Research Article

Identifying High-Cost, High-Risk Patients Using Administrative Databases in Tuscany, Italy

Table 2

Chosen list of ACC/CCS codes.

AbbreviationACC/CCS codeACC category description

Card1108′Congestive heart failure; not hypertensive

Card2100′Acute myocardial infarction
101′Coronary atherosclerosis and other heart disease
103′Pulmonary heart disease
104′Other and ill-defined heart disease
111′Other and ill-defined cerebrovascular disease
248′Gangrene
55′Fluid and electrolyte disorders
96′Heart valve disorders
97′Peri-, endo-, and myocarditis; cardiomyopathy (except that caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease)
99′Hypertension with complications and secondary hypertension

Card350′Diabetes mellitus with complications

CerVa1109′Acute cerebrovascular disease

CerVa2110′Occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries
113′Late effects of cerebrovascular disease

Gastrointestinal (GI)6′Hepatitis
151′Other liver diseases
152′Pancreatic disorders (not diabetes)

Cancer11′Cancer of head and neck
12′Cancer of esophagus
13′Cancer of stomach
14′Cancer of colon
15′Cancer of rectum and anus
16′Cancer of liver and intrahepatic bile duct
17′Cancer of pancreas
18′Cancer of other GI organs; peritoneum
19′Cancer of bronchus; lung
20′Cancer; other respiratory and intrathoracic
21′Cancer of bone and connective tissue
23′Other nonepithelial cancer of skin
24′Cancer of breast
25′Cancer of uterus
26′Cancer of cervix
27′Cancer of ovary
28′Cancer of other female genital organs
29′Cancer of prostate
30′Cancer of testis
31′Cancer of other male genital organs
32′Cancer of bladder
33′Cancer of kidney and renal pelvis
34′Cancer of other urinary organs
35′Cancer of brain and nervous system
36′Cancer of thyroid
37′Hodgkin’s disease
38′Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
39′Leukemias
40′Multiple myeloma
41′Cancer; other and unspecified primary
42′Secondary malignancies
43′Malignant neoplasm without specification of site
44′Neoplasms of unspecified nature or uncertain behaviour

Kidn156′Nephritis; nephrosis; renal sclerosis
158′Chronic kidney disease

Neur227′Spinal cord injury
653′Delirium dementia and amnestic and other cognitive disorders
79′Parkinson’s disease
80′Multiple sclerosis
85′Coma; stupor; and brain damage

Resp122′Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease)
127′Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis
128′Asthma
129′Aspiration pneumonitis; food/vomitus
131′Respiratory failure; insufficiency; arrest (adult)