Table 3.

Reasons for encounters: A) Top 10 categories and B) top 10 diagnoses.

A) DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIESFREQUENCYPERCENTAGE OF ALL ENCOUNTER DIAGNOSIS CATEGORIESCUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE*
Disease of the circulatory system250119.419.4
Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions171313.332.7
ICD-9 V categories or uncoded152111.844.5
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders11238.753.2
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue11128.661.8
Diseases of the respiratory system8136.368.1
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs6735.273.3
Diseases of the genitourinary system6204.878.1
Mental disorders6204.882.9
Disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue6154.887.7
All others combined156212.199.8
B) DIAGNOSES (ICD-9 CODES)FREQUENCYPERCENTAGE OF ALL ENCOUNTER DIAGNOSESCUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE
Hypertension (401 and 401.9)136112.012.0
Diabetes (250)4604.116.1
General symptoms (780)3803.319.4
Osteoarthritis (715)2872.521.9
Congestive heart failure (428)2732.424.3
Dementia (290)2232.026.3
Depression (311)2181.928.2
Symptoms of nervous and musculoskeletal systems (781)2101.830.0
Cystitis (595)1471.531.5
Other disorder of skin and subcutaneous tissue (709)1551.432.9
  • * Cumulative percentage does not add to 100% owing to rounding.

  • V codes are those related to vaccinations and prevention activities.