Table 3.
Causes of postoperative visits in emergency department within 30 days.
| ICD-10 | Explanation | Urgency of operation | N, total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–8 h (N, red code) | 8–48 h (N, yellow code) | 2–14 days (N, green code) | |||
| AB | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| C | Neoplasms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Benign neoplasms or diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| E | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| G | Diseases of the nervous system | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| I | Diseases of the circulatory system | 5 | 25 | 3 | 33 |
| J | Diseases of the respiratory system | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| K | Diseases of the digestive system | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| L | Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| M | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| N | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| R | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 10 | 18 | 8 | 36 |
| S | Injury | 21 | 59 | 65 | 145 |
| T | Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 10 | 17 | 27 | 54 |
| VXY | External causes of morbidity | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Z | Factors influencing health status and contact with health services | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |