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. 2014 Apr 3;146(2):476–495. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0527

TABLE 15 .

] Primary Diagnoses for Hospitalizations with Any Listed Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis: United States, 2001/2002 Through 2009/2010

Primary Diagnosis (ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes) 2001/2002 2003/2004 2005/2006 2007/2008 2009/2010
Congestive heart failure: 428.0,428.2-428.4 19.2 19.9 19.5 17.0 17.6
Other heart disease (includes pulmonary hypertension): 391.0-392.0, 393-398, 415-416, 420-426, 428.1, 428.9-429.9 12.7 16.0 13.1 12.9 12.0
Chronic and unspecified bronchitis: 490-491 10.6 7.8 9.2 6.9 7.3
Pneumonia: 480-486 7.3 6.3 5.9 4.4 6.2
Cardiac dysrhythmias: 427 4.3 4.8 5.9 5.8 5.1
Acute myocardial infarction: 410 3.9 3.0 2.4 3.4 2.3
Respiratory failure: 518.81, 518.83, 518.84 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.3
Coronary atherosclerosis: 414.0, 414.2, 414.3 3.4 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5
Other diseases of the respiratory system: 416.2, 471-472, 475-478, 487, 488.0, 488.1, 500-511.1, 511.8-518.6, 518.82, 518.89-519 2.8 2.9 2.1 2.5 2.1
Hypertensive heart disease: 402, 404 2.3 1.6 1.2 0.7 1.5
Other COPD and allied conditions: 492, 494-496 1.8 2.1 0.9 0.3 0.5
Cerebrovascular disease: 430-438 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.8 2.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 580-589 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.7
Asthma: 493 1.4 1.6 1.9 1.1 2.4
Anemias: 280-285 1.0 1.5 1.8 0.9 1.6
Complications of medical and surgical care, not elsewhere classified: 996-999 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6
Other diseases of the circulatory system: 390, 392.9, 403, 405, 417, 451-454, 456-459 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.9
All other diagnoses 21.8 19.8 22.6 29.2 26.6

Data are presented as %. See Table 2 legend for expansion of abbreviation. (Adapted with permission from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.11)