Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Research Letter
Sporotrichosis Cases in Commercial Insurance Data, United States, 2012–2018
Kaitlin Benedict
and Brendan R. Jackson
and Brendan R. Jackson
Table
Characteristics of 1,252 patients with sporotrichosis, United States, 2012–2018*
| Characteristic |
No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age group, y† | |
| 0–17 | 46 (4) |
| 18–34 | 153 (12) |
| 35–44 | 154 (12) |
| 45–54 | 305 (24) |
| 55–64 | 402 (32) |
| >65 |
192 (15) |
| Sex | |
| F | 774 (62) |
| M |
478 (38) |
| Residence in a rural area |
184 (15) |
| Type of sporotrichosis | |
| Lymphocutaneous‡ | 68 (13) |
| Pulmonary§ | 27 (5) |
| Other forms¶ | 71 (14) |
| Unspecified# |
357 (69) |
| Underlying conditions on or in the month before sporotrichosis diagnosis | |
| Alcohol related disorders** | 9 (0.7) |
| Immune-mediated inflammatory disease†† | 39 (3) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‡‡ | 26 (2) |
| Diabetes§§ | 90 (7) |
| HIV disease¶ | 5 (0.4) |
| Solid organ or stem cell transplant## | 5 (0.4) |
| Hematologic malignancy*** |
7 (0.6) |
| *Diagnosis codes for sporotrichosis are as follows: ICD-9-CM code 117.1 and ICD-10-CM B42. ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; ICD-10-CM, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification. †Median age 54 y (range 0–93 y). ‡ICD-10-CM code B42.1. §ICD-10-CM code B42.0. ¶ICD-10-CM codes B42.7, B42.81, B42.82, B42.89. #ICD-10-CM code B42.9. **ICD-9-CM codes 291, 303, 305.0, 571.0–571.3; ICD-10-CM codes F10, K70. ††ICD-9-CM codes 555, 556, 696.0, 696.1, 696.8, 714.0, 714.2; ICD-10-CM codes K50, K51, L40, M023, M05, M06, M08, M33, M352, M45. ‡‡ICD-9-CM codes 490–492, 494, 496; ICD-10-CM codes J41–J44. §§ICD-9-CM codes 249–250; ICD-10 codes E08–E11. ¶¶ICD-9-CM code 042; ICD-10-CM code B20. ##ICD-9-CM codes V42 (excluding V42.3–V42.5), 996.8; ICD-10-CM codes T86, Z94 (excluding Z94.5– Z94.7). ***ICD-9-CM codes 200–208; ICD-10-CM codes C81–C86, C88, C90–C96. | |
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