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. 2001 Jan-Feb;8(1):92–100. doi: 10.1136/jamia.2001.0080092

Table 3 ▪.

Most Frequent ICD-9 Codes

Code Denomination No. of Cases
General surgery 585 Chronic renal failure 460
174.9 Malignant neoplasm of breast (female), unspecified 445
Neurosurgery 722.1 Displacement of thoracic or lumbar intervertebral disc without myelopathy 1,220
331.4 Obstructive hydrocephalus 699
Trauma surgery 486 Pneumonia, organism unspecified 471
959.9 Other and unspecified injury to unspecified site 464