 1.333
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC, UNSPECIFIED 0.172 0.052 3.302 1.187
EXCISION OR DESTRUCTION OF LESION OF SPINAL CORD OR SPINAL MENINGES -0.285 0.141 -2.023 0.752
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.432 0.119 3.615 1.540
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.300 0.054 5.576 1.350
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.341 0.134 2.540 1.407
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.523 0.088 5.956 1.688
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.488 0.065 7.547 1.630
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.457 0.076 5.994 1.580
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.387 0.097 3.981 1.472
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.961 0.075 12.815 2.615
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.135 0.042 3.213 1.144
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.578 0.057 10.069 1.782
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.447 0.076 5.871 1.564
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.262 0.056 4.709 1.300
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.198 0.065 3.071 1.219
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.479 0.185 2.581 1.614
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.634 0.117 5.428 1.885
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.310 0.057 5.430 1.363
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.319 0.136 2.341 1.376
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.384 0.051 7.572 1.468
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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 0.177 0.038 4.628 1.194
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF INTERSPINOUS PROCESS DEVICE(S) -0.328 0.109 -2.999 0.721
INSERTION or REPLACEMENT OF PARTIAL or TOTAL SPINAL DISC PROSTHESIS, CERVICAL -0.686 0.311 -2.207 0.504
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF PEDICLE-BASED DYNAMIC STABILIZATION DEVICE(S) 0.605 0.304 1.991 1.832
INTRASPINAL ABSCESS 0.712 0.077 9.211 2.039
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF STEROIDS 0.149 0.061 2.430 1.161
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.235 0.084 2.797 1.265
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.248 0.203 6.142 3.485
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.288 0.041 7.086 1.333
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.552 0.111 4.989 1.737
OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL 0.361 0.053 6.835 1.435
OTHER REPAIR AND PLASTIC OPERATIONS ON SPINAL CORD STRUCTURES 0.616 0.056 11.059 1.851
OTHER SPECIFIED RETENTION OF URINE 0.326 0.086 3.794 1.385
PARAPLEGIA 0.475 0.098 4.821 1.608
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.902 0.223 8.542 6.699
REPAIR OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURE 0.220 0.062 3.537 1.246
SexFemale -0.102 0.030 -3.411 0.903
SPINAL STENOSIS IN CERVICAL REGION 0.173 0.051 3.399 1.189
SPINAL STENOSIS OF THORACIC REGION 0.236 0.066 3.592 1.267
Spinal Tap - 03.31 0.825 0.200 4.134 2.282
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.355 0.074 4.812 1.425
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 1.263 0.071 17.766 3.538
TRANSFUSION OF PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD 0.616 0.268 2.296 1.851
UNSPECIFIED URINARY INCONTINENCE 0.155 0.069 2.234 1.167
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.156 0.046 3.404 1.169
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Bariatric Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
Age45To64 0.300 0.029 10.244 1.350
Age65To74 0.516 0.049 10.433 1.676
Age75AndOver 0.703 0.203 3.458 2.019
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.256 0.070 3.638 1.292
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.343 0.071 4.854 1.409
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS 0.264 0.128 2.061 1.302
BODY MASS INDEX 70 AND OVER, ADULT 0.452 0.105 4.327 1.572
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.399 0.061 6.503 1.490
CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS 0.578 0.156 3.710 1.782
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.520 0.199 2.620 1.683
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 1.046 0.078 13.334 2.846
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 1.560 0.154 10.124 4.757
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.849 0.093 9.166 2.337
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.345 0.144 2.403 1.412
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.296 0.084 3.533 1.344
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.164 0.056 2.922 1.178
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.234 0.072 3.242 1.263
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.425 0.062 6.806 1.530
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.143 0.031 4.671 1.153
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.496 0.155 3.197 1.643
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.690 0.108 6.391 1.993
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.514 0.109 4.704 1.671
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.271 0.088 3.077 1.312
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.721 0.167 4.304 2.056
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.564 0.118 4.781 1.758
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.794 0.126 6.312 2.211
HYPOXEMIA 0.692 0.185 3.736 1.998
LAPAROSCOPIC GASTROENTEROSTOMY 0.885 0.174 5.073 2.423
LAPAROSCOPIC LYSIS OF PERITONEAL ADHESIONS 0.466 0.049 9.465 1.594
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.231 0.027 8.443 1.260
OTHER PARTIAL RESECTION OF SMALL INTESTINE 1.604 0.108 14.815 4.972
OTHER REPAIR OF INTESTINE 2.482 0.125 19.809 11.966
OTHER REPAIR OF STOMACH 0.560 0.087 6.445 1.752
OTHER SPECIFIED CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 0.410 0.180 2.282 1.507
PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY WITH ANASTOMOSIS TO JEJUNUM OR JEJUNAL TRANSPOSITION 0.509 0.143 3.550 1.663
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.402 0.163 2.460 1.494
SexFemale -0.146 0.031 -4.735 0.864
SMALL-TO-SMALL INTESTINAL ANASTOMOSIS 0.934 0.109 8.553 2.545
UMBILICAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.291 0.088 3.299 1.338
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Carotid Procedures
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.105 0.050 2.109 1.111
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE - INCLUSIVE 0.821 0.062 13.156 2.273
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.479 0.030 15.716 1.614
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.414 0.086 4.799 1.513
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.249 0.109 2.284 1.283
Age70To74 0.076 0.024 3.196 1.079
Age75To79 0.190 0.024 8.025 1.210
Age80To84 0.252 0.025 9.887 1.286
Age85To89 0.419 0.030 14.017 1.521
Age90AndOver 0.416 0.047 8.795 1.515
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.420 0.078 5.404 1.523
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.271 0.036 7.547 1.311
APHASIA 0.479 0.030 15.848 1.615
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.225 0.068 3.311 1.253
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.278 0.074 3.775 1.320
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.122 0.020 5.965 1.129
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.188 0.072 2.605 1.207
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.646 0.079 8.126 1.908
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.090 0.020 4.560 1.094
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.293 0.064 4.577 1.341
