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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;58(5):431–437. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.04.021

Table 4.

Reason for re-presentation to the ED.

Patients Who
Re-presented to the
ED Within 30 Days
of Discharge, n
(% of Overall)		 Patients Readmitted
From the ED, n
(% of Re-presented)
Overall 886 117 (13.2)
Complications* 88 (9.9) 27 (30.7)
Dressing attention 124 (14.0) 0
Psychiatric 40 (4.5) 12 (30.0)
Pain 159 (17.9) 10 (6.3)
Trauma* 202 (22.8) 16 (7.9)
Other 273 (30.8) 52 (19.0)
*

Trauma defined as a principal ICD-9 diagnosis code between 800 and 957.9. Complication defined as ICD-9 principal diagnosis code 958 to 959 (certain traumatic complications), or 996 to 999.9 (complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified).