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Table 2 Most frequent ICD-10 diagnoses in Medical centres for the homeless compared to general practice

From: Medical centres for the homeless in Hamburg – consultation reasons and diagnoses compared to primary care patients in the regular health care system

Rank

Regular general practice patients

Medical centres for the homeless in 2013

Medical centres for the homeless in 2014

1.

I10 Essential (primary) hypertension

F10 Psych. Behavioural disorder due to alcohol

J06 Acute respiratory infection

2.

E78 Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidaemias

I10 Essential (primary) hypertension

I10 Essential (primary) hypertension

3.

M54 Back pain

E11 Diabetes mellitus, type 2

F10 Psych. Behavioural disorder due to alcohol

4.

E11 Diabetes mellitus, type 2

T79 Early trauma complications

J40 Bronchitis, not designated as acute or chronic

5.

E04 Other non-toxic goiter

M54 Back pain

J20 Acute bronchitis

6.

I25 Chronic ischaemic heart disease

B35 Dermatophytosis [tinea]

J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

7.

E66 Obesity

T14 Injury n.o.s. of the body region

M54 Back pain

8.

F32 Depressive episode

B85 Pediculosis/Phthiriasis

E11 Diabetes mellitus, type 2

9.

K76 Other diseases of the liver

B86 Scabies

F32 Depressive episode

10.

K21 Gastroesophageal reflux disease

K29 Gastritis and duodenitis

B35 Dermatophytosis [tinea]

  1. Coded according to ICD-10; Medical centres for the homeless in Hamburg, Germany: 2013 N = 553 diagnoses, 2014 N = 451 diagnoses; GP practices: N = 600,000 diagnoses, ICD-10 code numbers by specialty group from the Central Institute ADT panel—year 2015 [18]; Bold notation is used for the comparison of the rankings of the most frequent ICD-10 diagnoses