Table 2 The first diagnosis registered at hospital for patients hospitalized within 12 h following an emergency call, according to emergency call categorization as callspecific or callunclear given as number (N) and percent (%)
From: The difficult medical emergency call: A register-based study of predictors and outcomes
Main chapter of ICD-10 | Callspecific | Callunclear | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
55,557 (83.2%) | 11,233 (16.8%) | 66,790 | |
I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 586 (1.1) | 466 (4.2) | 1,052 (1.6) |
II. Neoplasms | 142 (0.3) | 89 (0.8) | 231 (0.4) |
III. Diseases of the blood and blood forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 207 (0.4) | 89 (0.8) | 296 (0.4) |
IV. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 927 (1.7) | 552 (4.9) | 1,479 (2.2) |
V. Mental and behavioural disorders | 1,738 (3.1) | 454 (4.0) | 2,192 (3.3) |
VI. Diseases of the nervous system | 1,470 (2.7) | 287 (2.6) | 1,757 (2.6) |
VII. Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 29 (0.1) | 5 (<0.1) | 34 (0.1) |
VIII. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 72 (0.1) | 111 (1.0) | 183 (0.3) |
IX. Diseases of the circulatory system | 5,049 (9.1) | 1,006 (9.0) | 6,055 (9.1) |
X. Diseases of the respiratory system | 3,259 (5.9) | 511 (4.6) | 3,770 (5.6) |
XI. Diseases of the digestive system | 1,786 (3.2) | 372 (3.3) | 2,158 (3.2) |
XII. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 97 (0.2) | 38 (0.3) | 135 (0.2) |
XIII. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 981 (1.8) | 319 (2.8) | 1,300 (2.0) |
XIV. Diseases of the genitourinary system | 886 (1.6) | 323 (2.9) | 1,209 (1.8) |
XV. Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium | 332 (0.6) | 22 (0.2) | 354 (0.5) |
XVI. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 3 (<0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (<0.1) |
XVII. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 12 (<0.1) | 1 (<0.1) | 13 (<0.1) |
XVIII. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 7,987 (14.4) | 3,052 (27.2) | 11,039 (16.5) |
XIX. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 19,237 (34.6) | 1,348 (12.0) | 20,585 (30.8) |
XX. External causes of morbidity and mortality | 55 (0.1) | 4 (<0.1) | 59 (0.1) |
XXI. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services | 10,702 (19.3) | 2,184 (19.4) | 12,886 (19.3) |
XXII. Codes for special purposes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |