Volume 15, Number 10—October 2009
Research
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria–associated Lung Disease in Hospitalized Persons, United States, 1998–2005
Megan E. Billinger, Kenneth N. Olivier, Cecile Viboud, Ruben Montes de Oca, Claudia Steiner, Steven M. Holland, and D. Rebecca Prevots
Table 2
Primary diagnoses, non-AIDS pulmonary NTM-associated hospitalizations, HCUP-SID, USA, 1998–2005*
| ICD-9 code |
Primary diagnosis |
No. (%) |
| 0310 | Pulmonary NTM | 5,148 (31.25) |
| 482 | Pneumonia | 1,156 (7.01) |
| 49121 | Obstructive chronic bronchitis with acute exacerbation | 821 (4.98) |
| 51881 | Acute respiratory failure | 392 (2.38) |
| 4280 | Congestive heart failure, unspecified | 225 (1.37) |
| 4941 | Bronchiectasis with acute exacerbation | 216 (1.31) |
| 2765 | Volume depletion | 196 (1.19) |
| 515 | Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis | 186 (1.13) |
| 5070 | Aspiration pneumonia caused by inhalation of food/vomitus | 176 (1.07) |
| Other primary diagnosis <1% of population | 7,959 (48.3) |
*NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; SID, state inpatient databases; ICD-9, International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Revision 9.
