Table a1 Definitions of complications following cryotherapy

From: Treatment profile and complications associated with cryotherapy for localized prostate cancer: A population-based study

Complications

Medical codes

 

Diagnoses

Procedures

 

ICD-9-CM

ICD-9-CM

CPT/HCPCS

Erectile

   

 Impotence, dysfunction

607.84

  

 Penile prosthesis

 

64.94, 64.95,64.96,64.97

54400, 54401, 54402, 54405, 54407, 4408, 54409, 54410, 54411, 54415, 54416, 54417, C1007, C1813, C2622, C3500, C8514, C8516, C8534, L7900

 Intracavernosal injection

  

54231, 54235, J0270, J0275, J2440, J2760

Lower urinary tract obstruction

   

 Stricture, obstruction, retention

596.0, 598x, 599.6, 788.2x

  

 Dilation, urethrotomy, urethroplasty, sphincterotomy

 

57.85, 57.91, 57.92, 58.0, 58.1, 58.3x, 58.44, 58.46, 58.47, 58.5, 58.6, 58.99, 60.95

52275, 52276, 52281, 52510, 53010, 53400, 53405, 53410, 53415, 53420, 53425, 53600, 53601, 53605, 53620, 53621

 Transurethral prostate resection/destruction

 

60.2x

52601, 52612, 52614, 52620, 52630, 53850, 53852

 Urethral stent

  

2282

 Injection for stricture

  

52283

Urinary incontinence

   

 Incontinence, sphincter, deficiency

788.3x, 599.82

  

 Urethra, sphincter injection

 

59.72

51715

 Artificial sphincter

 

58.93

53445, 53447

 Incontinence repair (sling, urethroplasty)

 

59.3, 59.4, 59.5, 59.6, 59.71, 59.79

53440, 51840, 51841, 53442, 53443

Urinary fistula

596.1, 596.2, 599.1

57.83, 57.84, 58.43

44660, 44661, 53520

 Urethral fistula

5991

  

 Intestinovesical fistula

5961

  

 Vesical fistula NEC

5962

  

 Repair of a bowel-bladder fistula or closure of urethrostomy

 

5783, 5784, 5843

44660, 44661, 53520

Bowel fistula

   

 Fistula, ulcer

569.41, 569.81

48.73, 48.93

45800, 45805, 45820, 45825

 Rectal repair, colostomy

 

46.1x, 48.31, 48.32, 48.33

45562, 45563

Hydronephrosis

   

 Distention of the renal pelvic and calices of the kidney with urine

591

  

Bowel bleeding

   

 Hemorrhage, inflammation

558.1, 569.3, 578.9

  
  1. Abbreviations: CPT, current procedural terminology; HCPCS, Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System; ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification.
  2. Medical codes regarding diagnoses and corrective invasive procedures for complications occurring after cryotherapy as initial treatment for prostate cancer.
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