HPR - Technical Report - Regional Tables 

Exclusions from Length of Stay Analysis by DRG

Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania

DRG Description

DRG

Total Cases

Total Died

Transfers to other GAC

LAMA

Invalid ASG, Age, LOS

Outliers

Total Excluded

N

%

Medical Heart Attack

121- 123

8,213

853

2,003

41

409

59

3,365

41.0%

Heart Failure and Shock

127

12,988

618

440

49

1,025

119

2,251

17.3%

Major Vessel Operations Except Heart

110

1,453

182

39

0

97

20

338

23.3%

Vascular Operations Except Heart

478

2,126

55

34

4

145

13

251

11.8%

Vascular Disorders Except Heart

130

1,891

86

92

5

141

17

341

18.0%

Stroke (Brain Attack)

14

7,053

688

313

21

589

56

1,667

23.6%

Adult Pneumonia

89

9,087

468

133

25

766

81

1,473

16.2%

Adult Lung Infections

79

2,182

307

40

5

135

18

505

23.1%

Lung Cancer

82

1,293

188

38

8

77

9

320

24.7%

Adult Diabetes

294

1,802

22

18

22

193

21

276

15.3%

Kidney Failure

316

1,507

190

64

12

138

10

414

27.5%

Adult Septicemia

416

3,880

561

90

15

398

28

1,092

28.1%

GI Bleeding

174

4,736

148

66

27

432

58

731

15.4%

Major Intestinal Procedures

148

3,927

231

51

1

406

62

751

19.1%

Hip Operations Except Replacements

210

2,595

49

96

2

227

44

418

16.1%