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11-31. the 50 Most Common Reasons For Hospitalization in SC Nonfederal Acute Care Hospitals July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1997

                                                                                              TOTAL       AVERAGE  % OF TOTAL
  DRG                         DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP NAME                    DISCHARGES     CHARGES       CHARGE  DISCHARGES

391 NORMAL NEWBORN 32,664 $29,291,162 $897 7.3 373 VAGINAL DELIVERY W/O COMPLICATING DIAGNOSES 27,108 $91,180,099 $3,364 6.0 127 HEART FAILURE & SHOCK 12,698 $114,606,208 $9,026 2.8 430 PSYCHOSES 8,930 $68,475,551 $7,668 2.0 14 SPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS EXCEPT TIA 8,489 $96,846,152 $11,408 1.9 89 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA & PLEURISY AGE >17 W CC 7,603 $75,077,778 $9,875 1.7 390 NEONATE W OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS 7,504 $11,504,844 $1,533 1.7 371 CESAREAN SECTION W/O CC 7,399 $45,003,195 $6,082 1.6 88 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE 7,108 $61,145,338 $8,602 1.6 359 UTERINE & ADNEXA PROC FOR NON-MALIGNANCY W/O CC 6,778 $51,133,084 $7,544 1.5 182 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT & MISC DIGEST DISORDERS AGE > 17 WCC 6,764 $43,943,576 $6,497 1.5 209 MAJOR JOINT & LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF LOWER EXTREMITY 5,993 $128,063,946 $21,369 1.3 112 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES 5,985 $123,343,842 $20,609 1.3 174 G.I. HEMORRHAGE W CC 5,653 $47,366,182 $8,379 1.3 143 CHEST PAIN 5,398 $25,181,485 $4,665 1.2 296 NUTRITIONAL & MISC METABOLIC DISORDERS AGE >17 W CC 4,912 $38,413,137 $7,820 1.1 124 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, W CARD CATH & COMPLEX DIAG. 4,723 $53,363,960 $11,299 1.0 374 VAGINAL DELIVERY W STERILIZATION &/OR D&C 4,623 $25,365,321 $5,487 1.0 416 SEPTICEMIA AGE >17 4,586 $63,128,674 $13,766 1.0 372 VAGINAL DELIVERY W COMPLICATING DIAGNOSES 4,496 $19,965,556 $4,441 1.0 79 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS & INFLAMMATIONS AGE >17 W CC 4,292 $65,065,001 $15,160 1.0 183 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT & MISC DIGEST DISORDERS AGE > 17 W/O CC 4,080 $19,315,489 $4,734 0.9 98 BRONCHITIS & ASTHMA AGE 0-17 3,993 $16,529,533 $4,140 0.9 215 BACK & NECK PROCEDURES W/O CC 3,975 $39,354,083 $9,900 0.9 462 REHABILITATION 3,909 $61,838,189 $15,819 0.9 138 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA & CONDUCTION DISORDERS W CC 3,886 $26,632,086 $6,853 0.9 389 FULL TERM NEONATE W MAJOR PROBLEMS 3,727 $22,586,074 $6,060 0.8 320 KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AGE >17 W CC 3,578 $27,362,663 $7,647 0.8 383 OTHER ANTEPARTUM DIAGNOSES W MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS 3,575 $11,812,106 $3,304 0.8 358 UTERINE & ADNEXA PROC FOR NON-MALIGNANCY W CC 3,534 $33,715,073 $9,540 0.8 125 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, W CARD CATH W/O COMPLEX DIAG. 3,518 $30,189,279 $8,581 0.8 370 CESAREAN SECTION W CC 3,506 $28,274,420 $8,065 0.8 132 ATHEROSCLEROSIS W CC 3,412 $18,423,277 $5,400 0.8 121 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS W AMI & C.V. COMP. DISCH. ALIVE 3,292 $46,928,276 $14,255 0.7 148 MAJOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES W CC 3,258 $102,754,357 $31,539 0.7 91 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA & PLEURISY AGE 0-17 2,943 $13,305,153 $4,521 0.7 294 DIABETES AGE >35 2,901 $18,545,249 $6,393 0.6 204 DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY 2,848 $28,990,822 $10,179 0.6 470 UNGROUPABLE 2,836 $26,547,012 $9,361 0.6 15 TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK & PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSIONS 2,734 $18,149,058 $6,638 0.6 395 RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS AGE >17 2,700 $22,051,947 $8,167 0.6 122 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS W AMI W/O C.V. COMP DISC ALIVE 2,662 $26,689,949 $10,026 0.6 106 CORONARY BYPASS W CARDIAC CATH 2,628 $120,636,896 $45,904 0.6 184 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT & MISC DIGEST DISORDERS AGE 0-17 2,628 $6,579,197 $2,503 0.6 475 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT 2,501 $88,236,611 $35,281 0.6 243 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS 2,320 $13,129,580 $5,659 0.5 478 OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES W CC 2,257 $50,456,220 $22,355 0.5 130 PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS W CC 2,190 $19,418,547 $8,867 0.5 210 HIP & FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT AGE > 17 W CC 2,111 $36,622,306 $17,348 0.5 316 RENAL FAILURE 2,100 $23,857,023 $11,360 0.5
Source: S.C. Hospital Inpatient Claims Database, State Budget & Control Board, Office of Research & Statistics.

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