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.365 0.026 14.063 1.441
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.652 0.051 12.788 1.920
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.232 0.032 7.165 1.262
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.255 0.049 5.219 1.291
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.180 0.028 6.538 1.198
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.291 0.026 11.081 1.338
ENDARTERECTOMY OF OTHER VESSELS OF HEAD AND NECK 6 0.445 0.054 8.213 1.561
ENDOVASCULAR REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTION FROM HEAD AND NECK VESSEL(S) 1.204 0.052 22.967 3.334
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.328 0.062 5.334 1.388
FACIAL WEAKNESS 0.404 0.032 12.557 1.498
HD101_CVG DISORDERS OF LIPOID METABOLISM - INCLUSIVE 0.041 0.017 2.384 1.042
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.200 0.064 3.133 1.222
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.442 0.072 6.121 1.556
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.311 0.041 7.594 1.365
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.314 0.042 7.394 1.368
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.188 0.045 4.196 1.206
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.194 0.025 7.762 1.214
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.854 0.064 13.294 2.348
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.190 0.021 9.152 1.209
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.579 0.050 11.572 1.785
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.435 0.056 7.788 1.545
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.299 0.047 6.328 1.348
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.701 0.034 20.799 2.015
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.993 0.104 9.550 2.701
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Carotid Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.122 0.049 2.494 1.129
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.103 0.087 12.664 3.012
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.266 0.039 6.908 1.305
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.118 0.148 7.556 3.058
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.215 0.038 5.694 1.240
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.135 0.050 2.684 1.144
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.290 0.066 4.413 1.336
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.273 0.049 5.620 1.314
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.430 0.049 8.833 1.537
INFARCTION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY - INCLUSIVE 0.522 0.054 9.625 1.685
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.111 0.016 6.872 1.118
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.290 0.092 3.160 1.337
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.105 0.049 2.161 1.111
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.242 0.027 8.809 1.274
OTHER CONVULSIONS 0.368 0.099 3.726 1.446
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.233 0.062 3.773 1.263
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.247 0.073 3.404 1.280
PERCUTANEOUS ANGIOPLASTY OF EXTRACRANIAL VESSEL(S) 0.546 0.053 10.388 1.726
PERCUTANEOUS INSERTION OF CAROTID ARTERY STENT(S) 0.477 0.053 9.052 1.611
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.727 0.124 13.901 5.625
Procedure on Single Vessel - CAR specific 0.347 0.047 7.304 1.414
SexFemale 0.044 0.016 2.756 1.045
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.356 0.053 6.712 1.427
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.279 0.102 2.744 1.322
UNSPECIFIED CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH CEREBRAL INFARCTION - INCLUSIVE 0.316 0.064 4.946 1.371
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Defibrillator Procedures
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.783 0.136 5.746 2.188
Age70To74 0.056 0.031 1.819 1.058
Age75To79 0.074 0.031 2.375 1.077
Age80To84 0.127 0.034 3.795 1.136
Age85To89 0.100 0.042 2.396 1.105
Age90AndOver 0.193 0.076 2.526 1.213
ANEMIA IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 0.136 0.051 2.690 1.146
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.215 0.058 3.705 1.239
ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY OF LEFT HEART STRUCTURES -0.165 0.035 -4.670 0.848
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.086 0.021 4.025 1.090
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.081 0.038 2.112 1.084
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.134 0.033 4.011 1.144
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.210 0.049 4.258 1.233
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.106 0.047 2.284 1.112
COMBINED RIGHT AND LEFT HEART ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY 0.316 0.094 3.369 1.372
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2.022 0.069 29.342 7.553
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 1.439 0.035 41.030 4.216
CORONARY ARTERIOGRAPHY USING A SINGLE CATHETER 0.195 0.030 6.604 1.216
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.119 0.037 3.240 1.127
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.371 0.036 10.217 1.449
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.280 0.033 8.516 1.323
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.153 0.030 5.095 1.165
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.210 0.048 4.421 1.234
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.320 0.053 6.008 1.377
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 0.382 0.140 2.728 1.465
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.114 0.046 2.459 1.121
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.241 0.024 9.947 1.273
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.329 0.074 4.439 1.389
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.265 0.036 7.382 1.303
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.097 0.041 2.355 1.101
HEMODIALYSIS 0.448 0.060 7.475 1.565
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.107 0.044 2.450 1.113
IMPLANT OF PULSATION BALLOON 1.011 0.114 8.870 2.749
IMPLANTATION OF RECHARGEABLE CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION [CCM], TOTAL SYSTEM 0.511 0.077 6.651 1.667
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO LEFT VENTRICULAR CORONARY VENOUS SYSTEM 0.083 0.031 2.653 1.087
INFECTION AND INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO CARDIAC DEVICE, IMPLANT, AND GRAFT 0.835 0.212 3.944 2.304
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.191 0.076 2.529 1.211
Non Coronary procedures 0.612 0.193 3.171 1.844
NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION 0.654 0.054 12.111 1.923
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.390 0.137 2.841 1.477
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.386 0.096 4.004 1.471
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.991 0.218 4.555 2.693
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Defibrillator Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER/DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD(S) ONLY 0.409 0.035 11.540 1.505
RIGHT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.361 0.057 6.338 1.435
SECONDARY THROMBOCYTOPENIA 0.465 0.162 2.875 1.592
SexFemale 0.171 0.023 7.453 1.187
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.778 0.146 5.320 2.177
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.144 0.045 3.232 1.155
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.945 0.055 17.097 2.572
UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF PERICARDIUM 0.407 0.088 4.634 1.502
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.252 0.060 4.201 1.287
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Gallbladder Removal Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACIDOSIS 0.324 0.023 14.294 1.382
ACUTE AND CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS 0.142 0.038 3.736 1.152
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS 0.097 0.015 6.403 1.102
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.149 0.048 3.077 1.161
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.110 0.049 2.255 1.117
Age70To74 0.159 0.016 9.659 1.172
Age75To79 0.299 0.017 17.836 1.349
Age80To84 0.414 0.018 23.388 1.514
Age85To89 0.547 0.020 27.712 1.727
Age90AndOver 0.697 0.025 28.183 2.007
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.180 0.037 4.805 1.197
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.221 0.030 7.251 1.247
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.112 0.013 8.319 1.118
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.196 0.045 4.392 1.217
CALCULUS OF GALLBLADDER WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, WITH OBSTRUCTION 0.180 0.028 6.530 1.197
CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.495 0.066 7.523 1.640
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.183 0.015 11.972 1.201
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.416 0.018 23.613 1.516
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.532 0.036 14.610 1.702
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.325 0.023 13.896 1.384
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.149 0.034 4.329 1.161
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.106 0.012 8.688 1.112
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.089 0.023 3.804 1.093
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.196 0.017 11.320 1.217
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.314 0.062 5.091 1.369
ENDOSCOPIC INSERTION OF STENT (TUBE) INTO BILE DUCT 0.612 0.020 30.781 1.844
ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY [ERCP] 0.118 0.035 3.351 1.126
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.221 0.041 5.318 1.247
EXPLORATION OF COMMON BILE DUCT 0.319 0.031 10.236 1.376
HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.428 0.023 18.215 1.534
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.198 0.070 2.816 1.219
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.210 0.033 6.426 1.234
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.475 0.026 18.128 1.608
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.273 0.029 9.305 1.313
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.176 0.049 3.577 1.192
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.594 0.037 15.862 1.812
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.045 0.017 2.690 1.046
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.632 0.021 29.560 1.882
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.307 0.017 17.870 1.360
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.163 0.026 6.336 1.177
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.171 0.031 5.491 1.187
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.153 0.028 5.497 1.165
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.371 0.060 6.240 1.450
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Gallbladder Removal Surgery (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.359 0.046 7.832 1.431
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.446 0.085 5.242 1.562
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.255 0.020 12.885 1.291
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.065 0.015 4.273 1.067
HYPEROSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPERNATREMIA 0.403 0.051 7.832 1.496
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.118 0.037 3.161 1.125
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.113 0.020 5.716 1.120
INCISIONAL HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.122 0.059 2.057 1.130
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY -0.382 0.065 -5.870 0.682
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.158 0.073 15.780 3.182
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.216 0.019 11.416 1.242
OTHER ASCITES 0.490 0.038 12.745 1.632
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.339 0.053 6.445 1.403
OTHER PARTIAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY 0.512 0.098 5.241 1.669
OTHER PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION 0.682 0.119 5.728 1.978
PERFORATION OF GALLBLADDER 0.417 0.033 12.729 1.517
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.202 0.018 11.138 1.223
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.290 0.066 4.427 1.337
Pressure Ulcer Stage III 0.374 0.119 3.138 1.453
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.228 0.093 13.225 3.414
SEPTIC SHOCK 0.577 0.036 16.238 1.781
SEVERE SEPSIS 0.102 0.033 3.082 1.107
SexFemale -0.190 0.012 -16.341 0.827
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.249 0.070 3.567 1.283
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.627 0.038 16.618 1.872
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Hip Fracture Treatment
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.087 0.028 3.071 1.090
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.092 0.027 3.399 1.096
ACIDOSIS 0.411 0.023 17.763 1.508
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL EPISODE OF CARE 0.217 0.041 5.334 1.242
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.126 0.013 10.024 1.134
Age-Related or Other Osteoporosis w current pathological fracture 0.061 0.017 3.658 1.063
Age70To74 0.144 0.018 8.071 1.155
Age75To79 0.277 0.017 16.504 1.319
Age80To84 0.385 0.016 23.674 1.470
Age85To89 0.488 0.016 30.188 1.628
Age90AndOver 0.621 0.016 38.208 1.860
ALL SENILE DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.130 0.008 15.545 1.139
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.065 0.012 5.182 1.067
ANXIETY STATE, UNSPECIFIED 0.032 0.011 2.974 1.032
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.168 0.014 12.043 1.183
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.107 0.008 13.783 1.113
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.110 0.028 3.922 1.117
CACHEXIA 0.099 0.027 3.668 1.104
CARDIOMEGALY 0.100 0.041 2.454 1.105
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.087 0.009 9.323 1.090
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.174 0.032 5.417 1.190
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.284 0.020 14.540 1.329
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.395 0.025 15.877 1.485
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.220 0.022 10.095 1.246
CLOSED FRACTURE OF INTERTROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR 0.164 0.013 12.830 1.178
CLOSED FRACTURE OF SUBTROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR 0.309 0.016 18.994 1.362
CLOSED FRACTURE OF SURGICAL NECK OF HUMERUS 0.212 0.046 4.567 1.236
CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED INTRACAPSULAR SECTION OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.067 0.013 -5.077 0.935
CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED PART OF NECK OF FEMUR -0.089 0.013 -7.013 0.915
CLOSED FRACTURE OF UNSPECIFIED TROCHANTERIC SECTION OF FEMUR -0.361 0.024 -15.359 0.697
CLOSED FRACTURES OF OTHER PART OF DISTAL END OF RADIUS (ALONE) 0.074 0.029 2.543 1.076
CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION 0.167 0.012 13.696 1.181
CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITHOUT INTERNAL FIXATION 0.258 0.028 9.218 1.294
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 3.685 0.048 77.225 39.830
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.278 0.030 9.188 1.320
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.338 0.016 20.798 1.403
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.076 0.010 7.931 1.079
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.103 0.016 6.232 1.108
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.104 0.012 8.488 1.109
Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA 0.410 0.084 4.883 1.506
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.239 0.023 10.365 1.270
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Hip Fracture Treatment (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.339 0.028 12.120 1.403
FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK 0.122 0.028 4.432 1.130
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.127 0.032 3.979 1.135
HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.386 0.013 29.131 1.471
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.138 0.020 6.993 1.148
HD108_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN W/O CHG OR FAIL 0.189 0.052 3.658 1.209
hd109_CVG NON-MALIG HYPERTEN & REN WITH CHF 0.335 0.022 14.896 1.398
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.201 0.020 10.172 1.223
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.464 0.013 35.580 1.591
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.201 0.018 11.429 1.222
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.219 0.024 9.177 1.245
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.723 0.022 32.615 2.061
HD122_CVG ASTHMA 0.034 0.016 2.101 1.035
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.219 0.012 17.691 1.245
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.471 0.048 9.741 1.602
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.116 0.014 8.231 1.123
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.116 0.021 5.469 1.123
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.089 0.023 3.946 1.093
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.132 0.013 10.514 1.141
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.450 0.018 25.594 1.568
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.482 0.040 12.094 1.620
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.511 0.028 18.174 1.666
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.337 0.056 6.066 1.401
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.369 0.026 14.438 1.446
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.176 0.016 10.796 1.193
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.117 0.018 6.332 1.124
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.142 0.008 18.721 1.153
MITRAL AND AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR INSUFFICIENCY 0.209 0.034 6.156 1.232
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.074 0.019 3.959 1.077
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.140 0.017 8.117 1.150
OPEN REDUCTION OF FRACTURE OF FEMUR WITH INTERNAL FIXATION 0.130 0.011 11.546 1.139
OTHER ASCITES 0.445 0.066 6.738 1.560
OTHER DISEASES OF LUNG, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.245 0.066 3.685 1.277
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.293 0.027 10.686 1.341
OTHER LATE EFFECTS OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 0.232 0.045 5.098 1.261
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.123 0.023 5.397 1.131
PARALYTIC ILEUS 0.434 0.085 5.096 1.543
PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 0.099 0.034 2.930 1.104
PARTIAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.467 0.012 39.294 1.595
PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE 0.180 0.035 5.172 1.197
PERCUTANEOUS (ENDOSCOPIC) GASTROSTOMY (PEG) 1.690 0.057 29.519 5.422
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.052 0.008 6.532 1.054
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO INHALATION OF FOOD OR VOMITUS 0.150 0.045 3.303 1.162
POSTINFLAMMATORY PULMONARY FIBROSIS 0.240 0.034 7.147 1.271
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 2.093 0.071 29.490 8.107
RHABDOMYOLYSIS 0.087 0.033 2.639 1.091
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Hip Fracture Treatment (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.071 0.023 3.016 1.073
SexFemale -0.274 0.007 -37.278 0.760
SLDV667_CVG PALLIATIVE CARE RISK REGARDLESS OF POA 1.504 0.019 79.615 4.498
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.092 0.014 6.460 1.096
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.142 0.013 11.113 1.153
TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT 0.359 0.019 19.240 1.432
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.459 0.008 55.937 1.582
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS RHEUMATIC 0.208 0.032 6.496 1.231
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.567 0.031 18.029 1.764
VASCULAR DEMENTIA, UNCOMPLICATED 0.221 0.029 7.531 1.247
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Hip Replacement
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.634 0.098 6.465 1.884
AdmitSourceXferNonHospital 0.642 0.173 3.719 1.901
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.482 0.146 3.297 1.620
Age70To74 0.179 0.019 9.527 1.196
Age75To79 0.375 0.019 19.278 1.454
Age80To84 0.611 0.021 28.977 1.843
Age85To89 0.838 0.025 33.319 2.312
Age90AndOver 1.030 0.040 25.785 2.802
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.100 0.031 3.282 1.105
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.395 0.037 10.655 1.484
ASEPTIC NECROSIS OF HEAD AND NECK OF FEMUR - 0.316 0.031 10.219 1.372
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.205 0.019 10.961 1.228
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.190 0.074 2.583 1.210
Bi-Lateral Hip Replacement (DRG16179, PX16170, PX16169, PX16174) 0.390 0.107 3.647 1.477
BODY MASS INDEX LESS THAN 19, ADULT 0.429 0.101 4.230 1.536
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.318 0.020 15.765 1.374
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.377 0.032 11.651 1.458
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.340 0.039 8.713 1.405
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.330 0.038 8.629 1.391
DEMENTIA IN CONDITIONS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCE 0.846 0.070 12.127 2.331
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.203 0.035 5.817 1.225
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.380 0.028 13.610 1.463
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.193 0.018 10.543 1.212
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.191 0.016 12.224 1.211
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.474 0.071 6.660 1.607
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.622 0.032 19.693 1.863
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 1.006 0.116 8.705 2.735
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.497 0.055 9.058 1.643
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.647 0.040 16.131 1.910
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.372 0.042 8.770 1.451
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.174 0.057 3.067 1.190
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.135 0.075 15.112 3.111
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.198 0.020 9.869 1.219
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.237 0.034 6.913 1.267
HD152_CVG HYPOTENSION, UNSP OR NEC 0.450 0.066 6.829 1.568
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.087 0.059 18.295 2.964
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.396 0.037 10.778 1.486
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.565 0.055 10.246 1.759
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.686 0.039 17.729 1.985
