Review Article

Sentinel Amenable Mortality: A New Way to Assess the Quality of Healthcare by Examining Causes of Premature Death for Which Highly Efficacious Medical Interventions Are Available

Table 1

Avoidable premature causes of death amenable to medical intervention [21].

Cause of deathAgeICD-9ICD-10

Tuberculosis0-74010-018 137A15-A19, B90

Immunizable diseases0-74032, 033, 037, 045, 055, 056, 070.0, 070,1, 070.2-070.3, 072A35, A36, A37, A49.2, A80, B05, B06, B15, B16, B17,0, B18,0-B18,1, B26

Pneumonia, acute respiratory infections, influenza0-74460-466, 480-486, 487A48.1, J00-J06 (except J02.0, J03.0), J10-J11, J12-J18 (except J18.2), J20-J22

Skin cancer (melanoma and no-melanoma)0-74172,173C43, C44, C46,0, C46,9

Breast cancer (women)0-74174C50

Cervical cancer15-74180C53

Uterine cancer15-74182, 179C54, C55

Testicular cancer0-74186C62

Hodgkin’s disease0-74201C81

Leukemia0-14204-208C91-C95

Pernicious anemia0-74280-281D50-D53

Thyroid diseases0-74240-246E00-E07

Diabetes mellitus0-49250E10-E14

Cerebrovascular diseases0-74430-438G45, F01.1, I60-69,

Chronic rheumatic cardiovascular disease0-74393-398I05-I09

Hypertension0-74401-405I10-I15

Ischemic heart disease35-74410-414I20-I25

Asthma5-49493J45-J46

Peptic ulcers0-74531-534K25-K28

Appendix diseases0-74540-543K35-K38

Abdominal hernia0-74550-553K40-K46

Cholelithiasis/cholecystitis0-74574-575K80-K82

Benign prostate hyperplasia0-74600N40

Perinatal mortality760-779P00-P96, A33

Maternal mortalityAll630-676O00-O99, A34

Congenital cardiovascular anomalies0-74745-747Q20-Q28, I51.0

Adverse events occurred during medical and surgical interventionAllE870-879Y60-Y84

ICD: international classification of diseases; data sorted by ICD-10th codes.