Malnutrition - FOI Response Register

NHS Shetland uses the ICD 10 coding system. Figures provided are for the number of inpatients where the given ICD 10 code was listed as Main Condition or Other Condition.

Please note that coding does not take place until after discharge and some complex patients may not yet have been coded.

1. How many people were treated in or admitted to hospitals in your health board area in each year since 2018 with:

See table below

(a) Malnutrition

Figures provided are for ICD 10 codes “E40-E46 Malnutrition”.

 (b) Scurvy

Figures provided are for ICD 10 code “E54 Ascorbic Acid Deficiency”.

(c) Ricketts

Figures provided are for ICD 10 code “E55 Vitamin D deficiency”. Please note all patients listed were coded as “E55.9 Vitamin D Deficiency Unspecified”.

2. For each condition, please list how many of those treated for each condition in each year were children.

All patients listed are adults