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Table 2 GBD-2010 “garbage code” groups [15] having more than 1 % of their codes redistributed to diabetes

From: Trends in mortality due to diabetes in Brazil, 1996–2011

Garbage code groupa

ICD-10 codesb

Proportions from each code group redistributed to diabetes

Renal failure

N17–N19

57.3

Disorders of electrolyte and fluid balance

E86–E87

6.43

Osteomyelitis

M86

4.96

Ill-defined infectious diseases

A59–A60.0, A60.9, A63–A64, A71–A74, B07–B09, B35–B36, B74.4–B74.8, B75, B85–B88, B95–B97

4.87

Disseminated intravascular coagulation, cardiac arrest, acute or unspecified respiratory failure

D65, I46, J96.0, J96.9

4.81

Ill-defined diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

M10–M11, M15–M25, M40, M45, M47–M48, M50–M60, M65–M67, M70–M71, M75–M79, M95–M99

4.53

Ill-defined diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

L03, L04, L20–L30, L45, L50, L52–L68, L70–L85, L90–L92, L98

4.50

Ill-defined diseases of the nervous system

G43–G44, G47–G52, G54, G56–G58

4.50

Ill-defined diseases of diseases of the genitourinary system

N39.3, N40, N45–N46, N60, N84–N92, N95, N97

4.38

Ill-defined diseases of the digestive system

K00–K11, K14

4.24

Ill-defined diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

D10–D24, D26–D31, D35–D36

4.11

Ill-defined diseases of the ear and mastoid process

H00–H02, H04–H05, H10–H11, H15–H18, H20–H21, H25–H26, H30–H31, H33–H35, H43–H47, H49–H57, H60–H61, H69, H71–H74, H80–H81, H83–H93

3.69

Ill-defined diseases of the respiratory system

J30, J33, J34.2, J35

3.03

Ill-defined mental and behavioral disorders

F30–F33, F34.1, F40–F48, F51–F53, F60–F99

2.62

Essential and secondary hypertension

I10, I15

1.80

Ill-defined congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

Q16–Q18, Q36, Q54, Q65, Q67–Q68, Q72–Q74, Q82–Q83

1.15

Encephalopathy and cerebral edema

G92, G93.1–G93.6

1.10

  1. aLozano et al. [15]
  2. bDefined by the research group