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.579 0.093 6.256 1.785
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.486 0.023 20.861 1.625
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.078 0.017 4.549 1.081
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.635 0.059 10.839 1.887
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Hip Replacement (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.394 0.051 7.781 1.483
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.285 0.016 17.839 1.330
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.126 0.043 2.937 1.135
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.180 0.020 9.245 1.198
OSTEOARTHROSIS, UNSPECIFIED WHETHER GENERALIZED OR LOCALIZED, UNSPECIFIED SITE - 715.90 0.160 0.048 3.348 1.173
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.365 0.068 5.326 1.440
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.197 0.062 3.191 1.218
OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES - INCLUSIVE 0.339 0.154 2.204 1.403
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.098 0.014 6.813 1.103
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.203 0.087 13.870 3.329
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.161 0.059 2.725 1.174
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.485 0.046 10.587 1.625
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.243 0.028 8.644 1.276
UNSPECIFIED INTRAPELVIC PROTRUSION OF ACETABULUM, PELVIC REGION AND THIGH 0.407 0.086 4.727 1.502
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Pacemaker Procedures
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM WITHOUT MENTION OF RUPTURE 0.147 0.052 2.811 1.159
ABNORMAL COAGULATION PROFILE 0.144 0.052 2.761 1.155
ACIDOSIS 0.130 0.030 4.397 1.139
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS 0.436 0.062 7.005 1.546
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION, INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT EPISODE OF CARE 0.099 0.039 2.509 1.104
ACUTE POSTHEMORRHAGIC ANEMIA 0.124 0.057 2.184 1.132
AdmitSourceXferSkilledNursing 0.109 0.050 2.192 1.115
ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE 0.338 0.069 4.916 1.403
Age70To74 0.049 0.026 1.876 1.050
Age75To79 0.138 0.025 5.500 1.148
Age80To84 0.208 0.025 8.456 1.232
Age85To89 0.291 0.025 11.609 1.338
Age90AndOver 0.384 0.027 14.358 1.467
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.216 0.037 5.769 1.241
ANEMIA IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 0.073 0.033 2.202 1.076
ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE 0.155 0.035 4.410 1.167
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.072 0.020 3.643 1.075
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION 0.311 0.142 2.184 1.365
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES, UNSPECIFIED 0.345 0.095 3.620 1.412
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF RENAL ARTERY 0.272 0.082 3.307 1.312
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.049 0.013 3.659 1.050
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.131 0.022 6.091 1.140
BACTEREMIA 0.171 0.072 2.359 1.186
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.062 0.017 3.631 1.064
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE II (MILD) 0.283 0.046 6.100 1.328
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.358 0.018 19.823 1.430
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.459 0.030 15.351 1.583
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.263 0.023 11.348 1.300
CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF CORONARY ARTERY 0.250 0.057 4.398 1.284
COMBINED RIGHT AND LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.567 0.051 11.037 1.763
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE 2.743 0.076 35.888 15.539
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR LESS THAN 96 CONSECUTIVE HOURS 1.979 0.031 63.342 7.233
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.099 0.018 5.481 1.105
Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA 0.402 0.159 2.524 1.494
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.340 0.045 7.626 1.405
HD105_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION WITH CHF 0.184 0.020 9.309 1.202
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.161 0.025 6.382 1.175
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.178 0.019 9.297 1.195
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.157 0.021 7.469 1.170
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.461 0.033 14.130 1.585
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.522 0.031 17.007 1.686
HD142_CVG SEPSIS 0.350 0.047 7.388 1.419
HD144_CVG ANTERIOR/LATERAL WALL AMI 0.400 0.143 2.788 1.491
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Pacemaker Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.061 0.025 2.456 1.062
HD151_CVG ENCEPHALOPATHY 0.120 0.034 3.496 1.127
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.111 0.025 4.495 1.118
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.105 0.027 3.896 1.111
HD158_CVG PNEUMONIA Bacterial and Unspecified 0.083 0.033 2.488 1.086
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.344 0.028 12.487 1.411
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.332 0.021 15.973 1.393
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.408 0.034 12.188 1.504
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.055 0.025 2.196 1.057
IMPLANTATION OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKER WITHOUT MENTION OF DEFIBRILLATION, TOTAL SYSTEM [CRT-P] 1.513 0.065 23.323 4.539
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKER PULSE GENERATOR ONLY [CRT-P] 0.770 0.048 16.050 2.161
IMPLANTATION OR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO LEFT VENTRICULAR CORONARY VENOUS SYSTEM 0.200 0.064 3.119 1.222
INITIAL INSERTION OF DUAL-CHAMBER DEVICE 0.709 0.046 15.472 2.033
INITIAL INSERTION OF LEAD [ELECTRODE], NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 0.442 0.059 7.472 1.557
INITIAL INSERTION OF SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, NOT SPECIFIED AS RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.680 0.048 14.213 1.975
INITIAL INSERTION OF SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.749 0.069 10.816 2.115
INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO ATRIUM 0.611 0.068 9.005 1.843
INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO VENTRICLE 0.591 0.039 15.172 1.806
INITIAL INSERTION OF TRANSVENOUS LEAD [ELECTRODES] INTO ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE 0.530 0.038 13.850 1.699
INSERTION OF PERMANENT PACEMAKER, INITIAL OR REPLACEMENT, TYPE OF DEVICE NOT SPECIFIED 0.648 0.179 3.622 1.911
INSERTION OF TEMPORARY TRANSVENOUS PACEMAKER SYSTEM 0.457 0.020 23.042 1.580
INSERTION OR REPLACEMENT OF EPICARDIAL LEAD [ELECTRODE] INTO EPICARDIUM 1.352 0.084 16.122 3.866
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.027 0.013 2.011 1.027
LEFT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.470 0.023 20.370 1.599
LEFT HEART FAILURE 0.333 0.124 2.694 1.395
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, UNSPECIFIED 0.280 0.088 3.168 1.323
Non Coronary procedures 1.154 0.127 9.067 3.170
NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION 1.111 0.035 31.396 3.038
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.585 0.076 7.740 1.796
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.245 0.059 4.170 1.278
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.527 0.132 3.996 1.693
PULMONARY COLLAPSE 0.133 0.046 2.882 1.142
REMOVAL OF LEAD(S) [ELECTRODE] WITHOUT REPLACEMENT 1.354 0.059 22.979 3.872
REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH DUAL-CHAMBER DEVICE 0.595 0.047 12.672 1.813
REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF PACEMAKER DEVICE WITH SINGLE-CHAMBER DEVICE, NOT SPECIFIED AS RATE-RESPONSIVE 0.763 0.077 9.874 2.145
REPLACEMENT OF TRANSVENOUS ATRIAL AND/OR VENTRICULAR LEAD(S) [ELECTRODE(S)] 1.103 0.032 34.555 3.012
REVISION OF LEAD [ELECTRODE] 2.570 0.029 88.077 13.068
REVISION OR REMOVAL OF PACEMAKER DEVICE 0.506 0.059 8.569 1.659
RIGHT HEART CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 0.731 0.066 11.007 2.076
SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (OF RENAL ORIGIN) 0.133 0.057 2.350 1.142
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Pacemaker Procedures (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
SexFemale 0.185 0.013 14.739 1.203
SLP3606_CVG INSERTION OF NON-DRUG-ELUTING CORONARY ARTERY STENT(S) 0.362 0.111 3.263 1.436
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.885 0.034 25.847 2.423
TRICUSPID VALVE DISORDERS, SPECIFIED AS NONRHEUMATIC 0.174 0.051 3.390 1.191
UNSPECIFIED PLEURAL EFFUSION 0.411 0.036 11.284 1.508
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Peripheral Vascular Bypass
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS, ANKLE AND FOOT 0.502 0.086 5.842 1.652
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.559 0.061 9.091 1.749
Age70To74 0.042 0.037 1.132 1.043
Age75To79 0.206 0.038 5.405 1.229
Age80To84 0.336 0.042 7.975 1.400
Age85To89 0.393 0.051 7.732 1.481
Age90AndOver 0.492 0.071 6.885 1.635
ANGIOPLASTY OF OTHER NON-CORONARY VESSEL(S) 0.550 0.036 15.112 1.734
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.285 0.064 4.472 1.330
ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF LOWER EXTREMITY 0.431 0.048 8.900 1.539
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF AORTA 0.203 0.075 2.697 1.225
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH GANGRENE 0.429 0.036 11.809 1.535
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH REST PAIN 0.214 0.033 6.408 1.238
ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES WITH ULCERATION 0.197 0.035 5.633 1.218
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.127 0.034 3.690 1.135
CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF LEG AND FOOT, EXCEPT TOES 0.209 0.044 4.749 1.233
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.586 0.036 16.162 1.797
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.850 0.071 11.893 2.339
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.339 0.051 6.672 1.404
DEPENDENCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN 0.221 0.074 2.996 1.247
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.207 0.028 7.392 1.229
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.356 0.057 6.247 1.428
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.377 0.051 7.392 1.458
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.387 0.064 6.019 1.472
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.435 0.060 7.315 1.546
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.837 0.108 7.767 2.308
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.723 0.055 13.238 2.060
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.210 0.098 2.136 1.233
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.672 0.153 4.401 1.958
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.916 0.151 6.082 2.499
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.272 0.057 4.799 1.313
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 1.204 0.221 5.445 3.334
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.239 0.093 2.560 1.270
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.338 0.066 5.124 1.403
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.225 0.073 3.062 1.252
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.224 0.026 8.524 1.251
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS 0.103 0.039 2.625 1.108
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.177 0.080 2.218 1.193
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.926 0.287 3.223 2.525
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.136 0.051 2.684 1.146
OTHER ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTA 0.723 0.114 6.330 2.060
OTHER SPECIFIED CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS 0.227 0.055 4.113 1.255
Pressure Ulcer Stage IV 0.511 0.227 2.250 1.667
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 2.178 0.196 11.133 8.826
PROCEDURE ON SINGLE VESSEL - FP SPECIFIC 2.020 0.166 12.175 7.541
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Peripheral Vascular Bypass (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
SexFemale 0.119 0.026 4.492 1.126
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.463 0.077 6.007 1.589
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Prostate Removal Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
Age70To74 0.117 0.034 3.483 1.124
Age75To79 0.406 0.043 9.492 1.501
Age80To84 0.666 0.064 10.396 1.946
Age85To89 0.998 0.095 10.503 2.713
Age90AndOver 0.963 0.191 5.029 2.619
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.290 0.080 3.623 1.336
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.263 0.130 2.024 1.300
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.648 0.188 3.441 1.912
Bladder neck obstruction 0.397 0.095 4.163 1.487
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.376 0.055 6.829 1.456
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.472 0.078 6.031 1.604
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.531 0.159 3.338 1.700
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.222 0.038 5.757 1.248
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.633 0.204 3.096 1.883
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.207 0.032 6.536 1.230
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.877 0.173 5.076 2.403
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.696 0.066 10.566 2.006
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.662 0.151 4.372 1.939
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.643 0.115 5.574 1.902
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.338 0.211 6.343 3.811
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 1.561 0.121 12.905 4.766
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.227 0.103 2.206 1.255
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.995 0.144 6.924 2.705
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.281 0.125 2.246 1.324
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.622 0.170 3.659 1.863
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.783 0.150 5.228 2.188
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.456 0.079 5.789 1.578
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.198 0.045 4.369 1.220
HYDRONEPHROSIS 0.346 0.093 3.726 1.413
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.650 0.127 5.114 1.915
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.509 0.133 3.834 1.663
LAPAROSCOPIC ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.545 0.032 -16.990 0.580
Malignant neoplasm of bladder, part unspecified 1.193 0.064 18.667 3.298
Malignant neoplasm of other specified sites of bladder 1.449 0.136 10.658 4.261
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.320 0.136 2.350 1.377
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.293 0.049 5.988 1.340
OPEN ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -0.315 0.086 -3.661 0.730
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE -1.448 0.587 -2.469 0.235
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.609 0.155 3.927 1.838
Other specified disorder of male genital organs 1.069 0.280 3.820 2.914
