Information on the number of operations relating to rectal and colon cancer in the last three years for which figures are available, is shown in the following table.
Information on the cost of these operations is not available.
FCEs 2003-04 130,451 2004-05 129,357 2005-06 136,979 Notes: 1. Diagnosis (primary diagnosis): The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 2. Finished consultant episode (FCE): An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. 3. Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). 4. Main operation: The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g. time waited, but the figures for “all operations count of episodes” give a more complete count of episodes with an operation. Source: (HES) The Information Centre for health and social care.
The following ICD-10 diagnosis codes were used to look for procedures in the primary procedure field:
C18 Malignant neoplasm of colon
C18.0 Caecum
C18.1 Appendix
C18.2 Ascending colon
C18.3 Hepatic flexure
C18.4 Transverse colon
C18.5 Splenic flexure
C18.6 Descending colon
C18.7 Sigmoid colon
C18.8 Overlapping lesion of colon
C18.9 Colon, unspecified
C19 Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
C20 Malignant neoplasm of rectum
C21 Malignant neoplasm of anus and anal canal
C21.0 Anus, unspecified
C21.1 Anal canal
C21.2 Cloacogenic zone
C21.8 Overlapping lesion of rectum, anus and anal canal
The following ICD-10 codes relate to only the rectum
C19 Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
C20 Malignant neoplasm of rectum
C21.8 Overlapping lesion of rectum, anus and anal canal
Secondary neoplasms
C75.5 Secondary malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum
Insitu neoplasms
D01 Carcinoma in situ of other and unspecified digestive organs
D01.0 Colon
D01.1 Rectosigmoid junction
D01.2 Rectum
D01.3 Anus and anal canal