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Table 2 Ranking of the first ten diagnoses for the ED visit, Lazio 2006

From: Primary paediatric care models and non-urgent Emergency Department utilization: an area-based cohort study

ICD9-CM codes

Description

N.

%

462

Acute pharyngitis

4,322

10.0

787

Symptoms involving the digestive system

3,980

9.2

780

General symptoms

3,436

7.9

999

Complications of medical care not classified elsewhere

2,203

4.9

372

Disorders of conjunctiva

2,062

4.6

466

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis

1,693

3.8

463

Acute tonsillitis

1,366

3.2

382

Suppurative and unspecified otitis media

1,197

2.8

708

Urticaria

1,192

2.7

381

Non-suppurative otitis media and Eustachian tube disorders

1,163

2.7

 

Other diagnoses

20,733

47.8

Total

 

43,347

100.0