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Table 1 The use of ICD-10 codes and procedure codes to find patients with food bolus obstruction

From: A retrospective cohort study on oesophageal food bolus obstruction in the North Denmark region in 2021—two thirds were never diagnosed with a cause

ICD-10 codes

Description

Specific codes (possible FBO) (S), unspecific codes (FBO could not be excluded) (U), and excluded codes (E)

DC15-16 + DC26

Neoplasm in the gastrointestinal canal, primarily in the oral cavity and the oesophagus

S

DF06

Organic psychiatric disorders

S

DG00-DG26 + DG30-DG32 + DG35-DG37 + DG51 + DG70-DG73 + DG80-DG83

Neurological disorders and muscular diseases

E

DK20-23

Oesophageal diseases

S

DR

Symptoms and abnormal findings

(U)

- DR139

Dysphagia without any further clarification

S

DT180-181 + DT189

Foreign body/food bolus impaction in the

gastrointestinal canal, primarily the oral cavity and the oesophagus.

S

DZ

Factors that influence health and contact with the healthcare system

U

Procedure codes

  

KGE

Mediastinal surgery

S

KJC

Oesophageal surgery

S

KJN

Reconstructive surgery following gastrointestinal surgery

S

KJW

Reoperation after gastrointestinal surgery

S

KUJ

Endoscopy of the gastrointestinal canal

S

  1. Abbreviation: FBO; food bolus obstruction, ICD-10; International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision