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icd 10 code ulcerative colitis
The American Journal of Gastroenterology (2006) 101, 1283–1287; doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00520.x
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Ane B Jensen MD1, Mette Larsen MD1, Mette Gislum MSc1, Mette V Skriver MSc1, Peter Jepsen MD1, Bente Nørgaard MD, PhD1 and Henrik T Sørensen MD, PhD, DMSc1,2
There is abundant affirmation that patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) accept a two- to eightfold added accident of colorectal blight (CRC), and that CRC is an important agency for abiding bloodshed in UC patients (1,2,3,4,5). A meta-analysis based on 116 studies estimated the accumulative accident of CRC 30 yr afterwards the access of UC to be 18% (2).
However, few studies on the appulse of UC on the cast of CRC accept been performed, and the absolute studies on the accountable accept appear adverse results. Three studies begin agnate 5-yr adaptation ante for patients with UC and CRC as for patients with CRC afterwards UC (non-UC CRC) advised in the aforementioned hospitals (6,7,8). In contrast, three added studies appear poorer adaptation for UC patients with CRC than for patients with non-UC CRC (9,10,11). The authors explained the poorer adaptation in UC patients by an abortive date distribution, back a greater admeasurement of UC patients than non-UC CRC patients had abroad alteration at time of CRC diagnosis. All the absolute studies were hospital based, included beneath than 80 patients and alone one abstraction included the date administration in the adaptation assay (11).
To appraise the aftereffect of UC on the cast of CRC, we conducted a ample civic aftereffect abstraction application population-based abstracts from the Danish Hospital Discharge Registry (HDR), the Danish Blight Registry (DCR), and the Civil Registration Arrangement (CRS). We advised the administration of stages at the time of blight assay comparing patients with UC and CRC to patients with non-UC CRC. We additionally compared the adaptation in the two groups afterwards 1 and 5 yr of follow-up, and computed bloodshed amount ratios (MRR) for patients with UC and CRC compared to patients with non-UC CRC 1 and 5 yr afterwards assay of CRC.
We conducted this aftereffect abstraction aural the absolute Danish citizenry of 5.2 actor bodies in the aeon from January 1, 1977 to December 31, 1999. We acclimated the DCR, which has kept annal of all adventure cases of cancerous neoplasm's in Denmark back 1943, and the HDR, which includes advice about all patients accepted to non-psychiatric hospitals back 1977 (12). The diagnoses in the HDR are coded by physicians according to the International Allocation of Diseases (ICD-8 from 1977 to 1993 and ICD-10 back 1994).
From the HDR we articular all (18,774) patients with UC (ICD-8 codes: 563.19; 569.04; ICD-10 codes: K51.0-K51.3) accepted to a Danish hospital in the aeon January 1, 1977 to December 31, 1999 (prevalent and adventure cases). From the DCR we articular all (71,861) patients with CRC (ICD-7 codes: 153.0; 153.4 153.5; 154.0; 154.9; 253.0–253.4) in the aforementioned period. A absolute of 323 patients were excluded: 142 patients due to missing ages of CRC diagnosis, four patients due to the date of afterlife or abandonment above-mentioned the date of blight diagnosis, and 177 patients with date registered as "not relevant." A absolute of 1,142 patients were registered with added than one CRC in the DCR. We alone included their aboriginal CRC in the study.
Since 1968, every Danish aborigine has been articular by a altered claimed identification cardinal (PIN). We acclimated the PIN-numbers to articulation abstracts from the two registries, and thereby we articular 279 patients with UC and CRC. Patients were alone included in the abstraction if UC was diagnosed afore or at the aforementioned date as CRC.
From the DCR we calm abstracts on date of the blight at the time of diagnosis. The stages were appear as either Dukes stages A–D or as localized, bounded spread, or abroad metastasis; with the closing allocation actuality added accepted in beforehand years. We aggregate Dukes A and B with localized, Dukes C with bounded spread, and Dukes D with abroad metastasis, and this larboard us with alone three date groups: localized, bounded spread, and abroad metastasis. For some patients date was appear as unknown.
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All patients entered the abstraction at the date of CRC assay and were followed up for 5 yr or until afterlife or November 1, 2003. Abstracts on afterlife were acquired from the CRS, which is electronically adapted on a circadian base and keeps almanac of all changes in basic cachet and clearing for the absolute Danish population.
The date administration in patients with UC and CRC was compared to the administration of stages in patients with non-UC CRC. For anniversary date we affected the prevalence arrangement (the admeasurement of patients with UC and CRC disconnected by the admeasurement of patients with non-UC CRC) and the associated 95% CI.
We acclimated Cox corruption assay to compute the MRRs and 95% CI for UC patients with CRC compared to patients with non-UC CRC in the aboriginal year and afterwards 5 yr of follow-up. In the assay we included the afterward added covariates: sex (male [reference], female), age (continuous variable), year of blight assay (1977–1982 [reference], 1983–1987, 1988–1992, and 1993–1999) and date (localized [reference], bounded spread, abroad metastasis, and date unknown).
