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. 2017 Aug 17;9:411–419. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S139895

Table S3.

Case identification algorithms

Diagnosis Code type Codes
Acute pancreatitisb ICD-10 in the national patient registries K85
Cancer diagnosis (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer)c ICD-10 in the national patient registries C00xxa – C43xx, C45xx – C97xx

Notes:

a

x indicates any digit from 0–9 available in the coding system.

b

Inpatient care and primary diagnosis only.

c

Both inpatient and outpatient, including both principal and secondary diagnosis.

Abbreviation: ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.