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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Oct;69(10):1526–1534. doi: 10.1002/acr.23141

Appendix table 1.

ICD 9 codes description for incident and prevalent hypersensitivity reactions

ICD9 codes Descriptions
Incident (outcome) and prevalent (exclusionary during baseline) events
995.0 Other anaphylactic reaction
995.2 Unspecified adverse effect of unspecified drug, medicinal and biological substance
995.3 Allergy, unspecified, not elsewhere classified
999.4 Anaphylactic shock-serum
Prevalent (exclusionary during baseline) events
E930 Antibiotics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E931 Other anti-infectives causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E932 Hormones and synthetic substitutes causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E933 Primarily systemic agents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E934 Agents primarily affecting blood constituents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E935 Analgesics antipyretics and antirheumatics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E936 Anticonvulsants and anti-parkinsonism drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E937 Sedatives and hypnotics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E938 Other central nervous system depressants and anesthetics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E939 Psychotropic agents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E940 Central nervous system stimulants causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E941 Drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E942 Agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E943 Agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E944 Water mineral and uric acid metabolism drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E945 Agents primarily acting on the smooth and skeletal muscles and respiratory system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E946 Agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane ophthalmological otorhinolaryngological and dental drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E947 Other and unspecified drugs and medicinal substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E948 Bacterial vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
E949 Other vaccines and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use