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Table 4 Discharge diagnoses by ICD-10 chapters

From: Nonspecific complaints in the emergency department – a systematic review

 

Djärv (2)

Quinn (41)

Safwenberg (3)

Bhalla (1)

A00-B99

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 8%

• Sepsis 3%

• Intestinal infectious disease 1%

Infection other than respiratory tract infection or urinary tract infections 7%

C00-D49

Neoplasm 9%

Cancer 10%

D50-D89

Diseases of the blood etc. 2%

• Anaemia 1%

Anaemia 1.5%

Anaemia, unspecified 5%

E00-E89

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disease 9%

• Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte, and acid– base balance 3%

• Volume depletion 1%

• Diabetes mellitus 2%

Dehydration 5.6%

Fluid or electrolyte disturbance 7%

Diabetes/endocrinology diagnosis 10%

Volume depletion 7% Dehydration 5%

F01-F99

Mental and behavioural disorder 5%

G00-G99

Diseases of the nervous system 5%

I00-I99

Diseases of the circulatory system 14%

• Cerebrovascular diseases 6%

• IHD 2%

• AF 1%

• Heart failure 2%

Stroke 4%

TIA 10%

Stroke 8%

Congestive heart failure 9%

Congestive heart failure, unspecified 7%

J00-J99

Diseases of the respiratory system 14%

• Influenza and pneumonia 10%

• Chronic lower respiratory disease 2%

Pneumonia 1.9%

Respiratory tract infection 16%

Pneumonia, unspecified 14%

K00-K95

Diseases of the digestive system 10%

• Gastric ulcer 1%

• Duodenal ulcer 2%

• Other diseases of intestines 2%

• Alcoholic liver disease 2%

Abdominal pain 4%

Constipation 2.3%

Intestinal diseases 5%

Haemorrhage of the gastrointestinal tract 4%

L00-L99

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 1%

M00-M99

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 2%

N00-N99

Diseases of the genitourinary system 10%

• Renal failure 2%

• Cystitis 1%

• Urinary tract infection NAS 6%

UTI 11.3%

Urinary tract Infection 14%

Urinary tract infection, unspecified 13%

R00-R99

Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere 7%

• Dizziness and giddiness 1%

• Malaise and fatigue 1%

• Syncope and collapse 1%

Vertigo 2.3%

Syncope 1.7%

Other malaise and fatigue 29%

Syncope and collapse 11%

Fever and other physiological disturbance 5%

S00-T88

Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes 3%

Fall 4.1%

Z00-Z99

Medical observation and evaluation for suspected diseases and conditions 1%

Social issue 2.7%

Miscellaneous 9.1%