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Table 4 ICD codes amongst patients with return visits 96 hours/hospitalisation and outcomes amongst patients with an incorrect prehospital triage assessment

From: Prehospital assessment of patients with abdominal pain triaged to self-care at home: an observation study

ICD code (n = 19)

Patients (n = 32)

Incorrect prehospital triage (n = 6)

A02.0 - Salmonella enteritis

1

 

A04.7 - Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile

1

 

A09.9 - Gastroenteritis and colitis of unspecified origin

1

 

I71.3 - Abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured

1

Return visit after 1 hour. Deceased at the ED.

J12.9 - Viral pneumonia, unspecified

1

 

K29.7 - Gastritis, unspecified

1

 

K35.2 - Acute appendicitis with generalised peritonitis

1

Return visit after 3 hours. Hospitalized for 120 hours. Assessment and treatment: CT abdomen, laparoscopic appendectomy, antibiotics.

K35.3 - Acute appendicitis with localised peritonitis

1

Return visit after 3 hours. Hospitalised for 12 hours. Assessment and treatment: CT abdomen, laparoscopic appendectomy, antibiotics.

K35.8 - Acute appendicitis, other and unspecified

2

 

K59.0 - Constipation

1

 

K80.0 - Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis

1

 

K80.2 - Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis

1

 

K81.0 - Acute cholecystitis

2

 

K81.9 - Cholecystitis, unspecified

4

 

K85.1 - Biliary acute pancreatitis

2

Both return visits after 3 hours. One hospitalised 20 hours and one for 110 hours. Assessment and for cholangiopancreatography, ultrasound, fluid therapy.

K85.9 - Acute pancreatitis, unspecified

1

Return visit after 28 hours. Hospitalised for 48 hours. Assessment and treatment: CT abdomen, antibiotics, fluid therapy.

R10.4 - Other and unspecified abdominal pain

5

 

R14 - Flatulence and related conditions

1

 

R17.0 - Hyperbilirubinaemia with mention of jaundice, not elsewhere classified

2

 

Triage - Assessed by nurse at ED

2