Table III.
The 25 most frequent ICD-10 diagnoses.
| Broad diagnostic category | Four character subcategories | Number of recipients | % | Number of RBC units | RBC% |
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| Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | Spontaneous abortion | 53 | 3.3 | 127 | 3.9 |
| Post-partum haemorrhage | 54 | 3.3 | 116 | 3.5 | |
| Ectopic pregnancy, unspecified | 29 | 1.8 | 76 | 2.3 | |
| False labour, unspecified | 35 | 2.2 | 52 | 1.6 | |
| Single spontaneous delivery, unspecified | 24 | 1.5 | 47 | 1.4 | |
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| Blood and blood forming organs | Anaemia, unspecified | 211 | 13.0 | 455 | 13.8 |
| Anaemia in other chronic diseases classified elsewhere | 21 | 1.3 | 40 | 1.2 | |
| Aplastic anaemia, unspecified | 11 | 0.7 | 35 | 1.1 | |
| Thrombocytopenia, unspecified | 9 | 0.6 | 21 | 0.6 | |
| Iron deficiency anaemia, unspecified | 3 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.3 | |
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| Neoplasms | Cervix uteri, unspecified | 42 | 2.6 | 106 | 3.2 |
| Leiomyoma of uterus, unspecified | 15 | 0.9 | 36 | 1.1 | |
| Stomach, unspecified | 11 | 0.7 | 24 | 0.7 | |
| Malignant neoplasm of prostate | 10 | 0.6 | 19 | 0.6 | |
| Bladder, unspecified | 7 | 0.4 | 17 | 0.5 | |
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| Genitourinary system | Unspecified kidney failure | 45 | 2.8 | 95 | 2.9 |
| Chronic kidney disease, unspecified | 17 | 1.0 | 46 | 1.4 | |
| Other specified abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding | 10 | 0.6 | 26 | 0.8 | |
| Excessive and frequent menstruation with regular cycle | 10 | 0.6 | 25 | 0.8 | |
| Acute renal failure, unspecified | 9 | 0.6 | 16 | 0.5 | |
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| Digestive system | Gastrointestinal haemorrhage, unspecified | 62 | 3.8 | 138 | 4.2 |
| Other and unspecified intestinal obstruction | 11 | 0.7 | 20 | 0.6 | |
| Peptic ulcer, site unspecified | 6 | 0.4 | 17 | 0.5 | |
| Duodenal ulcer | 4 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.4 | |
| Peritonitis, unspecified | 6 | 0.4 | 11 | 0.3 | |
ICD: International Classification of Diseases; RBC: red blood cell.