Non-oncology physician visits after diagnosis of cancer in children

BMC Primary Care

Table 4 Most frequent ICD codes by chapter for patients’ family physician visits

Chapter	ICD code	Number	Percent
Signs & symptoms	General symptoms	1667	31.2
	Symptoms involving head and neck	601	11.2
	Symptoms involving skin and other integumentary tissue	578	10.8
	Symptoms involving respiratory system	493	9.2
	Symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems	465	8.7
Respiratory system	Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple or unspecified site	1095	26.5
	Acute nasopharyngitis (common cold)	769	18.6
	Acute pharyngitis	429	10.4
	Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis	379	9.2
	Acute tonsillitis	273	6.6
Additional codes	Laboratory	4925	73.7
	X-Ray	439	6.6
	Abdominal pain	165	2.5
	Injection – Other	150	2.2
	Plantar warts	145	2.2
Nervous system	Suppurative and unspecified otitis media	899	43.5
	Disorders of the conjunctiva	182	8.8
	Nonsuppurative otitis media and eustachian tube disorders	169	8.2
	Disorders of external ear	131	6.3
	Other disorders of ear	128	6.2

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