Table 3.
ICD-10 non-fatal AHT cause-of-injury codes and their distribution in the 81 cases* that met the full ICD-10 coding criteria for AHT†
| ICD-10 code and description | N (%) | |
| T74: maltreatment syndromes | 16 (19.8) | |
| T74.1 | Physical abuse | 16 (19.8) |
| T74.8 | Other maltreatment syndromes | 0 (0.0) |
| T74.9 | Maltreatment syndrome, unspecified | 0 (0.0) |
| XX. External causes of morbidity and mortality | 81 (100) | |
| Assault | ||
| Y00 | Assault by blunt object | 1 (1.2) |
| Y01 | Assault by pushing from high place | 0 (0.0) |
| Y04 | Assault by bodily force | 11 (13.6) |
| Y07 | Other maltreatment | 48 (59.3) |
| Y08 | Assault by other specified means | 0 (0.0) |
| Y09 | Assault by unspecified means | 18 (22.2) |
| Event of undetermined intent | ||
| Y29 | Contact with blunt object, undetermined intent | 0 (0.0) |
| Y30 | Falling, jumping or pushed from a high place, undetermined intent | 2 (2.5) |
| Y33 | Other specified events, undetermined intent | 0 (0.0) |
| Y34 | Unspecified event, undetermined intent | 2 (2.5) |
*Cases can be coded with more than one of the cause-of-injury codes.
†Coding criteria for non-fatal AHT requires any of the head trauma diagnosis codes in combination with any of the cause-of-injury codes and without any of the exclusion codes.
AHT, abusive head trauma; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.