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Table 1 Diagnostic Category Derivation

From: Discharge service as a determinant of 30-day readmission in a cohort of maintenance hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study

Assigned Diagnostic Category

ICD-9 defined diagnosis

Cardiac

Myocarditis, ischemic cardiomyopathy, MI, non-specific chest pain

Fluid related

Congestive heart failure, fluid and electrolyte disorder, syncope

Access related

Septicemia, complication of device, dialysis access malfunction

Pulmonary

Asthma, Pneumonia, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis

Anemia

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, deficiency and other anemia

Other

All others

  1. ICD International Classification of Diseases