Research Article

Missed Registration of Disease Codes for Pediatric Anaphylaxis at the Emergency Department

Table 5

Administration frequency of the 3 major emergency anaphylaxis drugs.

Used medicineOverall (n = 184)Accurate (n = 23)Inaccurate coding (n = 161)

None (%)4 (2.2)1 (4.3)3 (1.9)
Antihistamine only115 (62.5)7 (30.4)108 (67.1)
Epinephrine only0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Steroid only2 (1.1)0 (0.0)2 (1.2)
Antihistamine + epinephrine13 (7.1)1 (4.3)12 (7.5)
Antihistamine + steroid28 (15.2)0 (0.0)28 (17.4)
Epinephrine + steroid1 (0.5)0 (0.0)1 (0.6)
Antihistamine + epinephrine + steroid21 (11.4)14 (60.9)7 (4.3)