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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jan 27;60(2):323–327. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03786.x

Table 1.

The ICD-9 codes used for the considered conditions

Group of diseases Disease with ICD-9 codes
Cardio- and cerebrovascular Myocardial infarction (410.xx), angina pectoris (413.xx), stroke (431.xx, 433.x1, 434.x1, 436.xx), heart failure (428.xx)
Malignancies Lung cancer (162.xx), colon cancer (153.xx), breast cancer (females) (174.xx), prostate cancer (185.xx), skin melanoma (172.xx)
Neurogenerative Parkinson’s disease (332.xx), Alzheimer’s disease (331.0)
Pulmonary Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (490.xx, 491.xx, 492.xx, 493.xx, 494.xx, 495.xx, 496.xx), asthma (493.xx), emphysema (492.xx),
Endocrine and metabolic Diabetes mellitus (250.xx), goiter (240.xx, 241.xx, 242.0x, 242.1x, 242.2x, 242.3x)
Miscellaneous Chronic renal diseases with renal failure (403.xx, 404.xx, 585.xx, 250.4x, 249.4x), ulcer (531.xx, 532.xx, 533.xx, 534.xx), arthritis (714.0x, 714.1x, 714.2x, V82.1x)