PERINEAL PROSTATECTOMY -1.377 0.230 -5.987 0.252
PERITONEAL ADHESIONS (POSTOPERATIVE) (POSTINFECTION) 0.504 0.057 8.880 1.655
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.383 0.196 7.053 3.987
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.978 0.117 8.379 2.659
URINARY TRACT INFECTION, SITE NOT SPECIFIED 0.400 0.091 4.407 1.492
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Spinal Fusion
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
Age70To74 0.157 0.018 8.561 1.170
Age75To79 0.302 0.020 15.281 1.353
Age80To84 0.409 0.025 16.227 1.505
Age85To89 0.568 0.039 14.636 1.765
Age90AndOver 0.836 0.085 9.794 2.307
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.556 0.099 5.592 1.743
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.191 0.032 5.888 1.210
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.371 0.049 7.547 1.449
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.180 0.024 7.531 1.197
ATRIAL FLUTTER 0.368 0.090 4.099 1.444
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.156 0.022 7.071 1.169
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.288 0.038 7.502 1.333
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.209 0.046 4.597 1.233
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITHOUT MENTION OF ALCOHOL 0.389 0.115 3.392 1.475
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.137 0.018 7.804 1.146
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.107 0.020 5.454 1.113
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.224 0.028 7.887 1.251
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.338 0.027 12.528 1.403
Diabetes with neurological manifestations, type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled OR uncontrolled_RA 0.445 0.156 2.849 1.561
DRG 453 - COMBINED ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION W MCC 3.211 0.034 93.786 24.805
DRG 456 - SPINAL FUS EXC CERV W SPINAL CURV/MALIG/INFEC OR 9+ FUS W MCC 3.027 0.054 55.581 20.633
DRG 459 - SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL W MCC 2.904 0.021 136.100 18.245
EXCISION OF BONE FOR GRAFT, UNSPECIFIED SITE 0.109 0.024 4.549 1.115
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.184 0.017 10.830 1.202
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.692 0.073 9.485 1.998
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.492 0.037 13.390 1.635
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.555 0.052 10.578 1.742
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.312 0.061 5.133 1.366
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.754 0.081 9.314 2.125
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.184 0.024 7.840 1.203
HD148_CVG DIAB W UNSPECIFIED MANIFESTATIONS 0.271 0.067 4.023 1.311
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.147 0.035 4.234 1.158
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.635 0.064 9.946 1.886
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.291 0.045 6.399 1.338
HD156_CVG DYSPHAGIA 0.765 0.050 15.380 2.149
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.748 0.065 11.444 2.113
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.538 0.047 11.484 1.713
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.366 0.026 13.962 1.442
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.132 0.019 6.926 1.141
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.386 0.046 8.339 1.471
KYPHOSIS (ACQUIRED) (POSTURAL) 0.310 0.045 6.929 1.363
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.132 0.054 2.433 1.142
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 1.349 0.123 11.001 3.854
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Spinal Fusion (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.188 0.020 9.305 1.207
OTHER CHRONIC NONALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE 0.273 0.076 3.601 1.313
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.323 0.072 4.488 1.381
OTHER EXPLORATION AND DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL CANAL 0.206 0.023 8.914 1.229
OTHER KYPHOSCOLIOSIS AND SCOLIOSIS 0.310 0.022 14.177 1.363
OTHER SPECIFIED RETENTION OF URINE 0.352 0.062 5.669 1.423
PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.297 0.053 5.655 1.346
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.090 0.016 5.546 1.094
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 0.862 0.125 6.907 2.368
REPAIR OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURE 0.281 0.070 4.015 1.324
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.378 0.066 5.764 1.460
SCOLIOSIS [AND KYPHOSCOLIOSIS], IDIOPATHIC 0.575 0.061 9.452 1.776
SexFemale -0.186 0.016 -11.646 0.830
SPONDYLOSIS WITH MYELOPATHY, THORACIC REGION 0.347 0.100 3.460 1.415
THORACIC SPONDYLOSIS WITHOUT MYELOPATHY 0.388 0.105 3.697 1.474
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.369 0.051 7.216 1.447
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.188 0.027 6.872 1.207
TRANSFUSION OF PACKED CELLS 0.980 0.026 37.678 2.665
TRANSFUSION OF PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD 0.156 0.052 2.974 1.169
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Total Knee Replacement
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.474 0.089 5.341 1.607
Age70To74 0.136 0.013 10.438 1.146
Age75To79 0.336 0.014 24.533 1.400
Age80To84 0.551 0.016 35.056 1.735
Age85To89 0.745 0.021 35.526 2.105
Age90AndOver 1.057 0.040 26.218 2.878
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.653 0.062 10.600 1.922
ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.074 0.023 3.205 1.077
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.341 0.029 11.654 1.407
AORTOCORONARY BYPASS STATUS 0.059 0.023 2.578 1.061
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - INCLUSIVE 0.223 0.014 15.973 1.250
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.261 0.016 16.349 1.298
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.412 0.024 17.195 1.509
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.432 0.028 15.257 1.540
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, UNSPECIFIED - INCLUSIVE [DX7937 / RISK] 0.325 0.029 11.342 1.383
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.245 0.013 18.136 1.277
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.212 0.023 9.277 1.236
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with Ophthalmic/Renal Manifestations, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.398 0.019 21.171 1.489
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), without mention of complication, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.180 0.012 14.548 1.197
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA WITHOUT MENTION OF OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE 0.208 0.033 6.287 1.231
EPILEPSY, UNSPECIFIED, WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY 0.308 0.048 6.438 1.361
FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK 0.328 0.057 5.801 1.388
GENU VALGUM (ACQUIRED) 0.066 0.026 2.489 1.068
HD103_CVG HYPERTENSION 0.163 0.012 13.666 1.177
HD104_CVG NON-MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION W/O CHF 0.482 0.050 9.665 1.620
HD106_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE W/O FAILURE 0.571 0.023 24.414 1.770
HD107_CVG NON-MALIGNANT RENAL DISEASE WITH FAILURE 0.885 0.091 9.765 2.423
HD115_CVG PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 0.891 0.029 31.261 2.438
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.296 0.033 8.923 1.345
HD117_CVG NARROWING OF PRECEREBRAL ARTERY 0.232 0.045 5.150 1.261
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 1.090 0.057 19.186 2.973
HD122_CVG ASTHMA 0.035 0.016 2.134 1.035
