The APDC episode’s primary procedure code is a CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY ACHI procedure code listed in Joshy et al. 2015 “Categorising major cardiovascular disease hospitalisations from routinely collected data”
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The APDC episode’s primary diagnosis code has an ICD-10-AM diagnosis code that would be associated with receiving a CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY as listed in Joshy et al. 2015 “Categorising major cardiovascular disease hospitalisations from routinely collected data”