Table 2 Number and distribution of the most common discharge diagnoses, by type of admission
Type of admission | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency (N = 421) | Elective (N = 299) | Day hospital (N = 165) | Overall (N=885) | |||||||||||||
Discharge diagnosis (ICD-9-CM codes) | Primary codea | Any codeb | Primary codea | Any codeb | Primary codea | Any codeb | Primary codea | Any codeb | ||||||||
N | (%) | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
ALS (335.20) | 112 | (26.6) | 335 | (79.6) | 154 | (51.5) | 233 | (77.9) | 122 | (73.9) | 132 | (80.0) | 388 | (43.8) | 700 | (79.1) |
Respiratory failure (518.81-.84) | 117 | (27.8) | 192 | (45.6) | 49 | (16.4) | 79 | (26.4) | 6 | (3.6) | 9 | (5.4) | 172 | (19.4) | 280 | (31.6) |
Acute (518.81) | 93 | (22.1) | 138 | (32.8) | 44 | (14.7) | 59 | (19.7) | - | 2 | (1.2) | 137 | (15.5) | 199 | (22.5) | |
Chronic (518.83) | 3 | (0.7) | 9 | (2.1) | 2 | (0.7) | 15 | (5.0) | 6 | (3.6) | 6 | (3.6) | 11 | (1.2) | 30 | (3.4) |
Acute on chronic (518.84) | 12 | (2.8) | 25 | (5.9) | 1 | (0.3) | 2 | (0.7) | - | - | 13 | (1.5) | 27 | (3.0) | ||
Unidentified (518.82) | 9 | (2.1) | 21 | (5.0) | 2 | (0.7) | 3 | (1.0) | - | 1 | (0.6) | 11 | (1.2) | 25 | (2.8) | |
Diseases of the respiratory system (460-519) | 71 | (16.9) | 156 | (37.0) | 7 | (2.3) | 30 | (10.0) | - | 5 | (3.0) | 78 | (8.8) | 191 | (21.6) | |
Pneumonia and influenza (480-487) | 44 | (10.4) | 105 | (24.9) | 5 | (1.7) | 19 | (6.3) | - | 2 | (1.2) | 49 | (5.5) | 126 | (14.2) | |
Aspiration pneumonia (507.0) | 10 | (2.4) | 18 | (4.3) | - | 1 | (0.3) | - | - | 10 | (1.1) | 19 | (2.1) | |||