We stratified by date groups of CRC at time of assay to appraise the aftereffect of UC on adaptation aural altered stages. We additionally stratified the assay by altered age groups to appraise whether the anxiety aftereffect of UC depended on age at time of CRC diagnosis.
Furthermore, in sub-analyses, we included alone CRC patients diagnosed afterwards 1990. For this subgroup of patients, stratified analyses were performed according to continuance of UC (<8 yr, 8 yr, or more), and both groups were compared to patients with non-UC CRC. To appraise whether a added authentic acclimation for CRC date could accept afflicted our results, we fabricated addition sub-analysis in which we included alone CRC patients staged according to Dukes and again the analyses adjusting for gender, age, year of blight diagnosis, and date (A [reference], B, C, D).
Statistical analyses were performed application SAS software (Version 8.02, SAS Institute, Cary, NC).
Table 1 summarizes the abstracts on gender, age, and date at time of CRC assay for the 279 patients with UC and CRC and for the 71,259 patients with non-UC CRC. 39.1% of the patients with UC and CRC were beneath 60 yr of age compared to alone 16.5% of the patients with non-UC CRC. The beggarly age at time of CRC assay was 62.6 yr for the patients with UC compared to 71.2 yr for the patients with non-UC CRC.
Of the patients with UC and CRC 46.6% had localized tumors against 44.0% of the patients with non-UC CRC, 30.1% against 28.3% had bounded spread, 16.5% against 19.4% had abroad metastasis, and 6.8% against 8.4% had date unknown. The agnate prevalence ratios were 1.06 (0.93–1.20), 1.07 (0.89–1.27), 0.85 (0.65–1.11), and 0.81 (0.52–1.25), respectively.
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After 1 yr of follow-up, 64% of the patients with UC and CRC were still animate compared to 60% of the patients with non-UC CRC. Afterwards 5 yr adaptation was 37% and 31%, respectively.
The MRRs for UC and added important covariates afterwards 1 yr and afterwards 5 yr of aftereffect are accustomed in Table 2. MRR for patients with UC and CRC compared to patients with non-UC CRC was 1.24 (1.02–1.51) in the aboriginal year of aftereffect and 1.17 (1.01–1.36) afterwards 5 yr of follow-up, adapted for gender, age at CRC diagnosis, date at time of diagnosis, and year of blight diagnosis.
Table 3 shows the stratified analyses in which the MRR for patients with UC and CRC is compared to non-UC CRC aural altered date groups. MRR is abutting to one for localized tumors, not decidedly added in tumors with bounded advance and abroad metastasis, and alone essentially added in tumors categorized with date unknown.
The after-effects afterwards stratification by altered age groups are accustomed in Table 4. The abrogating aftereffect of UC on CRC adaptation appeared added arresting in the youngest age accumulation (MRR = 1.29 (0.90–1.84)), and UC had no aftereffect on CRC adaptation for patients age-old 70 or older. The after-effects afterwards 1 and 5 yr of aftereffect were absolutely agnate (Table 4).
The stratified analyses according to continuance of UC showed that the anxiety aftereffect of UC on CRC was beyond for UC patients with ache continuance of 8 yr or added (MRR = 1.57 (1.09–2.27) afterwards 1 yr of follow-up, and 1.42 (1.08–1.88) afterwards 5 yr) than for UC patients with ache continuance beneath than 8 yr (MRRs were 1.17 (0.76–1.80) and 1.23 (0.92–1.63), respectively). Acclimation was fabricated for date at diagnosis, gender, year of CRC diagnosis, and age.
Furthermore, back the analyses were belted to alone CRC patients staged according to Dukes, the MRR was 1.43 (1.03–1.97) afterwards 1 yr and 1.18 (0.94–1.48) afterwards 5 yr, adapted for Dukes staging (A–D), gender, year of CRC diagnosis, and age.
This civic population-based abstraction of 279 patients with UC and CRC showed that patients with UC and CRC had a date administration agnate to patients with non-UC CRC. The awkward adaptation ante were college for the patients with UC than for the patients with non-UC CRC, but this was explained by the actuality that the patients with UC were abundant adolescent at the time of blight diagnosis. The analyses adapted for age and added important covariates appear that the cast was poorer for patients with UC and CRC than for patients with non-UC CRC. The abrogating aftereffect of UC on the cast of CRC was added arresting in the aboriginal year afterwards blight diagnosis, in patients diagnosed with CRC afore the age of 70 yr, in patients with UC continuance of 8 yr or more, and in cancers with avant-garde or alien stage.
Our abstraction architecture had both strengths and limitations. The registries were complete, population-based and nationwide, and we had complete aftereffect on all patients. Selection bent was minimized because all patients who were diagnosed with UC and CRC in the abstraction aeon were included in the study, and they were compared to all added patients with CRC in the aforementioned period. A abstraction of the abstracts affection of UC assay in the HDR has apparent that 94% of all patients with a pathologically accepted assay of UC are included in the HDR, and that the authority of the assay of UC in the HDR is 90% (13). A misclassification in 10% of the UC patients in our abstraction ability accept led to a baby aberration of the aftereffect of UC on the cast of CRC. The abyss and authority of the abstracts in the DCR is estimated to be 95–98% (16).
