Table 3.
Most Common ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes
| Rank | ICD-9 Code |
Description | % of Patients with the ICD-9 Code | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group I (Repletion) | Group II (Control) | ||||
| 1 | 272 | Disorders of lipoid metabolism | 56 | 49.1 | <0.0001 |
| 2 | 401 | Essential hypertension | 37.9 | 33.5 | <0.0001 |
| 3 | 250 | Diabetes mellitus | 25.8 | 25.9 | 0.48 |
| 4 | 780 | General symptoms | 12.6 | 11.3 | 0.04 |
| 5 | V70 | General medical examination | 11.6 | 10.7 | 0.11 |
| 6 | 244 | Acquired hypothyroidism | 11.4 | 10.1 | 0.04 |
| 7 | 268 | Vitamin D deficiency | 9.7 | 9.5 | 0.42 |
| 8 | V58 | Other and unspecified aftercare | 6.8 | 5.9 | 0.05 |
| 9 | 790 | Nonspecific findings on examination of blood | 5.9 | 6 | 0.48 |
| 10 | 733 | Other disorders of bone and cartilage | 5 | 4.3 | 0.07 |