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Lap-band Diagnosis Codes

    Basic Details
    Date Posted
    Status
    Complete
    Medical Product
    gastric lap band
    Health Outcome(s)
    bariatric surgery
    gastric band procedure
    Description

    Summary table assessment of four ICD9-CM (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification) diagnosis codes related to Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System (see next sheet for codes queried) including, "morbid obesity" (ICD9-CM Code 278.01), "other complications of gastric band procedure" (ICD9-CM Code 539.09), "fitting & adjustment of gastric lap band" (ICD9-CM Code V53.51), and "bariatric surgery status" (ICD9-CM Code V45.86) in the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database. Results were generated using the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Query Tool and the ICD-9-CM 5-Digit Diagnosis Code Summary Table. Summary tables are precompiled stratified counts.  Queries were executed in January 2013. This report includes data from 17 Data Partners. Queries were run in the outpatient setting.

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    Additional Details
    FDA Center
    CDER
    Time Period
    2006 - 2011
    Analysis Type
    Mini-Sentinel
    Data Sources
    Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD)