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. 2020 Jan 24;117(4):43–50. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0043

eTable. Concomitant secondary diagnoses (ICD-10-GM codes) for outpatient or inpatient treatment in the investigated period.

Secondary diagnoses*1 ALF patients with diagnosis ALF patients with diagnosis and LT
(n) (% of all ALF patients)*2 (n) (% of ALF patients with diagnosis)
Liver disease*3
B15 acute viral hepatitis A 118 2.6 3 2.8
B16 acute viral hepatitis B 244 5.3 4 1.6
B17.0 acute viral hepatitis D 7 0.2 0
B17.1 acute viral hepatitis C 64 1.4 0
B17.2 acute viral hepatitis E 162 3.5 11 6.5
B25.1 cytomegaloviral hepatitis 23 0.5 4 17.3
B27 infectious mononucleosis 96 2.1 26 26.5
E83.0 disorders of copper metabolism (Wilson’s disease) 26 0.6 11 44.4
I82.0 Budd-Chiari syndrome 48 1.0 11 22.5
K70 alcoholic liver disease (without K70.3. K70.4) 196 4.2 0
K71 toxic liver disease (without K71.7) 946 20.5 56 6.0
K75.4 autoimmune hepatitis 352 7.6 27 7.6
K76.0 fatty change of liver 843 18.2 23 2.7
T36-T50 poisoning by drugs, medications, and biologically active substances (without T39.1) 277 6.0 11 4.0
T39.1 poisoning by 4-aminophenol derivatives*4 176 3.8 4 2.0
T62.0 toxic effect of ingested mushrooms 96 2.1 7 7.5
General condition
C00-C99 malignant neoplasms (without C22, C23, C24, C78.7) 1143 24.7 35 3.0
E10-E14 diabetes mellitus 1524 33.0 42 2.8
F10 mental behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol 668 14.5 15 2.3
I25 chronic ischemic heart disease 1212 26.2 7 0.6
J44 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 970 21.0 16 1.6

*1 Multiple assessments possible.

*2 Total of 4621 patients.

*3 2574 patients without diagnoses B15, B16, B17.0, B17.1, B17.2, B25.1, B27, E83.0, I82.0, K71, K75.4, T36-T50 including T39.1, T62.0; diagnoses K70 and K76.0 are not considered causes of ALF in a narrower sense.

*4 Including acetaminophen, phenacetin is no longer approved in Germany

ALF, Acute liver failure; ICD-10-GM, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, German Modification; LT, liver transplantation