Wednesday 03 July 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7912
Date Request Received: 26/04/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 10/05/2024 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Hospital treatments for abortion complications
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the total number of patients in which their treatment was coded as 'Pregnancy with abortive outcome' using one of the following ranges: O030-O39 Spontaneous abortion, O040-O049 Medical abortion, or O070-O079 Failed attempted abortion – I have included a full set of the required ICD-10 codes at the bottom of this request. For each individual code, as noted below, I would like the totals for each twelve-months period from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2023. My preference is the totals in each calendar year, Jan-Dec, but understand if you are only able to provide this in your chosen financial years, e.g., April – March, in which case from 01 April 2016 to 31 March 2024. ICD-10 codes to be included: O030: spontaneous abortion - incomplete, complicated by genital tract and pelvic infection O031: spontaneous abortion - incomplete, complicated by delayed or excessive haemorrhage O032: spontaneous abortion - incomplete, complicated by embolism O033: spontaneous abortion - incomplete, with other and unspecified complications O034: spontaneous abortion - incomplete, without complication O035: spontaneous abortion - complete or unspecified, complicated by genital tract and pelvic infection O036: spontaneous abortion - complete or unspecified, complicated by delayed or excessive haemorrhage O037: spontaneous abortion - complete or unspecified, complicated by embolism O038: spontaneous abortion - complete or unspecified, with other and unspecified complications O039: spontaneous abortion - complete or unspecified, without complication O040: medical abortion - incomplete, complicated by genital tract and pelvic infection O041: medical abortion - incomplete, complicated by delayed or excessive haemorrhage O042: medical abortion - incomplete, complicated by embolism O043: medical abortion - incomplete, with other and unspecified complications O044: medical abortion - incomplete, without complication O045: medical abortion - complete or unspecified, complicated by genital tract and pelvic infection O046: medical abortion - complete or unspecified, complicated by delayed or excessive haemorrhage O047: medical abortion - complete or unspecified, complicated by embolism O048: medical abortion - complete or unspecified, with other and unspecified complication O049: medical abortion - complete or unspecified, without complication O070: failed medical abortion, complicated by genital tract and pelvic infection O071: failed medical abortion, complicated by delayed or excessive haemorrhage O072: failed medical abortion, complicated by embolism O073: failed medical abortion, with other and unspecified complications O074: failed medical abortion, without complication O075: other and unspecified failed attempted abortion, complicated by genital tract and pelvic infection O076: other and unspecified failed attempted abortion, complicated by delayed or excessive haemorrhage O077: other and unspecified failed attempted abortion, complicated by embolism O078: other and unspecified failed attempted abortion, with other and unspecified complications O079: other and unspecified failed attempted abortion, without complication <<< | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to the FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Please note that small number results have been replaced with <=5 to protect patient confidentiality. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_7912 - Hospital treatments for abortion complications.xlsx | |
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