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ICD-9-CM Code specific proportion of prevalence and ambulatory care visits for SPARC.*

ICD-9-CM Code and Condition ‡ Percent of Prevalence Percent of Visits †
727.0 Synovitis and tenosynovitis 31.3 23.2
729.1 Myalgia and myositis, unspecified 22.9 26.9
715 Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders 10.9 6.7
710 Diffuse diseases of connective tissue 7.2 6.4
714 Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory polyarthropathies 5.4 7.4
287.0 Allergic purpura 5.3 6.9
711 Arthropathy associated with infections 5.2 6.9
716 Other and unspecified arthropathies 3.0 3.0
446 Polyarteritis nodosa and allied conditions 2.4 3.4
  Remaining SPARC Codes§ 6.4 9.2

* ICD-9-CM = International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; SPARC = significant pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions.

† Visit data include 83,000 emergency department visits that were not used to estimate prevalence.

‡ Estimates for 727.0, 729.1, 710, and 714 are based on samples of 42–104 records, but relative standard errors exceed 30%. All the remaining code estimates are based on <30 records.

§ Data not shown individually for codes with estimated proportions below 3% for prevalence or visits. Such codes include 099.3 Reactive arthritis; 136.1 Behcet's syndrome; 274 Gout; 277.3 Amyloidosis; 390–391 Rheumatic fever; 437.4 Cerebral arteritis; 443.0 Raynaud’s syndrome; 447.6 Arteritis, unspecified; 695.2 Erythema nodosum; 696.0 Psoriatic arthropathy; 701.0 Circumscribed scleroderma; 712 Crystal arthropathies; 713 Arthropathy associated with other disorders classified elsewhere; 719.2 Villonodular synovitis; 719.3 Palindromic rheumatism; 720 Ankylosing spondylitis and other inflammatory spondylopathies; and 729.0 Rheumatism, unspecified and fibrositis.

Reference

Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Luo YH, Ilowite NT, Bowyer S. Prevalence of and annual ambulatory health care visits for pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions in the United States in 2001–2004. Arthritis Care Res 2007;57(8):1439–1445. abstract

 

Synthetic state-specific prevalence estimates of pediatric arthritis, 2001-2004

 

Children <18 yrs old
N*

ICD-9-CM- based estimates
n (95% CI)†

United States 72,969,000 294,000 (188,000–400,000)
Alabama 1,107,500 4,500 (2,900–6,000)
Alaska 190,900 800 (500–1,000)
Arizona 1,498,100 6,000 (3,900–8,200)
Arkansas 679,800 2,700 (1,700–3,700)
California 9,436,200 38,000 (24,300–51,700)
Colorado 1,151,900 4,600 (3,000–6,300)
Connecticut 854,100 3,400 (2,200–4,700)
Delaware 194,300 800 (500–1,000)
Dist. of Columbia 110,300 400 (300–600)
Florida 3,903,200 15,800 (10,000–21,400)
Georgia 2,282,600 9,200 (5,900–12,500)
Hawaii 296,300 1,200 (800–1,600)
Idaho 371,200 1,500 (1,000–2,000)
Illinois 3,254,600 13,100 (8,300–17,800)
Indiana 1,599,400 6,400 (4,100–8,800)
Iowa 695,700 2,800 (1,800–3,800)
Kansas 695,800 2,800 (1,800–3,800)
Kentucky 962,900 3,900 (2,500–5,300)
Louisiana 1,181,600 4,800 (3,000–6,500)
Maine 282,900 1,100 (700–1,600)
Maryland 1,379,000 5,600 (3,500–7,600)
Massachusetts 1,475,200 5,900 (3,800–8,100)
Michigan 2,554,600 10,300 (6,600–14,000)
Minnesota 1,250,400 5,000 (3,200–6,900)
Mississippi 761,000 3,100 (2,000–4,200)
Missouri 1,402,400 5,700 (3,600–7,700)
Montana 216,100 900 (600–1,200)
Nebraska 440,100 1,800 (1,100–2,400)
Nevada 577,000 2,300 (1,500–3,200)
New Hampshire 308,300 1,200 (800–1,700)
New Jersey 2,129,500 8,600 (5,500–11,700)
New Mexico 501,300 2,000 (1,300–2,700)
New York 4,573,000 18,400 (11,800–25,100)
North Carolina 2,078,100 8,400 (5,300–11,400)
North Dakota 146,800 600 (400–800)
Ohio 2,847,600 11,500 (7,300–15,600)
Oklahoma 875,900 3,500 (2,300–4,800)
Oregon 852,100 3,400 (2,200–4,700)
Pennsylvania 2,847,100 11,500 (7,300–15,600)
Rhode Island 241,600 1,000 (600–1,300)
South Carolina 1,001,300 4,000 (2,600–5,500)
South Dakota 195,500 800 (500–1,100)
Tennessee 1,399,600 5,600 (3,600–7,700)
Texas 6,171,200 24,900 (15,900–33,800)
Utah 728,000 2,900 (1,900–4,000)
Vermont 138,600 600 (400–800)
Virginia 1,789,100 7,200 (4,600–9,800)
Washington 1,505,000 6,100 (3,900–8,300)
West Virginia 390,000 1,600 (1,000–2,100)
Wisconsin 1,335,500 5,400 (3,400–7,300)
Wyoming 121,700 500 (300–700)

* Estimates based on dividing national ICD-9-CM-based any diagnosis SPARC prevalence by the child population younger than 18 years of age and applying that rate to state-specific populations. All estimates rounded to the nearest 100.

† ICD-9-CM = International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; CI = confidence interval.

Reference

Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Luo YH, Ilowite NT, Bowyer S. Prevalence of and annual ambulatory health care visits for pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions in the United States in 2001–2004. Arthritis Care Res 2007;57(8):1439–1445. abstract

 

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