Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopies

Completeness of coding within a group of codes: G14, G19, G43-G45 (3-digit level)
2004 - 2006 QA sample data (extract from SMR01 National data)

			Main Operation - code which should have been recorded
			Upper gastrointestinal endoscopies							Other procedures		SMR Total
			G14	G17	G19	G43	G44	G45	Total	J43	Total
Main	Upper	G19			1							1
Operation	gastrointestinal	G43	2			4						6
as recorded	endoscopies	G44					6					6
om SMR01		G45	1	1		1		221		1		225
	QA Total		3	1	1	5	6	221	237	1	1	238
Other procedures		G55						1
		T87						1
		X33						2
		X55						4
Operation omitted on SMR						1		7
QA under-recorded total						1		15	16
Number of required codes									253

 

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	Group correctly coded			Group under-recorded
	Group over-recorded			Group recorded on SMR01

 

The Group was recorded with:	Accuracy	95% CI	Sensitivity	Completeness
	99.6%	0.8%	93.7%	94.1%

 

Description of OPCS4.2 codes
Upper GI endoscopy codes		Non-upper GI endoscopy codes
G14	Fibreoptic endoscopic extirpation of lesion of oesophagus	G55	Diagnostic endoscopic examination of duodenum
G15	Other therapeutic fibreoptic endoscopic operations on oesophagus	J43	Diagnostic endoscopic retrograde examination of bile duct and pancreatic duct
G16	Diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of oesophagus
G17	Endoscopic extirpation of lesion of oesophagus using rigid oesophagoscope	T87	Excision or biopsy of lymph node
		X33	Other blood transfusion
G18	Other therapeutic endoscopic operations on oesophagus using rigid oesophagoscope	X55*	Other operations on unspecified organ
G19	Diagnostic endoscopic examination of oesophagus using rigid oesophagoscope
G43	Fibreoptic endo extirpation of lesion of upper gastrointestinal tract
G44	Other fibreoptic therapeutic endo ops on upper gastrointestinal tract
G45	Diagnostic fibreoptic endo exam on upper gastrointestinal tract
* this code was used for scans and some other imaging procedures in OPCS4.2

 

Interpreting the table