elixhauser_list: List of Elixhauser comorbidities

In medicalrisk: Medical Risk and Comorbidity Tools for ICD-9-CM Data

Description

List of Elixhauser comorbidities

Usage

elixhauser_list

Format

A list, with one column for each comorbidity; value is a textual description

Examples

# List the strings used to refer to Elixhauser comorbidities
names(elixhauser_list)

# List descriptions of comorbidities
elixhauser_list

Example output

 [1] "chf"        "arrhythmia" "valve"      "pulmcirc"   "perivasc"  
 [6] "htn"        "htncx"      "para"       "neuro"      "chrnlung"  
[11] "dm"         "dmcx"       "hypothy"    "renlfail"   "liver"     
[16] "ulcer"      "aids"       "lymph"      "mets"       "tumor"     
[21] "rheum"      "coag"       "obese"      "wghtloss"   "lytes"     
[26] "bldloss"    "anemdef"    "alcohol"    "drug"       "psych"     
[31] "depress"   
$chf
[1] "Congestive heart failure"

$arrhythmia
[1] "Cardiac arrhythmias"

$valve
[1] "Valvular disease"

$pulmcirc
[1] "Pulmonary circulation disorders"

$perivasc
[1] "Peripheral vascular disorders"

$htn
[1] "Hypertension, uncomplicated"

$htncx
[1] "Hypertension, complicated"

$para
[1] "Paralysis"

$neuro
[1] "Other neurological disorders"

$chrnlung
[1] "Chronic pulmonary disease"

$dm
[1] "Diabetes, uncomplicated"

$dmcx
[1] "Diabetes, complicated"

$hypothy
[1] "Hypothyroidism"

$renlfail
[1] "Renal failure"

$liver
[1] "Liver disease"

$ulcer
[1] "Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding"

$aids
[1] "AIDS/HIV"

$lymph
[1] "Lymphoma"

$mets
[1] "Metastatic Cancer"

$tumor
[1] "Solid tumor without metastasis"

$rheum
[1] "Rheumatoid arthritis/Collagen vascular diseases"

$coag
[1] "Coagulopathy"

$obese
[1] "Obesity"

$wghtloss
[1] "Weight loss"

$lytes
[1] "Fluid and electrolyte disorders"

$bldloss
[1] "Blood loss anemia"

$anemdef
[1] "Deficiency anemia"

$alcohol
[1] "Alcohol abuse"

$drug
[1] "Drug abuse"

$psych
[1] "Psychoses"

$depress
[1] "Depression"

medicalrisk documentation built on March 26, 2020, 6:31 p.m.