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Table 1 Case definitions

From: Extracorporeal liver support: trending epidemiology and mortality - a nationwide database analysis 2007–2015

Disease / Procedure

Specification

ICD / OPS coding

Extracorporal liver support therapy

“Liver dialysis”

OPS 8–858

Liver transplantation

Liver transplantation (all variants)

OPS 5–504

Evaluation for liver transplantation

 “Evaluation & no waiting list”

Complete evaluation, without inclusion of a patient on an organ transplantation waiting list

OPS 1–920.04

Partial evaluation without inclusion of a patient on an organ transplantation waiting list

OPS 1–920.14

 “Evaluation & waiting list”

Complete evaluation, with inclusion of a patient on an organ transplantation waiting list

OPS 1–920.24

 “Reevaluation”

Re-evaluation, with inclusion or retention of a patient on an organ transplantation waiting list

OPS 1–920.34

Re-evaluation, with removal of a patient from an organ transplantation waiting list

OPS 1–920.44

  1. ICD International Classification of Disease, OPS Operations & Procedures Coding. For details see text