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Table 4 Reasons for Admissions for People allocated Z51.5 Code: WM Hospital 2013–2017

From: Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of the management of people with palliative care needs in the emergency department of a UK hospital

Code

Description

WM Hospital n (% total admissions – people allocated Z51.5)

C900

Multiple myeloma

1,264 (3.30%)

Z452

Adjustment and management of vascular access device

939 (2.45%)

C20X

Malignant neoplasm of rectum

670 (1.75%)

N390

Urinary tract infection

600 (1.57%)

C795

Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow

575 (1.50%)

C56X

Malignant neoplasm of ovary

565 (1.48%)

Z451

Adjustment and management of infusion pump

544 (1.42%)

J181

Lobar pneumonia

488 (1.27%)

C509

Malignant neoplasm of breast

470 (1.23%)

C920

Acute myeloblastic leukaemia

419 (1.09%)