Table 2.

Most common co-morbid diagnoses among individuals with necrotizing fasciitis-related deaths in the United States, 2003–2013 (N=9,817)

Co-morbid Condition	ICD10 Block Codes	Number of deaths (%)
Diabetes mellitus	E10–E14	2,109 (21)
Other forms of heart disease	I30–I52	1,972 (20)
Renal failure	N17–N19	1,592 (16)
Other diseases of the respiratory system	J95–J99	1,002 (10)
Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use	F10–F19	934 (10)
Ischemic heart diseases	I20–I25	753 (8)
Hypertensive diseases	I10–I15	717 (7)
Diseases of liver	K70–K77	617 (6)
Obesity and other hyperalimentation	E65–E68	519 (5)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	J40–J47	338 (3)
Influenza and pneumonia	J09–J18	323 (3)
Metabolic disorders	E70–E90	304 (3)
Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs	C15–C26	294 (3)
Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue	C81–C96	282 (3)