Mortality associated with gastrointestinal bleeding in children: A retrospective cohort study

Table 3 Top 10 admitting diagnoses for mortalities and non-mortalities

ICD-9 code	ICD-9 code description	n (%)
Mortalities
780.60	Fever	32 (7.92)
786.09	Other dyspnea and respiratory abnormality	23 (5.69)
787.03	Vomiting alone	15 (3.71)
03.89	Unspecified septicemia	14 (3.47)
578.0	Hematemesis	13 (3.22)
427.5	Cardiac arrest	13 (3.22)
578.9	Hemorrhage of GI tract, unspecified	12 (2.97)
486.0	Pneumonia, organism unspecified	11 (2.72)
288.00	Diseases of white blood cells	10 (2.48)
518.81	Acute respiratory failure	10 (2.48)
Non-mortalities
578.0	Hematemesis	3058 (15.99)
578.1	Blood in Stool	2750 (14.38)
578.9	Hemorrhage of GI tract, unspecified	1289 (6.74)
789.00	Other symptoms involving abdomen and pelvis	755 (3.95)
787.03	Vomiting alone	748 (3.91)
N/A	Not available or Missing	707 (3.70)
780.60	Fever	559 (2.92)
276.51	Dehydration	515 (2.69)
787.91	Diarrhea	500 (2.61)
2859	Anemia	292 (1.53)

GI: Gastrointestinal; ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision.