Table 6.
Grouping of diagnoses and interventions used for classifying hospital activities by complication states of relevance for diabetes, and with respect to diagnostic specificity for diabetes
| Diagnosis or procedure | Qualifying for complication statea | Specificity for diabetesb |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0 | 1 |
| Diabetes, without indication of chronic complication | 0 | 1 |
| Hypoglycaemiccoma NOS | 0 | 0 |
| Screening for diabetic retinopathy | 0 | 1 |
| Drug treatment or instruction specific for diabetes | 0 | 1 |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 1 | 0 |
| Diabetes with complication, not further specified | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with complications in peripheral vascular system | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with eye complication | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with footulcer | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with microangiopathy | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with neurological complication | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with peripheral angiopathy | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes with renal complication | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetic cataract | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetic polyneuropathy | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetic retinopathy not otherwise specified | 1 | 1 |
| Diseases of the lens | 1 | 0 |
| Polyneuropathy | 1 | 0 |
| Proliferative diabetic retinopathy | 1 | 1 |
| Uraemia | 1 | 0 |
| Simplex diabetic retinopathy | 1 | 1 |
| Cataract, retinopathy in diabetes | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetic angiopathy in extremities | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetic nephropathy, Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrom | 1 | 1 |
| Neuropathy, diabetic polyneuritis, diabetes | 1 | 1 |
| Amputation at or below ankle level | 1 | 0 |
| Coronary bypass operation | 1 | 0 |
| Surgery for eye complication | 1 | 0 |
| Teatment of ulcer of lower limb | 1 | 0 |
| Diabetes with gangraene | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes with multiple complications | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetic maculopathy | 2 | 1 |
| Dialysis | 2 | 0 |
| Diseases of the retina | 2 | 0 |
| Heart failure | 2 | 0 |
| Kidney transplantation | 2 | 0 |
| Renalfailure | 2 | 0 |
| Stroke | 2 | 0 |
| Blindness | 2 | 0 |
| Diabetic gangraene | 2 | 1 |
| Gangrena of lower limb | 2 | 0 |
| Intracerebral haemorrhage | 2 | 0 |
| Amputation above ankle level | 2 | 0 |
aValue indicates classification state (0, 1 or 2, respectively)
bValues 1 and 0 indicate that item is specific for diabetes and unspecific for diabetes, respectively