Research Article

Translation of Korean Medicine Use to ICD-Codes Using National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort

Table 2

Thirty most commonly used U codes in Korea, 2012.

CodeNameFrequency (2012)

U303Neck stiffness6,552
U240Numbness3,142
U234Sequela of wind stroke2,680
U670Pattern/syndrome of heart fire flaming upward1,684
U238Impediment disease怀1,323
U280Food accumulation768
U680Pattern/syndrome of spleen qi deficiency717
U301Painful impediment551
U305Crane-knee arthritis488
U304Joint-running wind480
U241Insensitivity462
U651Pattern/syndrome of liver qi depression458
U306Muscle cramp411
U236Tremor392
U222Fire disease, hwa-byung362
U221Depression, melancholy, and depressive syndrome326
U302Fixed impediment325
U650Pattern/syndrome of ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang306
U730Pattern/syndrome of stomach qi deficiency291
U230Head wind270
U710Pattern/syndrome of kidney qi deficiency264
U660Pattern/syndrome of heart qi deficiency246
U640Pattern/syndrome of liver blood deficiency233
U233Prodrome of wind stroke231
U794Pattern/syndrome of spleen and kidney yang deficiency225
U784Pattern/syndrome of liver and kidney yin deficiency222
U332Night crying199
U260Chest impediment197
U600Qi deficiency pattern/syndrome186
U204Consumptive disease173