HD126_CVG HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE 0.207 0.016 12.648 1.230
HD150_CVG OTHER/UNSPEC PERIPH VASC DISEASE 0.197 0.028 7.013 1.218
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 1.367 0.046 29.490 3.924
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.370 0.028 13.112 1.447
HD171_CVG CHRONIC SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.630 0.044 14.304 1.878
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.677 0.029 23.369 1.969
HD175_CVG CHRONIC COMBINED DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.724 0.074 9.787 2.063
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.383 0.015 26.350 1.466
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.069 0.011 5.998 1.071
HEART VALVE REPLACED BY OTHER MEANS 0.144 0.041 3.548 1.155
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Total Knee Replacement (continued)
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.610 0.043 14.052 1.840
HYPOPOTASSEMIA 0.298 0.039 7.615 1.347
INTERMEDIATE CORONARY SYNDROME AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED ANGINA PECTORIS 0.215 0.013 16.591 1.240
LONG-TERM (CURRENT) USE OF STEROIDS 0.078 0.032 2.436 1.081
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.152 0.033 4.662 1.165
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 2.049 0.060 34.092 7.758
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.248 0.013 19.027 1.282
OTHER EMPHYSEMA 0.491 0.056 8.770 1.635
OTHER LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.273 0.047 5.800 1.314
PARALYSIS AGITANS 0.352 0.045 7.905 1.422
PERSONAL HISTORY OF TOBACCO USE, PRESENTING HAZARDS TO HEALTH 0.144 0.011 13.429 1.155
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.197 0.062 19.171 3.311
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - INCLUSIVE 0.067 0.025 2.637 1.069
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 0.205 0.044 4.625 1.228
SexFemale -0.031 0.011 -2.777 0.970
TACHYCARDIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.449 0.080 5.584 1.566
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.360 0.036 9.975 1.434
TOBACCO USE DISORDER 0.269 0.024 11.368 1.309
Total Knee Replacement (DRG16179, PX16164, PX16163, PX16173) -0.708 0.024 -29.269 0.493
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Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery
Factor List Coefficient Standard
Error Z-Stat Odds Ratio
AdmitSourceXferHospital 0.265 0.084 3.147 1.304
Age70To74 0.172 0.054 3.167 1.188
Age75To79 0.308 0.053 5.835 1.361
Age80To84 0.421 0.053 7.890 1.524
Age85To89 0.442 0.056 7.822 1.555
Age90AndOver 0.623 0.065 9.585 1.865
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 0.405 0.087 4.668 1.499
AORTIC VALVE DISORDERS 0.256 0.080 3.223 1.292
Bladder neck obstruction 0.137 0.050 2.752 1.147
CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED 0.119 0.043 2.747 1.127
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE III (MODERATE) 0.432 0.044 9.897 1.541
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE IV (SEVERE) 0.541 0.074 7.274 1.718
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STAGE V 0.670 0.211 3.177 1.953
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED 0.321 0.053 6.058 1.378
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF NATIVE OR UNSPECIFIED CORONARY VESSEL 0.168 0.033 5.077 1.183
Diabetes Mellitus (type II, or unspecified, or Secondary), with neurological manifestations/peripheral circulatory disorders, uncontrolled OR not stated as uncontrolled_RA 0.237 0.066 3.613 1.268
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE 0.619 0.116 5.345 1.858
HD101_CVG DISORDERS OF LIPOID METABOLISM - INCLUSIVE 0.093 0.030 3.068 1.098
HD114_CVG CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 0.525 0.076 6.911 1.691
HD116_CVG CARDIOMYOPATHY 0.518 0.070 7.418 1.678
HD119_CVG CHRONIC BRONCHITIS 0.748 0.096 7.769 2.114
HD127_CVG MALNUTRITION 0.545 0.065 8.397 1.725
HD154_CVG DEHYDRATION 0.336 0.059 5.704 1.400
HD155_CVG CHRONIC ANEMIA 0.251 0.061 4.133 1.286
HD170_CVG ACUTE SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.642 0.131 4.903 1.900
HD172_CVG ACUTE DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.644 0.119 5.388 1.903
HD173_CVG CHRONIC DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.372 0.072 5.197 1.450
HD174_CVG ACUTE COMBINED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.620 0.188 3.306 1.860
HD176_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 40 AND OVER 0.236 0.084 2.802 1.266
HD177_CVG BODY MASS INDEX 30-39 0.141 0.055 2.575 1.151
HYDRONEPHROSIS 0.191 0.049 3.917 1.210
HYPERPOTASSEMIA 0.271 0.065 4.161 1.311
HYPOSMOLALITY AND/OR HYPONATREMIA 0.229 0.058 3.922 1.258
MITRAL VALVE DISORDERS 0.279 0.102 2.737 1.322
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME 0.707 0.297 2.382 2.027
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (ADULT) (PEDIATRIC) 0.277 0.054 5.138 1.319
PrimaryFacilityPresentOnAdmissionKnownPercent 1.076 0.230 4.686 2.934
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, UNSPECIFIED 0.372 0.071 5.256 1.450
UNSPECIFIED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE 0.504 0.213 2.364 1.656
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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 0.745 0.738 0.752 Not evaluated at 30 days
Appendectomy 0.780 0.777 0.784 Not evaluated at 30 days
Back and Neck Surgery (without Spinal Fusion) 0.706 0.699 0.712 Not evaluated at 30 days
Bariatric Surgery 0.667 0.659 0.674 Not evaluated at 30 days
Bowel Obstruction 0.897 0.894 0.900 0.852 0.849 0.855
Carotid Surgery 0.711 0.707 0.715 Not evaluated at 30 days
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 0.873 0.870 0.877 0.774 0.772 0.776
Colorectal Surgeries 0.916 0.913 0.919 0.896 0.893 0.898
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery 0.809 0.802 0.816 0.778 0.772 0.785
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient) 0.886 0.884 0.889 0.846 0.843 0.848
Cranial Neurosurgery 0.944 0.941 0.946 0.890 0.887 0.893
Defibrillator Procedures 0.698 0.693 0.703 Not evaluated at 30 days
Diabetic Emergencies 0.881 0.874 0.888 0.806 0.801 0.811
Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries 0.844 0.840 0.848 0.812 0.810 0.815
Gallbladder Removal Surgery 0.709 0.706 0.711 Not evaluated at 30 days
Gastrointestinal Bleed 0.891 0.888 0.894 0.815 0.813 0.818
Heart Attack (stent available) 0.895 0.894 0.897 0.858 0.857 0.860
Heart Attack (stent not available) 0.859 0.852 0.865 0.804 0.798 0.810
Heart Failure 0.895 0.894 0.897 0.787 0.786 0.788
Hip Fracture Treatment 0.703 0.702 0.705 Not evaluated at 30 days
Hip Replacement 0.703 0.699 0.706 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pacemaker Procedures 0.739 0.736 0.742 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pancreatitis 0.886 0.879 0.894 0.839 0.833 0.846
Peripheral Vascular Bypass 0.705 0.699 0.711 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pneumonia 0.860 0.858 0.863 0.797 0.795 0.799
Prostate Removal Surgery 0.714 0.707 0.722 Not evaluated at 30 days
Pulmonary Embolism 0.900 0.896 0.905 0.850 0.846 0.854
Respiratory Failure 0.906 0.904 0.907 0.847 0.846 0.849
Sepsis 0.901 0.901 0.902 0.867 0.866 0.868
Small Intestine Surgeries 0.885 0.881 0.889 0.882 0.879 0.885
Spinal Fusion 0.796 0.793 0.799 Not evaluated at 30 days
Stroke 0.938 0.937 0.939 0.881 0.879 0.882
Total Knee Replacement 0.699 0.697 0.702 Not evaluated at 30 days
Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery 0.668 0.661 0.676 Not evaluated at 30 days
Valve Surgery 0.794 0.788 0.800 0.757 0.751 0.762
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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