Chief complaint | ICD-10 main chapter (%) | ||||||||||
J | R | S&T | K | I | Z | A&B | M | N | F | Others | |
Altered level of consciousness | 8.9 | 21.5 | 12.7 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
Dyspnea | 58.0 | 16.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 2.5 | 14.5 | 1.7 | 61.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 7.0 |
Focal neurological symptoms | 5.3 | 21.6 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 18.1 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 19.3 |
No contact reason | 11.0 | 15.0 | 34.3 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 8.5 |
Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea | 4.0 | 22.3 | 2.0 | 18.2 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 17.0 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 21.2 |
Unwell | 7.8 | 30.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 15.1 |
Fever/infection | 27.7 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 17.7 | 5.8 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 14.3 |
Dizziness | 4.2 | 43.4 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 16.0 |
Extremity symptoms without injury | 2.4 | 9.9 | 20.5 | 0.7 | 12.9 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 27.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
All contacts within each chief complaint are included. Numbers are row percentages; each row equals 100%.
ICD-10 chapters are ordered by frequency, with “J” having the highest frequency and “F” the lowest frequency of the shown chapters. The remaining chapters are less frequent and grouped as “others.”
J: chapter X: diseases of the respiratory system.
R: chapter XVIII: this chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded, for example, “dyspnea” and “chest pain.”
S&T: chapter I: injury, poison or other external causes.
K: chapter XI: diseases of the digestive tract.
I: chapter IX: diseases of the circulatory system.
Z: chapter XXI: other factors (unspecific).
A&B: chapter I: certain infectious and parasitic diseases.
M: chapter XIII: diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue.
N: chapter XIV: diseases of the genitourinary system.
F: chapter V: mental and behavioral disorders.