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Table 1 Trigger diagnostic codes

From: ICARES: a real-time automated detection tool for clusters of infectious diseases in the Netherlands

DBC/DOT code (Hospital)ª

Representing syndrome/diagnosis

Respiratory tract infection

 INT401

Pneumonia

 INT402

Interstitial pneumonia

 INT409

Other respiratory tract infections

 LON1401

Pneumonia

 LON1405

Acute (trachea)bronchitis

 KIN3104

Upper respiratory tract infection

 KIN3202b

Asthma/bronchial hyperreactivity

 KIN3207

Laryngotracheobronchitis

 KIN3208

Lower respiratory tract infection

 KIN3210

RSV bronchiolitis

Infectious hepatitis

 INT463

Viral hepatitis (not B or C)

 INT944

Hepatitis B or C

 MDL701

Hepatitis

 MDL705

Hepatitis B or C with antiviral therapy

 MDL718

Acute liver failure

 KIN3312

Hepatitis

Meningitis/encephalitis

 INT441

Meningitis/encephalitis/brain abscess

 NEU0101

Bacterial Meningitis

 NEU0102

Non-bacterial meningitis

 NEU0111

Encephalitis

 KIN3511

Meningitis/encephalitis

ICPC (General Practice)

Representing syndrome/diagnosis

Respiratory tract infection

 R74

Acute upper respiratory tract infection

 R77

Acute laryngitis/tracheitis

 R78

Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis

 R80

Influenza

 R81

Pneumonia

Infectious hepatitis

 D13

Icterus

 D72

Infectious hepatitis

Meningitis/encephalitis

 N70

Poliomyelitis/(entero)viral infection CNS

 N71

Meningitis/encephalitis

  1. aDBC/DOT codes from internal medicine, pulmonology, pediatrics, neurology and gastroenterology are used
  2. bThis code is only used in children under the age of 5 since asthma/bronchial hyperreactivity, at this age, is most often triggered by a respiratory tract infection