4507

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION REPORTS

4507.1

Each hospital, unless specifically exempted by SHPDA, shall report annually the number of procedures performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory in the categories specified below by the patient age and patient residence categories specified in Section 4502 (the procedure includes all diagnostic studies, angiographic and physiologic, performed on a patient during one (1) session in the laboratory):

1. (a) Right heart catheterizations (with and without angiography);
2. (b) Left heart catheterizations without coronary angiography;
3. (c) Left heart catheterizations with coronary angiography;
4. (d) Combined right and left heart catheterizations without angiography;
5. (e) Combined right and left heart catheterizations with angiography (other than coronary angiography);
6. (f) Combined right and left heart catheterizations with coronary angiography;
7. (g) Permanent pacemaker implantation;
8. (h) Other cardiac procedures (includes temporary pacemakers);
9. (i) Electrophysiological studies (e.g., HIS Bundle);
10. (j) Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA);
11. (k) Streptokinase thrombolysis; and
12. (l) Other non-cardiac angiographic procedures.

4507.2

Each hospital, unless specifically exempted by SHPDA, shall report annually the number of cardiac catheterization patients in the following categories by each patient age and patient residence category specified in Section 4502:

1. (a) Number of cardiac patients studied;
2. (b) Number of non-cardiac patients studied;
3. (c) Number of patients studied with pre-catheterization diagnosis of the following:

(1) Coronary artery disease;

(2) Coronary artery and valvular or congenital disease;

(3) Valvular or congenital disease only; and

(4) Other diseases.

4507.3 Each hospital, unless specifically exempted by SHPDA, shall report annually the cardiac catheterization mortality (the number of deaths when mortality occurs during or immediately following surgery), reported by the patient age and patient residence categories specified in Section 4502.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 5569 (December 17, 1982), enacting Proposed Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 4742 (October 29, 1982); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 1666 (February 28, 2014).