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ICD-9 codes used for selection of sepsis and bacteraemia cases
To select our cases of sepsis and bacteraemia we used the ICD-9 classification.
We selected admissions with the following discharge codes and subcodes:
036
036.0
036.1
036.2
036.3
036.4
036.8
036.9
Meningococcal infection
Meningococcal meningitis
Meningococcal encephalitis
Acute meningococcaemie (meningococcal septicemia)
Waterhouse-Friderichsen
Meningococcal heart disease (carditis, endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis)
Other meningococcal infections (optic neuritis)
Meningococcal infection, unspecified
038
038.0
038.1
038.2
038.3
038.4
038.8
Septicaemia
Streptococcal septicaemia
Staphylococcal septicaemia
Pneumococcal septicaemia
Septicaemia due to anaerobes
Septicaemia due to other Gram-negative organisms (Haemophilus Influenzae,
E.Coli, Pseudomonas, Serratia)
Other specified septicaemias
320
320.0
320.1
320.2
320.3
320.8
320.9
Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified
Haemophilus meningitis
Pneumococcal meningitis
Streptococcal meningitis
Staphylococcal meningitis
Meningitis due to other specified bacteria
Meningitis due to unspecified bacterium
383
383.0
Mastoiditis and related conditions
Acute mastoiditis (abscess of mastoid, empyema of mastoid)
420
421
421.0
Acute pericarditis
Acute and subacute endocarditis
Acute and subacute bacterial endocarditis
481
482
482.0
482.1
482.2
482.3
482.4
482.8
482.9
483
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Other bacterial pneumonia
Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas
Pneumonia due to H. Influenzae
Pneumonia due to Streptococcus
Pneumonia due to Staphylococcus
Pneumonia due to other specified bacteria
Bacterial pneumonia, unspecified
Pneumonia due to other speicified organism
513
513.0
513.1
Abscess of lung and mediastinum
Abscess of lung
Abscess of mediastinum
580
590
590.1
Acute glomerulonephritis (Includes: acute nephritis)
Infections of kidney
Acute pyelonephritis (acute pyelitis, acute pyonephrosis)
730
730.0
Osteomyelitis, periostitis, and other infections involving bone
Acute osteomyelitis
041
041.0
041.1
041.2
041.3
041.4
041.5
041.6
041.7
041.8
041.9
Bacterial infection in conditions classified elsewhere
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
Pneumococcus
Friedlander’s bacillus
Escherichia coli (E.coli)
Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae)
Proteus (mirabilis, morganii)
Pseudomonas
Other
Bacterial infection, unspecified
711
711.0
Arthropathy associated with infections
Pyogenic arthritis (arthritis due to E. coli, H. influenzae, Pneumococ,
Staphylococ, Streptococ)
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