Description of ICD-9 comorbidity codes used by VACS

Bipolar codes were changed in this table.

 

SAS Variable name

Outpatient

SAS Variable name

Inpatient

Stata

Variable Name

Condition

All ICD-9 Codes considered

Description of code

Included in VACS

study

Otchf

inchf

admchf

Congestive Heart Failure

402.01

Malignant hypertensive heart disease w/CHF

X

 

 

 

 

402.11

Benign hypertensive heart disease w/chf

X

 

 

 

 

402.91

Unspecified hypertensive heart disease w/chf

X

 

 

 

 

404.01

Hypertensive heart and renal disease, with congestive heart failure, malignant

X

 

 

 

 

404.03

W/congestive and renal failure, malignant

X

 

 

 

 

404.11

Hypertensive heart and renal disease w/chf, benign

X

 

 

 

 

404.13

Hypertensive heart and renal disease benign w/ chf and renal failure

X

 

 

 

 

404.91

Unspecified w/chf

X

 

 

 

 

404.93

Unspecified w/chf and renal failure

X

 

 

 

 

428.0

Congestive heart failure

X

 

 

 

 

428.1

Left heart failure

X

 

 

 

 

428.9

Heart failure unspecified

X

Otpulm

inpulm

admpulm

Pulmonary disorder

416.0

Chronic pulmonary heart disease – hypertension

X

 

 

 

 

416.1

Kyphoscoliotic disease

X

 

 

 

 

416.8

Other pulmonary heart disease

X

 

 

 

 

416.9

Chronic pulmonary heart disease unspecified

X

 

 

 

 

490

Bronchitis

X

 

 

 

 

491.0

Simple chronic bronchitis

X

 

 

 

 

491.1

Mucoprulent chronic bronchitis

X

 

 

 

 

491.2

Obstructive chronic bronchitis

X

 

 

 

 

491.20

W/out mention of acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

491.21

W/acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

491.8

Other chronic exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

491.9

Unspecified chronic bronchitis

X

 

 

 

 

492.0

Emphysematous bleb

X

 

 

 

 

492.8

Emphysema nec

X

 

 

 

 

493.00

Extrinsic asthma w/o status asthmaticus

X

 

 

 

 

493.01

Ext asthma w status asth

X

 

 

 

 

493.02

W/acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

493.10

Intrinsic asthma w/o stat asth

X

 

 

 

 

493.11

Int asthma  w/status asth

X

 

 

 

 

493.12

W/acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

493.20

Chronic obstructive asthma w/o stat asth

X

 

 

 

 

493.21

Ch ob asthma  w stat asth

X

 

 

 

 

493.22

W/acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

493.90

Asthma w/o status asthm

X

 

 

 

 

493.91

Asthma w status asthm

X

 

 

 

 

493.92

W/acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

494

Bronchiectasis

X

 

 

 

 

494.0

W/o acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

494.1

W/acute exacerbation

X

 

 

 

 

495.0

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis – farmer’s lung

X

 

 

 

 

495.1

Bagassosis

X

 

 

 

 

495.2

Bird-fancier’s lung

X

 

 

 

 

495.3

Suberosis

X

 

 

 

 

495.4

Malt worker’s lung

X

 

 

 

 

495.5

Mushroom worker’s lung

X