Table 1. Coding details for surgery type and comorbidities NOMESCO Surgery type codea A (if surgery on intracranial Intracranial structures) A (if not intracranial Neurological structures) Endocrine B Eye C Ear/nose/throat D Thoracic/pulmonary G Breast H J (if surgery on esophagus, ventricle, or Abdominal (bowel) intestines) J (if not esophagus, Abdominal ventricle, or intestines) K (if surgery on urethra, prostate, scrotum, or Male reproductive penis) K (if not urethra, prostate, scrotum, or Urology penis) Female reproductive L N (if surgery on arm, ankle orthopedic or foot) N (if not arm, ankle Major orthopedic or foot) P (if surgery on or venous Non-arterial vessels vessels) P (if not Arterial vessels lymph or
Table 1. Coding details for surgery type and comorbidities Surgery type NOMESCO codea Intracranial A (if surgery on intracranial structures) Neurological A (if not intracranial structures) Endocrine B Eye C Ear/nose/throat D Thoracic/pulmonary G Breast H Abdominal (bowel) J (if surgery on esophagus, ventricle, or intestines) Abdominal J (if not esophagus, ventricle, or intestines) Male reproductive K (if surgery on urethra, prostate, scrotum, or penis) Urology K (if not urethra, prostate, scrotum, or penis) Female reproductive L orthopedic N (if surgery on arm, ankle or foot) Major orthopedic N (if not arm, ankle or foot) Non-arterial vessels P (if surgery on or venous vessels) Arterial vessels P (if not lymph or
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