Total procedures and interventions
Each episode has 12 procedure and intervention fields (four prior to 2002-03). The total procedures and interventions table provides an aggregate summary of codes from all the procedure and intervention fields including the main procedure and intervention.
The codes are presented at the 3-character level.
Procedure and interventions are recorded using OPCS-4. During 2006-07, the version of OPCS used to record procedures and interventions in HES changed from OPCS-4.2 to OPCS-4.3. Further revisions were made in 2007-08 bringing us to version 4.4. All codes that were in OPCS-4.2 & 4.3 remain in OPCS-4.4, new codes were added to reflect changing clinical practice.
Special note
The 2008-09 Total Procedures and Interventions table was amended on 26/04/2010 to correct an error in labelling of the final column. The "Day Case" figures were incorrectly labelled as "FCE bed days".
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Responsible statistician
The responsible statistician for this publication is Chris Dew, HES/SUS Analysis (Service) Section Head (enquiries@ic.nhs.uk, 0845 300 6016).
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