Top 20 Principal Diagnoses Among Hospitalized Medicare Enrollees Age 65 and Older

Here are the top 20 most common principal diagnoses among hospitalized Medicare enrollees age 65 and older in 2006, as based upon data fro 13 states with reporting on type of Medicare enrollment, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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  1. Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive
  2. Pneumonia
  3. Coronary atherosclerosis and other heart diseases
  4. Cardiac dysrhythmias
  5. Osteoarthritis
  6. Septicemia (except in labor)
  7. Acute myocardial infarction
  8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis
  9. Acute cerebrovascular disease
  10. Urinary tract infections
  11. Complication of device, implant or graft
  12. Nonspecific chest pain
  13. Rehabilitation care, fitting of prostheses, and adjustment of devices
  14. Fracture of neck of femur (hip)
  15. Fluid and electrolyte disorders
  16. Acute and unspecified renal failure
  17. Respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult)
  18. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
  19. Spondylosis, intervertabral disc disorders, other back problems
  20. Syncope

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, 2006.

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