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. 2020 Nov 5;12(11):e11356. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11356

Table 4. Diagnosis of included patients during admission according to the online version of WHO ICD-10 (2019).

WHO ICD-10: World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision

WHO ICD-10 classification Frequency Percent
ICD-10 (I): Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 311 12.2%
ICD-10 (II): Neoplasms 6 0.2%
ICD-10 (III): Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism 193 7.6%
ICD-10 (IV): Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 426 16.7%
ICD-10 (VI): Diseases of the nervous system 260 10.2%
ICD-10 (VIII): Diseases of the ear and mastoid process 1 0.0003%
ICD-10 (IX): Diseases of the circulatory system 254 10.0%
ICD-10 (X): Diseases of the respiratory system 542 21.3%
ICD-10 (XI): Diseases of the digestive system 80 3.1%
ICD-10 (XII): Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 4 0.2%
ICD-10 (XIII): Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 72 2.82%
ICD-10 (XIV): Diseases of the genitourinary system 36 1.4%
ICD-10 (XVI): Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 101 4.0%
ICD-10 (XVII): Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities 17 0.7%
ICD-10 (XVIII): Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere 41 1.6%
ICD-10 (XIX): Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes 178 7.0%
ICD-10 (XX): External causes of morbidity and mortality 21 0.8%
ICD-10 (XXI): Factors influencing health status and contact with health services 4 0.2%
Total 2,547 100%