List of indicators with their selection criteria (ICD-9-CM codes, and age and sex where applicable) and geographical availability
| Category | Indicator | ICD-9-CM diseases codes and other classifications | Geographical availability |
| Volumes: acute conditions | Total access to emergency room (ER) | Not applicable | All |
| Access to ER for life-threatening conditions (ER emergency) | Triage code: red (life-threatening condition requiring immediate care) | All except Tuscany and Rome | |
| Hospitalisation for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) | Diseases: 410.xx, excluding 410.7x, 410.9x | All | |
| Hospitalisation for ischaemic stroke | Diseases: 433.x1, 434.x1, 436 excluding 430, 431, 432.x | All | |
| Hospitalisation for femoral neck fracture in subject aged ≥65 years | Diseases: 820.xx and age ≥65 (excluding rehabilitation and long-term care) | All | |
| Volumes: scheduled surgery | Knee replacement surgery | Procedures: 81.54, 81.55, 00.80, 00.81, 00.82, 00.83, 00.84 | All |
| Benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery | Diseases: 600.xx, 601.xx, 602.0, 602.1, 602.2, 788.2x, 788.4x; procedures: 60.2x, 60.96, 60.97, men | All | |
| Volumes: oncological surgery | Surgery for malignant neoplasm of breast | Diseases: 174.x, 198.81, 233.0 and procedures: 85.2x, 85.33, 85.34, 85.35, 85.36, 85.4x, women | All |
| Surgery for malignant neoplasm of lung | Diseases: 162.2, 162.3, 162.4, 162.5, 162.8, 162.9, 197.0 and procedures: 32.3, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6, 32.9, 32.29 | All | |
| Surgery for malignant neoplasm of colon and rectum | Colon: diseases: 153.x, 197.5 and procedures: 45.7x, 45.8, 45.9x, 46.03, 46.04, 46.1x; excluded diseases: 48.49, 48.5, 48.6 Rectum: diseases: 154.x, 197.5 and procedures: 48.49, 48.5, 48.6x; excluded procedures: 45.7x, 45.8, 45.9x, 46.03, 46.04, 46.1x | All | |
| Timeliness of procedures | Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty interventions within 90’ in patients with STEMI | Numerator: procedures 00.66, 36.01, 36.02, 36.05, 36.06, 36.07 within 90' from admission Denominator: diseases: 410.xx, excluding 410.7x, 410.9x | All except ATS Milan, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany |
| Surgery within 2 days in femoral neck fracture in subject aged ≥65 years | Numerator: procedures 81.51, 81.52, 79.00, 79.05, 79.10, 79.15, 79.20, 79.25, 79.30, 79.35, 79.40, 79.45, 79.50, 79.55 within 2 days from the admission Denominator: diseases: 820.xx in subjects aged ≥65 years | All |
ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification.