Procedural codes integration

[shah-in-boots]

Procedural codes by CMS need to be integrated into the package dataset such they can be evaluated and selected for in claims-based data.

Overarching aims for procedural code additions:

• Inclusion of 2023 (or most recent) updated ICD and CPT/HCPCS code lists into internal package data, along with internal documentation of procedural codes
• Function to generate procedural dataset safely with pipe-friendly approaches for code extraction
• Cardiovascular-focused code extraction to help simplify data mining tasks

Specific tasks:

• procedure_codes() function generates appropriate procedural codes
• update procedure_codes() with previous years of data (although weary of data size)
• code_to_description() function converts codes appropriately to their descriptive version (as strings)
• Document the types of procedures and diagnostic codes that are covered