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DELSA/ELSA/WD/HTP(2008)1ANNEX 1: DENOMINATOR CALCULATION CODE LISTSCode List C: ICD-9-CM codes for denominator calculation (refer to codes below)AppNo.Code List Indicator FunctionC-1 ICD-9-CMimmunocompromisedstate codesInfection due tomedical carepostoperative sepsisC-2 ICD-9-CM cancer codes Infection due tomedical careC-3 ICD-9-CM hemiplegiacodesC-4 ICD-9-CM spina bifidaor anoxic brain damagecodesC-5 Self-Inflicted InjuryDiagnosis ICD-9-CMCodesC-6 Poisoning due toanaesthetics ICD-9-CMCodesC-7 ICD-9-CM codes forDrug dependence andactive nondependentabuse of drugsC-8 ICD-9-CM codes forseizure, syncope, stroke,coma, cardiac arrest,poisoning, trauma,delirium and otherpsychoses, or anoxicbrain injuryC-9 ICD-9-CM codes formetastatic cancer,lymphoid malignancy orbone malignancyC-10 ICD-9-CM codes forinfectionsPostoperative sepsisDecubitus ulcerDecubitus ulcerComplications ofanaesthesia,postoperative hipfractureComplications ofanaesthesiaComplications ofanaesthesiaPostoperative hipfracturePostoperative hipfracturePostoperative sepsisDenominator exclusion, if principal diagnosisor secondary diagnosisDenominator exclusion, if principal diagnosisor secondary diagnosisDenominator exclusion, if principal diagnosisor secondary diagnosisDenominator exclusion, if principal diagnosisor secondary diagnosisComplications of anaesthesia: denominatorexclusion, if coded together with drugdependence and active nondependent abuse ofdrugs (c-7)Hip fracture: denominator exclusion, ifprincipal diagnosis or secondary diagnosisDenominator exclusion, if coded together withdrug dependence and active nondependentabuse of drugs (c-7)Denominator exclusion, if coded together withself-inflicted injury diagnosis (c-5) orpoisoning due to anaesthetics icd-9-cm codes(c-6)Denominator exclusion, if principal diagnosisDenominator exclusion, if principal diagnosisor secondary diagnosisDenominator exclusion, if principal diagnosis57