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. 2022 Jan 12;376:e067519. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067519

Table 1.

ICD-10 (international classification of diseases, 10th revision) codes for 19 infections, covid-19, and comorbidities included in the study

Diagnosis ICD-10 codes
Infection category
Severe invasive
 Sepsis A40.0, A40.1, A41
 Meningitis A17.0, A17.8, A32.1, A85.1, A86, A87, B00.3, B00.4, B01.0, G01, G00.3, G00.8, G00.9, G02.0, G02.1, G03, G04
 Septic arthritis M00, M46.5
 Osteomyelitis M86
 Pyelonephritis N10, N16.0
 Cellulitis L03
Respiratory
 Bronchiolitis J21.0, J21.1, J21.8, J21.9
 Influenza J10, J11
 Croup J05, J20.9
 Pneumonia J12.0, J12.2, J12.8, J12.9, J13, J14, J15.0, J15.1, J15.2, J15.4, J15.5, J15.6, J15.7, J15.8, J15.9, J16.0, J17, J18, P23
 Viral wheeze R06.2
 Upper respiratory tract infection J06
 Otitis media H65, H66, H67
 Tonsilitis J03, J36
Vaccine preventable
 Neisseria meningitidis A39
 Haemophilus influenzae G00.0, A41.3
 Streptococcus pneumoniae G00.1, A40.3
 Measles B05
 Mumps B26
Comorbidities
 Asthma J45
 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia P27.1
 Extreme prematurity (<28 weeks) P07.2 (or ‘gestat’ 22-27 wks)
 Cystic fibrosis E84
 Congenital cardiac disease Q20, Q21, Q24
 Bronchiectasis J47
 Immunodeficiency with predominantly antibody defects D80
 Combined immunodeficiencies D81
 Common variable immunodeficiency D83
 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia C91.0
 Acute myeloid leukaemia C92.0
Covid-19 U07.1, U07.2