Table 2.
Frequency distribution of traditional Chinese medicine OPD visits by major disease (ICD-9-CM code) in children with asthma from 2000 to 2012.
| Major Disease Category | Icd-9 Code Range | Number of Visits (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Herbal Medicine Therapies | Acupuncture, or Manipulative Therapies | Total of CHM | ||
| Infectious and Parasitic Diseases | 001–139 | 311 (0.07) | 1 (0.00) | 312 (0.06) |
| Neoplasms | 140–239 | 429 (0.1) | 5 (0.01) | 434 (0.09) |
| Endocrine, Nutritional, Blood and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders |
240–289 | 2166 (0.5) | 34 (0.07) | 2200 (0.43) |
| Mental Disorders, Diseases of The Nervous System and Sense Organs | 290–389 | 5968 (1.3) | 767 (1.6) | 6735 (1.32) |
| Diseases of The Circulatory System | 390–459 | 877 (0.2) | 99 (0.2) | 976 (0.19) |
| Diseases of The Respiratory System | 460–519 | 258,557 (56.0) | 502 (1.0) | 259,059 (50.8) |
| Diseases of The Digestive System | 520–579 | 45,207 (9.8) | 84 (0.2) | 45,291 (8.9) |
| Diseases of The Genitourinary System | 580–679 | 17,871 (3.9) | 26 (0.05) | 17,897 (3.5) |
| Diseases of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue | 680–709 | 22,903 (5.0) | 67 (0.1) | 22,970 (4.5) |
| Diseases of The Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue |
710–739 | 4529 (1.0) | 8200 (17.0) | 12,729 (2.5) |
| Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions |
780–799 | 100,051 (21.7) | 205 (0.4) | 100,256 (19.7) |
| Injury and Poisoning | 800–999 | 2355 (0.5) | 38,074 (79.1) | 40,429 (7.9) |
| Supplementary Classification | V01—V82, E800-E999 | 11 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (0.0) |
| Others | 740–779 | 412 (0.1) | 70 (0.15) | 482 (0.1) |
| Total | 461,647 (90.6) | 48,134 (9.4) | 509,781 (100.0) | |