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Table 2 Associations between ICD-10 diagnoses and symptom codes for dispatching

From: Why do infants need out-of-hospital emergency medical services? A retrospective, population-based study

Symptom code for dispatch

Related diagnosesa

Nonspecific diagnosesb

Other diagnosesc

No ED contact

“Dyspnea” N = 472

180 (38.1%)

55 (11.7%)

47 (10.0%)

190 (40.3%)

“Seizure” N = 117

68 (58.1%)

8 (6.8%)

23 (19.7%)

18 (15.4%)

“Choking” N = 144

10 (6.9%)

10 (6.9%)

4 (2.8%)

120 (83.3%)

  1. % referring to the proportion of each code
  2. ED Emergency department, ICD International Classification of Diseases
  3. aICD-10 diagnoses related to the symptom. The full list of related diagnoses is shown in the Additional file 1
  4. b ICD-10 diagnoses not related to any medical symptom or diagnosis, including R68.1, Z00, Z01, Z02, and Z03. See Additional file 1
  5. cAll diagnoses other than a and b