Research Article
Translation of Korean Medicine Use to ICD-Codes Using National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort
Table 2
Thirty most commonly used U codes in Korea, 2012.
| Code | Name | Frequency (2012) |
| U303 | Neck stiffness | 6,552 | U240 | Numbness | 3,142 | U234 | Sequela of wind stroke | 2,680 | U670 | Pattern/syndrome of heart fire flaming upward | 1,684 | U238 | Impediment diseaseć | 1,323 | U280 | Food accumulation | 768 | U680 | Pattern/syndrome of spleen qi deficiency | 717 | U301 | Painful impediment | 551 | U305 | Crane-knee arthritis | 488 | U304 | Joint-running wind | 480 | U241 | Insensitivity | 462 | U651 | Pattern/syndrome of liver qi depression | 458 | U306 | Muscle cramp | 411 | U236 | Tremor | 392 | U222 | Fire disease, hwa-byung | 362 | U221 | Depression, melancholy, and depressive syndrome | 326 | U302 | Fixed impediment | 325 | U650 | Pattern/syndrome of ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang | 306 | U730 | Pattern/syndrome of stomach qi deficiency | 291 | U230 | Head wind | 270 | U710 | Pattern/syndrome of kidney qi deficiency | 264 | U660 | Pattern/syndrome of heart qi deficiency | 246 | U640 | Pattern/syndrome of liver blood deficiency | 233 | U233 | Prodrome of wind stroke | 231 | U794 | Pattern/syndrome of spleen and kidney yang deficiency | 225 | U784 | Pattern/syndrome of liver and kidney yin deficiency | 222 | U332 | Night crying | 199 | U260 | Chest impediment | 197 | U600 | Qi deficiency pattern/syndrome | 186 | U204 | Consumptive disease | 173 |
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