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Table 1 Case definitions

From: Exploring relationships between in-hospital mortality and hospital case volume using random forest: results of a cohort study based on a nationwide sample of German hospitals, 2016–2018

Indication

Main definition / ICD-10-GM codes / OPS codes

Further inclusion criteria

Stroke

Main diagnosis: I60, I61, I63, or I64

Age > 19 years

Myocardial infarction

Main diagnosis: I21 or I22

Age > 19 years

Colorectal resection

OPS codes: 5–455, 5–456, 5–484, 5–485

ICD-10-GM: C18-C20

Ventilation > 24 h

Ventilation for more than 24 h (both invasive and non-invasive)

Age > 27 days

COPD

Main diagnosis: J44

Age > 19 years, no tumor (C00 – C97, D00 – D09)

Pneumonia

Main diagnosis: A48.1, J10.0, J11.0, or J12 – J18

Age > 19 years, no tumor (C00 – C97, D00 – D09), no mucoviscidosis (E84, U69.00), no transfer from other hospital