From: A longitudinal study of adult-onset asthma incidence among HMO members
 | Description | ICD-9 (CPT) Codes †|
---|---|---|
1 | Heart Failure | 428–428.9 |
2 | Bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema | 490–492.8 |
3 | Pulmonary hypertension, embolism and other pulmonary heart disease | 415–416.9 |
4 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 496 |
5 | ER visit or hospital admission for primary asthma diagnosis | 493–493.91 |
6 | Occupational asthma diagnosis | 504–507, 495.8, 507.8 |
7 | Asthma diagnosis AND outpatient nebulization treatment | 493–493.91 AND (94640) |
8 | Ordered second line asthma medications‡ |  |
9 | Any asthma diagnosis AND ordered oral steroids | 493–493.91 |
10 | Asthma diagnosis AND ordered 4 or more MDIs¶ | 493–493.91 |