Common infections and indications for antimicrobial therapy

Look up table of common infections and whether they are commonly treated with antibiotics.

antibiotic_icd_indications

Format

Data frame of 276 rows describing ICD-10 codes with 6 columns:

icd_root

character vector of 3- to 4-character ICD-10 codes

infection_group1_label

character vector referencing 17 infection groups

infection_group2_label

character vector referencing 74 infections

antibiotics_indicated

character vector indicating whether antibiotics are indicated ("potentially", "rarely", "usually")

infection_group1_code

character vector containing 3-character short codes for infection groups

infection_group2_code

character vector containing 5-character short codes for infections

Source

Adapted from Supplementary Table S1 in (Hashimoto et al. 2020) .

References

Hashimoto H, Saito M, Sato J, Goda K, Mitsutake N, Kitsuregawa M, Nagai R, Hatakeyama S (2020). “Indications and classes of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in Japan: A descriptive study using the national database of electronic health insurance claims, 2012–2015.” International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 91, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.009 .

Examples

data("antibiotic_icd_indications")
head(antibiotic_icd_indications)
#>   icd_root infection_group1_label
#> 1      K61   Abdominal infections
#> 2     K630   Abdominal infections
#> 3     K750   Abdominal infections
#> 4      K35   Abdominal infections
#> 5     K800   Abdominal infections
#> 6     K801   Abdominal infections
#>                                     infection_group2_label
#> 1 Abscess of anal and rectal regions, intestine, and liver
#> 2 Abscess of anal and rectal regions, intestine, and liver
#> 3 Abscess of anal and rectal regions, intestine, and liver
#> 4                                       Acute appendicitis
#> 5                            Cholecystitis and cholangitis
#> 6                            Cholecystitis and cholangitis
#>   antibiotics_indicated infection_group1_code infection_group2_code
#> 1               usually                   u01                 u0101
#> 2               usually                   u01                 u0101
#> 3               usually                   u01                 u0101
#> 4               usually                   u01                 u0102
#> 5               usually                   u01                 u0103
#> 6               usually                   u01                 u0103