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Table 5 Comparison of venous thromboembolism 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)

 

Pulmonary Embolism (I26)

Venous Thrombosis (I80-I82)

All Venous Thromboembolism (I26, I80-I82)

General Practitioner Report:

N=285

N=495

N=761*

Same as HES diagnosis

91.2% (260)

91.3% (452)

91.1% (693)*

Closely related diagnosis

1.4% (4)

1.8% (9)

1.7% (13)

No venous thromboembolism diagnosis

7.4% (21)

6.9% (34)

7.2% (55)

  1. HES: hospital episode statistics; ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases (10th Revision).
  2. * Rows do not total as 19 women with both sub-group ICD codes in selected HES record are included in both sub-group columns.