Definitions of cardiovascular disease at baseline using DBC codes

DBC codes are standardized national codes used in the Netherlands health care providers use to describe patients’ care episodes, encompassing diagnostics, interventions, and follow-up, for administrative and reimbursement purposes. Below are the translated codes used to define baseline presence of CV disease in the EHR, the ICD10 codes used are available in the manussript.

Codes for baseline presence of cardiovascular disease
Insurance Code Specialty Description
2320 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG, vein graft and max. 1 arterial gaft
2400 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (>=2 art. grafts)
2400 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (?2 art. grafts)
2415 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (1 art.) + MVR
2425 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (1 art.) + AVR
2470 Cardio-thoracic surgery Left ventricle plasty
2550 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG + MPL +/- TPL
2550 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG + MPL +/- TPL
2555 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (2 art.) + MVR
2560 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (1art.) + AVR + MVR
2570 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG (2 art.) + AVR
2585 Cardio-thoracic surgery CABG + HOCM
2630 Cardio-thoracic surgery VT + CABG
2635 Cardio-thoracic surgery Maze + CABG
2640 Cardio-thoracic surgery VSR + CABG
2645 Cardio-thoracic surgery MPL + AVR + CABG
2650 Cardio-thoracic surgery MPL + CABG (2 art.)
2655 Cardio-thoracic surgery AVR + CABG + HOCM
2665 Cardio-thoracic surgery Aorta root+ CABG
2720 Cardio-thoracic surgery Aorta dissection +/- CABG
2740 Cardio-thoracic surgery Ao. asc. + CABG
2770 Cardio-thoracic surgery Aorta root + CABG + MPL/MVR
2785 Cardio-thoracic surgery Maze + CABG of AVR + MPL +/- TPL
2810 Cardio-thoracic surgery Thoracic-abdominal aneurysm
3320 Cardio-thoracic surgery Aortic abdominal aneurysm
15 Cardiology Follow up after PTCA and/or CABG
202 Cardiology Angina
203 Cardiology Unstable angina
204 Cardiology STEMI
205 Cardiology NSTEMI
801 Cardiology Follow-up after ACS
263 Geriatrics Cerebrovascular accident/TIA
101 Internal medicine Symptomatic ischemic heart disease
102 Internal medicine Unstable angina/myocardial infarction
121 Internal medicine Cerebrovascular accident/TIA
124 Internal medicine Peripheral artery disease
1111 Neurology Cerebral infarction
1112 Neurology TIA
0313 Rehabilitation medicine Cerebrovascular accident
406 Surgery Abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured
418 Surgery Peripheral artery disease, fontaine II
419 Surgery Peripheral artery disease, fontaine III
420 Surgery Peripheral artery disease, fontaine IV