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Table 1 ICD-10 variables included to determine modified frailty index following the three rounds of Delphi consensus survey

From: Defining ICD-10 surrogate variables to estimate the modified frailty index: a Delphi-based approach

Variable 1: “Functional status (not independent)”

1. H54 – Blindness and low vision

2. R26.0- R26.9 – Gait problems

3. R27.0 -R27.9 – Lack of coordination

4. R41 – Sarcopenia

5. R41.81 – age-related cognitive decline

6. R54 – age-related physical disability

7. S72 – fracture of femur

8. Z73 – Life management difficulty

9. Z74.1 – Need for assistance

10. Z73.6 – Activities of daily living dysfunction

11. Z74 – Care-provider dependency

Variable 2: “History of hypertension requiring medication”

12. I10 – Essential hypertension

13. I11 – Hypertensive heart disease

14. I12 – Hypertensive kidney disease

15. I13 – Hypertensive heart and kidney disease

16. I15 – Secondary hypertension

Variable 3: “History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or pneumonia”

17. J12 – viral pneumonia

18. J13 – pneumonia due to streptococcal pneumoniae

19. J14 – pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae

20. J15 – Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified

21. J16 – Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms

22. J17 – Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere

23. J18 – Pneumonia, organism unspecified

24. J43 – Emphysema

25. J44 – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Variable 4: “History of impaired sensorium”

26. A81.0 – Creuksfeld Jacob Disease

27. F00-F03 – Delirium superimposed with dementia

28. F01 – Vascular Dementia

29. F04 – Organic Amnesia Syndrome

30. F05 – Delirium

31. F06 – Memory disturbance

32. F10 – Amnesia related to Alcohol

33. F11-F19 – Amnesia related to psychoactive agents

34. G20 - Parkinson’s disease

35. G30 – Alzheimer’s Dementia

36. H35 – Macular degeneration

Variable 5: “History of diabetes mellitus”

37. E10 - Type 1 diabetes mellitus

38. E11 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus

39. E13 – Other specified diabetes mellitus

40. E14 - Unspecified diabetes mellitus

Variable 6: “History of myocardial infarction”

41. I21 – Acute myocardial infarction

42. I22 – Subsequent myocardial infarction

43. I25 – Chronic ischaemic heart disease

Variable 7: “History of congestive heart failure”

44. I50 – Heart failure

45. U80.2 – Chronic heart failure

Variable 8: “History of stroke with neurologic deficit”

46. I61 – Intracerebral haemorrhage

47. I63 – Cerebral infarction

48. I69 – Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease

Variable 9: “History of TIA or stroke without neurological deficit”

49. G45 – Transient cerebral ischaemic attacks and related syndromes

Variable 10: “History of PCI, angina or stenting”

50. I20 – Angina pectoris

Variable 11: “History of Peripheral vascular disease or ischaemic rest pain”

51. I70.2 - Atherosclerosis of arteries of extremities

52. I73 - Peripheral vascular disease

53. I77.9 - Peripheral arterial insufficiency

54. I77.1 - Obliterative peripheral arteries