Preventable Emergency Visits Diagnoses Tip Sheet

Condition Description: The list of preventable emergency department (ED) diagnoses is derived from the Statewide Collaborative Quality Improvement Project: Reducing Avoidable Emergency Room Visits.

• Acute Conditions
  

  o Bronchitis	o Laryngopharyngitis
  o Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold)	o Pharyngitis Unspecified or Due to Other Specified Organisms
  o Upper Respiratory Infection, Unspecified	o Vaginitis
  o Vulvitis

• Candida Of Skin And Nail
• Candidal
  

  o Balanitis	o Cheilitis
  o Cystitis And Urethritis	o Otitis Externa
  o Stomatitis

• Candidiasis of Vulva and Vagina or Unspecified
• Chlamydial Cystitis And Urethritis
• Cystitis
  

  o Acute with/without Hematuria	o Interstitial (Chronic) with/without Hematuria
  o Other Chronic with/without Hematuria	o Other Cystitis with/without Hematuria
  o Unspecified Hematuria with/without Hematuria

• Chronic Conditions
  

  o Adenoiditis	o Disease Of Tonsils And Adenoids, Unspecified
  o Nasopharyngitis	o Pharyngitis
  o Rhinitis	o Tonsillitis
  o Tonsillitis and Adenoiditis

• Conjunctivitis
  

  o Acute Atopic Conjunctivitis	o Acute Follicular Conjunctivitis
  o Angular Belpharoconjunctivitis	o Chronic Follicular Conjunctivitis
  o Chronic Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis	o Contact Blepharoconjunctivitis
  o Due to Acanthamoeba	o Ligneous Conjunctivitis
  o Other Chronic Allergic Conjunctivitis	o Other Conjunctivitis
  o Other Mucopurulent Conjunctivitis	o Pseudomembranous Conjunctivitis
  o Serous Conjunctivitis	o Simple Chronic Conjunctivitis
  o Unspecified Acute Conjunctivitis	o Unspecified Blepharoconjunctivitis
  o Unspecified Chronic Conjunctivitis	o Unspecified Conjunctivitis
  o Vernal Conjunctivitis

• COVID-19
• Dorsalgia, Unspecified
• Examination For
  

  o Driving License	o Insurance Purposes
  o Comparison and Control in Clinical Research Program	o Participation in Sport
  o Period of Delayed Growth in Childhood with or Without Abnormal Findings	o Recruitment To Armed Forces
  o Blood Pressure With or Without Abnormal Findings	o Ears And Hearing With Other or Without Abnormal Findings
  o Eyes And Vision Without Abnormal Findings	o Potential Donor Of Organ And Tissue

• Follow-Up Examination After Completed Treatment For Malignant or Conditions Other Than Malignant Neoplasm
• General Adult Medical Examination With or Without Abnormal Findings
• General Psychiatric Examination, Requested By Authority
• Gynecological Examination (General) (Routine) With or Without Abnormal Findings
• Encounter For
  

  o Administrative Examinations, Unspecified	o Adoption Services
  o Allergy Testing	o Blood Typing
  o Blood-Alcohol and Blood-Drug Test	o Cervical Smear to Confirm Findings of Recent Normal Smear Following Initial Abnormal Smear
  o Dental Exam and cleaning with/without abnormal Findings	o Disability Determination
  o Exam and Observation for Other Specified or Unspecified Reasons	o Admission to Educational or Residential Institution
  o Hearing Conservation and Treatment	o Issue Of Other Medical Certificate
  o Hearing Examination Following Failed Hearing Screening	o Issue Of Repeat Prescription

• Encounter For Other
  

  o Administrative Examinations	o Pregnancy Test
  o General Examination	o Preprocedural Examinations
  o Specified Special Examinations	o Paternity Testing
  o Pre-Employment Examination

• Female Infertility Of Other Origin
• Headache
• Hypertrophy
  

  o Adenoids	o Tonsils With Hypertrophy Of Adenoids
  o Tonsils

• Inflammatory Disease Of Cervix Uteri
• Low Back Pain
• Miliaria
  

  o Crystallina	o Profunda
  o Rubra	o Unspecified

• Muscle Spasm Of Back
• Other Acariasis
• Other Chronic Diseases of Tonsils and Adenoids
• Other
  

  o Dorsalgia	o Urogenital Candidiasis
  o Low back pain	o Sites Of Candidiasis
  o Pruritus

• Otitis Media
  

  o Acute Suppurative With or Without Spontaneous Rupture	o Chronic Atticoantral Suppurative
  o Chronic Tubotympanic Suppurative	o Other Chronic Suppurative
  o Otitis Media, Unspecified	o Suppurative Otitis Media, Unspecified

• Pruritus, Unspecified
• Sacrococcygeal Disorders, Nec
• Scabies
• Sinusitis
  

  o Chronic Ethmoidal Sinusitis	o Chronic Frontal Sinusitis
  o Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis	o Chronic Pansinusitis
  o Chronic Sinusitis, Unspecified	o Chronic Sphenoidal Sinusitis
  o Other Chronic Sinusitis

• Subacute And Chronic Vaginitis
• Tinea Corporis
• Tinea Imbricata
• Trigonitis With or Without Hematuria
• Urinary Tract Infection, Site Not Specified
• Vascular Headache, Not Elsewhere Classified