Comparing Emergent and Elective Colectomy Outcomes in Elderly Patients: A NSQIP Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">CPT code</td><td class="align_center">Surgical procedure</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">44140</td><td class="align_center">Colectomy partial with anastomosis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">44146</td><td class="align_center">Colectomy partial with coloproctostomy (low pelvic anastomosis) with colostomy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">44150</td><td class="align_center">Colectomy, total, abdominal, without proctectomy, with ileostomy or ileoproctostomy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">44155</td><td class="align_center">Colectomy, total, abdominal with proctectomy, with ileostomy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">44156</td><td class="align_center">Colectomy, total, abdominal, with proctectomy, with continent ileostomy</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Current Procedural Terminology codes with the associated surgical procedure.</div>

International Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Table 1: Comparing Emergent and Elective Colectomy Outcomes in Elderly Patients: A NSQIP Study 