• Emily J MacKay, Mandy K Salmon, Mia R Fatuzzo, Mark D Neuman, Nimesh D Desai, Peter W Groeneveld, and John G Augoustides.
• Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation (CPORT), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Penn's Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center (CAVOQER), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: emily.mackay@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
• J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2021 Nov 1; 35 (11): 3193-3198.

ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to assess the validity of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) claims data for the identification of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during cardiac surgery.DesignThis study was a retrospective, cohort analysis.SettingThis study used data from electronic medical records (EMRs), in combination with CPT billing claims data, from two hospitals within the Penn Medicine Health System-Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.ParticipantsThe cohort consisted of adult patients, aged ≥18 years, undergoing open cardiac valve surgery (repair or replacement), coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or aortic surgery between April 1 and October 31, 2019.InterventionsAgreement between TEE identified using CPT billing code(s) (93312-8 with or without 93320-1 or 93325) and TEE identified by manual EMR review.Measurements And Main ResultsAs identified by a reference standard (ie, EMR review) of the 873 cases that met inclusion criteria, 867 (99.31%) cases were performed with TEE and six cases were performed without TEE (<1%). Of the 867 cases performed with TEE, CPT code(s) correctly identified 866 cases, as indicated by having at least one of the CPT codes (93312-8 with or without 93320-1 or 93325). These CPT codes identified intraoperative TEE with a 99.88% sensitivity, 100.00% specificity, 100.00% positive predictive value, and 85.71% negative predictive value. When billing claims for TEE were restricted to the CPT code 93312 alone, the results were identical.ConclusionsBilling claims using CPT code(s) identified true intraoperative TEE with a high sensitivity, specificity, excellent positive predictive value, and moderate negative predictive value. These results demonstrated that claims data are a valuable data source from which to study the effect of TEE in cardiac surgical patients.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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