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Table 2 Top 10 principal diagnoses and healthcare interpreter provision

From: Healthcare interpreter utilisation: analysis of health administrative data

Principal Diagnosis

Code

Description

n

%

O80

Single spontaneous delivery

101

14.5

O82

Single delivery by caesarean section

33

4.7

O81

Single delivery by forceps and vacuum extractor

16

2.3

I63.9

Cerebral infarction unspecified

16

2.3

I50.0

Congestive heart failure

14

2.0

N39.0

Urinary tract infection, site not specified

13

1.9

J44.0

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection

10

1.4

A41.9

Fracture of intertrochanteric section of femur

8

1.2

S72.11

Sepsis, unspecified

8

1.2

J69.0

Pneumonitis due to food and vomit

7

1.0

 

All other diagnoses

535

73.6