TABLE 4.
Most common reasons for hospitalizations among survivors of bone tumors and soft tissue sarcoma (by system)
| Most common code | Second most common code | Third most common code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | V5811 (antineoplastic chemotherapy) | V581 (maintenance chemotherapy) | 1,716 (malignant neoplasms of connective and other soft tissue of pelvis) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 486 (pneumonia) | 4,659 (acute URI) | 51,881 (acute respiratoryfailure) |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue | 6,826 (cellulitis of leg-cellulitis and abscess of leg) | 6,820 (cellulitis of face) | 6,822(cellulitis of trunk), 6,827 (cellulitis of foot), 70,703 (pressure ulcer of lower back), 70,705 (pressure ulcer of buttocks) |
| Symptoms; signs; and ill-defined | V5789 (rehab care involving other specified rehab procedures) | 78,701 (nausea and vomiting) | 78,906 (abdominal pain, epigastric) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 72,210 (lumbar disk replacement) | 73,681 (unequal leg length) | 7,242 (lumbar spinal stenosis) |
| Injury | 99,859 (postoperative infection) | 99,649 (mechanical complication of internal orthopedic device) | 99,685 (complications of bone marrow transplantation) |