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Reasons for the award that patients with UC accept a poorer aftereffect of CRC than patients with non-UC CRC are cryptic and may be actual complex. Thus, several explanations ability be involved: first, the CRC in patients with UC ability be added advancing because of the UC or UC treatment, alike afterwards acclimation for date at diagnosis. This could explain why the abrogating aftereffect of UC on CRC cast was added arresting in patients with continued ache duration. Second, CRC assay may alter amid patients with UC and CRC and patients with non-UC CRC because patients with UC and CRC ability accept assorted tumors, and ability accept added accessible bowel bank acute appropriate surgical techniques. Third, the surgical aftereffect afterwards agnate procedures ability be worse for patients with UC compared to non-UC patients due to surgical complications in UC patients. If we had accessible abstracts on causes of afterlife we ability accept been able to differentiate amid afterlife due to UC, due to CRC, and due to surgical complications.
In the sub-analyses, alone including patients with recorded Dukes stage, we begin that afterwards 1 yr the abrogating anxiety aftereffect of UC on CRC survival, compared to non-UC CRC patients, was added arresting (MRR = 1.43 (1.03–1.97)) than in the all-embracing after-effects (MRR = 1.24 (1.02–1.51)). This award supports the cessation that UC patients with CRC accept a poorer cast than patients with non-UC CRC, i.e., we ability accept underestimated the aftereffect of UC in our all-embracing results.
As an agent award we acclaimed that patients with CRC, irrespectively of basal UC or not, seemed to accept a bigger cast in the contempo years, and women a bigger cast than men. The affidavit for these allegation are unclear, but it is accessible that the benign aftereffect of hormone backup assay on cast for CRC-patients may accept contributed (17).
Other studies accept advised the affair of date administration of CRC in patients with UC. In adverse to our findings, beforehand studies showed an abortive date distribution, with CRC in patients with UC actuality added avant-garde at the time of assay (9,10,11). An annual for this alterity ability be that colonoscopy surveillance was aberrant during the abstraction periods of the aboriginal studies (1950s to 1970s), admitting it has become added accepted during the aftermost 20 yr. There is affirmation that colonoscopy surveillance detects beforehand stages of blight at time of diagnosis, and accordingly improves adaptation of patients with UC and CRC apparent during surveillance (5,14,15). We were not able to appraise the appulse of surveillance because we had no advice about accord in surveillance programs.
Previous studies accept appear capricious after-effects about CRC adaptation in patients with UC. In 1982 Ohman et al. begin a 5-yr adaptation amount of 31% for 29 UC patients with CRC compared to 34% for patients with non-UC CRC, but the assay did not booty into annual that the boilerplate age was 40 yr in the UC accumulation compared to 64 yr in the non-UC CRC accumulation (6). Their abstraction showed the aforementioned addiction as apparent in our study, that UC patients with cureless CRC died added rapidly than added patients with cureless CRC. In 1984, Gyde et al. akin 35 UC patients with non-UC CRC controls of the aforementioned boilerplate age but begin no aberration in 5-yr adaptation (33.5% compared to 32.6%) (7). None of these studies included the date administration in the analyses. Two American hospital-based studies from 1980 to 1982 (9,10) appear 5-yr adaptation ante for patients with UC and CRC of 41.7% and 41%, which was beneath than for patients with non-UC CRC advised in the aforementioned hospitals. The authors explained this aberration with the abortive date administration for the patients with UC and CRC. Our after-effects cannot be explained by date administration as there is no abundant aberration in date administration amid our groups, and our analyses are adapted for stage.
A Finnish abstraction from 1998, which compared 33 UC patients with CRC to 122 patients with non-UC CRC, supports the after-effects about adaptation begin in our abstraction (11). Their analyses were adapted for age, sex, and date of the cancer, and they begin a bloodshed arrangement of 1.83 in the aboriginal 5 yr afterwards diagnosis.
In conclusion, our abstracts advance that patients with UC and CRC had poorer cast than patients with non-UC CRC, abnormally amid (i) adolescent patients at time of CRC diagnosis, (ii) patients with continued UC duration, and (iii) patients with avant-garde cancer. Our abstracts cannot brighten the specific affidavit for these findings, because we do not accept abundant abstracts to booty into annual all factors accompanying to UC (e.g., UC assay afore and afterwards the CRC, ache activity), the CRC (e.g., advancing tumors, surgical techniques and surgical complications), and a accessible cardinal of added factors that ability be of anxiety amount (e.g., comorbidity, comedication, ancestral factors). Therefore, our after-effects alarm for added abstracts on this accountable to actuate the access of added accessible confounders.
The abstraction accustomed banking abutment from the Western Danish Research Forum for Bloom Sciences (Vestdansk Forskningsforum) and from Ingeborg and Leo Dannins Foundation for Scientific Research.
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