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Table 4 Comparison of ischaemic heart disease diagnoses in HES and general practice records

From: Vascular disease in women: comparison of diagnoses in hospital episode statistics and general practice records in England

 

HES Diagnosis (ICD-10 code)

 

Myocardial Infarction (I21-I22)

Other Ischaemic Heart Disease (I20, I23-I25)

All Ischaemic Heart Disease (I20-I25)

General Practitioner Report:

N=130

N=683

N=796*

Same as HES diagnosis

89.2% (116)

88.1% (602)

88.1% (702)*

Closely related diagnosis

8.5% (11)

2.6% (18)

3.6% (29)

No ischaemic heart disease diagnosis

2.3% (3)

9.2% (63)

8.2% (65)*

  1. HES: hospital episode statistics ; ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases (10th Revision).
  2. * Rows do not total as 17 women with both sub-group ICD-10 codes in selected HES record are included in both sub-group columns.