Download this table as CSV file Download this table as XML file| Code | Reason for Stopping Treatment |
|---|---|
| 1 | Treatment failure (i.e. virological, immunological, and/or clinical failure |
| 1.1 | Virological failure |
| 1.2 | Partial virological failure |
| 1.3 | Immunological failure - CD4 drop |
| 1.4 | Clinical progression |
| 2 | Abnormal fat redistribution |
| 3 | Concern of cardiovascular disease |
| 3.1 | Dyslipidaemia |
| 3.2 | Cardiovascular disease |
| 4 | Hypersensitivity reaction |
| 5 | Toxicity, predominantly from abdomen/G-I tract |
| 5.1 | Toxicity - GI tract |
| 5.2 | Toxicity - Liver |
| 5.3 | Toxicity - Pancreas |
| 6 | Toxicity, predominantly from nervous system |
| 7 | Toxicity, predominantly from kidneys |
| 8 | Toxicity, predominantly from endocrine system |
| 8.1 | Diabetes |
| 9 | Haematological toxicity (anemia etc.) |
| 10 | Hyperlactataemie/lactic acidosis |
| 88 | Death |
| 90 | Side effects - any of the above but unspecified |
| 90.1 | Comorbidity |
| 91 | Toxicity, not mentioned above |
| 92 | Availability of more effective treatment (not specifically failure or side effect related) |
| 92.1 | Simplified treatment available |
| 92.2 | Treatment too complex |
| 92.3 | Drug interaction |
| 93 | Structured Treatment Interruption (STI) |
| 93.1 | Structured Treatment Interruption (STI) - at high CD4 |
| 94 | Patient's wish/decision, not specified above |
| 94.1 | Non-compliance |
| 95 | Physician's decision, not specified above |
| 96 | Pregnancy |
| 97 | Study treatment |
| 98 | Other causes, not specified above |
| 99 | Unknown |
Although most reasons mentioned above could be coded in ICD-10 codes, it is still certain that many reasons will never be defined in terms of ICD-10 (STI, physicians and patients decision), so to avoid a mixture of two different coding systems it is advised to go with the above list and build upon that for now.