Financial implications of coding inaccuracies in patients undergoing elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Suniah Ayub, MD, MPH, Salvatore T. Scali, MD, Julie Richter, MBA, Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD, Adam W. Beck, MD, Javairiah Fatima, MD, Scott A. Berceli, MD, PhD, Gilbert R. Upchurch, MD, Dean Arnaoutakis, MD, Martin R. Back, MD, Kristina A. Giles, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 210-218 (January 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.04.027 Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Exclusion criteria for study. AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm; AUI, aortouni-iliac; EVARs, endovascular aneurysm repairs; FEVAR, fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair; TEVAR, thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2019 69, 210-218DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2018.04.027) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Costs of endograft and hospitalization over time. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2019 69, 210-218DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2018.04.027) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Observed endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) hospitalization cost and expected fiscal year 2014 reimbursement by complexity. MS-DRG, Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2019 69, 210-218DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2018.04.027) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions