Table 4.
Top 10 PAHs according to ACSC category
| Nursing home patients | Non-nursing home patients | ||||||||
| Rank | ICD-10 code |
Diagnosis | n | % | Rank | ICD-10 code |
Diagnosis | n | % |
| 1 | J18 | Pneumonia | 1196 | 18.52 | 1 | I50 | Heart failure | 21 775 | 15.94 |
| 2 | I50 | Heart failure | 1137 | 17.61 | 2 | F10 | Disorders due to use of alcohol | 16 204 | 11.86 |
| 3 | S72 | Fracture of femur | 827 | 12.81 | 3 | J18 | Pneumonia | 12 195 | 8.93 |
| 4 | E86 | Volume depletion | 588 | 9.11 | 4 | I20 | Angina pectoris | 11 474 | 8.40 |
| 5 | G40 | Epilepsy | 549 | 8.50 | 5 | I10 | Essential (primary) hypertension | 9574 | 7.01 |
| 6 | E11 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 332 | 5.14 | 6 | S72 | Fracture of femur | 6868 | 5.03 |
| 7 | J20 | Acute bronchitis | 278 | 4.31 | 7 | E11 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 6262 | 4.58 |
| 8 | K21 | Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease | 180 | 2.79 | 8 | G40 | Epilepsy | 6189 | 4.53 |
| 9 | I10 | Essential (primary) hypertension | 170 | 2.63 | 9 | J20 | Acute bronchitis | 4654 | 3.41 |
| 10 | K59 | Other functional intestinal disorders | 120 | 1.86 | 10 | E86 | Volume depletion | 4434 | 3.25 |
ACSC, ambulatory care sensitive condition PAH, potentially avoidable hospitalisation.