Table 5 Most frequent ICD codes by chapter for patients’ non-cancer specialist visits
From: Non-oncology physician visits after diagnosis of cancer in children
Chapter | ICD code | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Signs & symptoms | General symptoms | 510 | 19.0 |
Symptoms involving respiratory system | 394 | 14.7 | |
Pyrexia of unknown origin | 274 | 10.2 | |
Other nonspecific abnormal findings | 173 | 6.4 | |
Symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems | 147 | 5.5 | |
Additional codes | Laboratory | 12843 | 82.8 |
Ear tests | 1961 | 12.6 | |
X-Ray | 268 | 1.7 | |
Eye tests | 131 | .8 | |
Abdominal pain | 127 | .8 | |
Nervous system | Other conditions of brain | 383 | 12.2 |
Nonsuppurative otitis media and eustachian tube disorders | 286 | 9.1 | |
Strabismus and other disorders of binocular eye movements | 286 | 9.1 | |
Epilepsy | 246 | 7.8 | |
Suppurative and unspecified otitis media | 179 | 5.7 | |
Injuries & poisoning | Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified | 437 | 38.5 |
Complications peculiar to certain specified procedures | 107 | 9.4 | |
Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified | 96 | 8.5 | |
Fracture of radius and ulna | 44 | 3.9 | |
Fracture of tibia and fibula | 40 | 3.5 |