Table 2 Frequency distribution of Chinese medicine visits by major disease categories (according to 9th ICD codes) in Alzheimer’s patients from 1997 to 2008 in Taiwan
From: Patterns of Chinese medicine use in prescriptions for treating Alzheimer’s disease in Taiwan
Major disease category | ICD-9-CM code range | Number of visits (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese herbal remedies | Acupuncture, or manipulative therapies | Total of CM | ||
Infectious and parasitic diseases | 001–139 | 42 (0.2) | 5 (0.02) | 47 (0.2) |
Neoplasms | 140–239 | 119 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 119 (0.5) |
Endocrine, nutritional, blood and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders | 240–289 | 799 (3.2) | 25 (0.1) | 824 (3.3) |
Mental disorders, diseases of the nervous system and sense organs | 290–389 | 1901 (7.7) | 389 (1.6) | 2290 (9.3) |
Diseases of the circulatory system | 390–459 | 1006 (4.1) | 162 (0.7) | 1168 (4.7) |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 460–519 | 3449 (13.9) | 93 (0.4) | 3542 (14.3) |
Diseases of the digestive system | 520–579 | 2954 (11.9) | 70 (0.3) | 3024 (12.2) |
Diseases of the genitourinary system | 580–677 | 789 (3.2) | 40 (0.2) | 829 (3.3) |
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 680–709 | 327 (1.3) | 9 (0.04) | 336 (1.4) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 710–739 | 2016 (8.1) | 2946 (11.9) | 4962 (20.0) |
Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions | 780–799 | 3877 (15.7) | 1134 (4.6) | 5011 (20.2) |
Injury and poisoning | 800–999 | 77 (0.3) | 852 (3.4) | 929 (3.8) |
Supplementary classification | V01–V82, E800–E999 | 0 (0) | 4 (0.02) | 4 (0.02) |
Othersa | 322 (1.3) | 848 (3.4) | 1170 (4.7) | |
Total | 18,138 (73.3) | 6613 (26.7) | 24,751 (100.0) | |