TABLE 3.
Frequency of principal diagnoses at index hospitalization for graft-versus-host disease following liver transplantation
| ICD-9 | ICD-10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | ICD code | Description | Rate (%) | ICD code | Description | Rate (%) |
| 1 | 99682 | Complications of transplanted liver | 66.9 | T8649 | Other complications of liver transplant | 48.6 |
| 2 | 4019 | Unspecified essential hypertension | 36.7 | D61818 | Other pancytopenia | 48.5 |
| 3 | 78959 | Other ascites | 24.3 | I10 | Essential (primary) hypertension | 35.3 |
| 4 | 5849 | Acute kidney failure, unspecified | 23.1 | Z944 | Liver transplant status | 34.2 |
| 5 | 5715 | Cirrhosis of liver without mention of alcohol | 21.1 | E871 | Hypoosmolality and hyponatremia | 29.3 |
| 6 | V441 | Gastrostomy status | 20.0 | Y830 | Surgical operation with transplant of whole organ | 28.5 |
| 7 | 2761 | Hypoosmolality | 19.5 | Z87891 | Personal history of nicotine dependence | 27.5 |
| 8 | V4283 | Pancreas transplant status | 19.1 | Z515 | Palliative care | 27.3 |
| 9 | V427 | Liver transplant status | 19.1 | E43 | Unspecified severe protein-energy malnutrition | 27.2 |
| 10 | V4284 | Organ or tissue replaced by transplant, intestines | 19.1 | R6521 | Severe sepsis with septic shock | 26.6 |
| 11 | 5119 | Pleural effusion, not otherwise specified | 19.0 | Z66 | Do not resuscitate | 25.9 |
| 12 | 414 | Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease | 18.7 | J90 | Pleural effusion, not elsewhere classified | 25.2 |
| 13 | 28419 | Other pancytopenia | 17.7 | R197 | Diarrhea, unspecified | 24.1 |
| 14 | V1091 | Personal history of malignant neuroendocrine tumor | 17.4 | N179 | Acute renal failure, unspecified | 23.8 |
| 15 | 99687 | Complications of transplanted intestine | 17.4 | A419 | Sepsis, unspecified | 23.5 |
| 16 | 28800 | Neutropenia, unspecified | 13.3 | E872 | Acidosis | 23.0 |
| 17 | 51881 | Acute respiratory failure | 13.1 | N170 | Acute renal failure with tubular necrosis | 21.5 |
| 18 | 2841 | Pancytopenia | 12.4 | Z7982 | Long-term (current) use of aspirin | 18.6 |
| 19 | 5723 | Portal hypertension | 12.4 | T380X5A | Adverse effect of glucocorticoids and synthetic analogues, initial encounter | 18.4 |
| 20 | 2752 | Disorders of magnesium metabolism | 12.1 | Z7952 | Long-term (current) use of systemic steroids | 18.0 |
Abbreviations: ICD, International Classification of Diseases; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.