Infection-related diagnoses and antibiotic prescription rates
| Antibiotic prescribing rate | ||||
| Body system (no. of prescriptions) | Diagnosis | ICD-10 code | n/N | % |
| Respiratory (6178) | Acute nasopharyngitis (common cold)† | J00 | 3034/4938 | 61.4 |
| Bronchitis* | J40 | 408/522 | 78.2 | |
| Acute upper respiratory infection† | J06.9 | 203/239 | 84.9 | |
| Acute pharyngitis | J02.9 | 160/190 | 84.2 | |
| Acute tonsillitis | J03.9 | 68/73 | 93.2 | |
| Rhinitis* | NA | 31/67 | 46.3 | |
| Cough | NA | 23/65 | 35.4 | |
| Pneumonia | J18 | 40/51 | 78.4 | |
| Bronchopneumonia | J18.0 | 15/19 | 78.9 | |
| Acute laryngopharyngitis | J06.0 | 8/14 | 57.1 | |
| Gastrointestinal (1642) | Gastritis | K29.7 | 258/856 | 30.1 |
| Gastroenteritis | A09.9 | 496/717 | 69.2 | |
| Diarrhoea | NA | 61/69 | 88.4 | |
| Dental (222) | Chronic periodontitis | K05.3 | 100/131 | 76.3 |
| Gingivitis and periodontal diseases | K05 | 61/72 | 84.7 | |
| Pulpitis | K04.0 | 19/19 | 100.0 | |
| Urogenital (84) | Inflammatory disease of prostate | N41.9 | 23/45 | 51.1 |
| Urethritis and urethral syndrome | N34 | 23/24 | 95.8 | |
| Urinary tract infection | N39.0 | 15/15 | 100.0 | |
| Eye (101) | Conjunctivitis | H10 | 9/101 | 8.9 |
| Ear (11) | Otitis media | H66.9 | 7/11 | 63.6 |
*Not specified as acute or chronic.
†Categorised as likely viral acute upper respiratory tract infections.
APR, antibiotic prescribing rate; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision; NA, no ICD-10 code was allocated.