| Top 10 Principal Diagnoses for Medicare | Number of Discharges (in thousands) |
Medicare's Share of All Hospital Stays for this Condition (percent) |
|---|---|---|
| All Medicare Discharges | 12,876 | 34.1 |
| 1. Congestive heart failure | 745 | 70.4 |
| 2. Pneumonia | 690 | 54.1 |
| 3. Hardening of the heart arteries (coronary atherosclerosis) | 687 | 53.2 |
| 4. Cardiac dysrhythmias (irregular heart beat) | 460 | 64.5 |
| 5. Heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) | 430 | 56.2 |
| 6. Chronic obstructive lung disease | 395 | 63.8 |
| 7. Acute cerebrovascular disease (stroke) | 367 | 65.0 |
| 8. Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) | 330 | 60.0 |
| 9. Rehabilitation care, fitting of prostheses, and adjustment of devices | 328 | 68.2 |
| 10. Chest pain | 317 | 35.8 |