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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2014 Oct 30;31:975–1006. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.32

Table A1.

Cause-grouping and corresponding ICD-10 codes

ICD 10 Cause grouping
19- Category Cause-Group ICD10 4 digit code range Contents of Cause-group (described using ICD10 cause description)
(1) Chronic diseases
Heart diseases I00-I09.9 Acute rheumatic fever, chronic rheumatic heart disease
I11-I11.9 Hypertensive heart disease
I13-I13.9 Hypertensive heart and renal disease
I20-I25.9 Ischemic heart disease
I26-I28.9 Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation
I30-I51.9 Other forms of heart disease
Cancers C00-D48.9 Neoplasms
Cerebrovascular diseases I60-I69.8 Cerebrovascular diseases
Chronic lower respiratory diseases J40-J47 Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Alzheimer's G30-G30.9 Alzheimer's disease
Diabetes E10-E14.9 Diabetes mellitus
Nephritis, Nephrosis, Nephrotic Symptom N00-N07.9 Nephritis, Nephrosis, Nephrotic Symptom
N17-N19
N25-N27.9
(2) Communicable diseases
Influenza and pneumonia J10-J18.9 Influenza and pneumonia
Septicemia A40-A41.9 Streptococcal and other septicemia
HIV/AIDS B20-B24.9 HIV disease
Other Infectious Diseases A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases, with the exception of septicemia and STD/NTD
(3) External causes
Homicide X85-Y09.9 Assault
Suicide X60-X84.9 Suicide
X60-X69 Intentional self-poisoning by drugs and alcohol
X70-X78 Intentional self-harm by suffocation and by objects
X80-X82 Intentional self-harm by jumping or lying before moving objects
X83-X84.9 Intentional self-harm by other specified/unspecified means
Traffic Accidents V02-V04.9
V09-V09.9
V12-V14.9
V19-V19.9
V20-V79.9
V80-V89.9
Pedestrian injured in accident with motor vehicle
Pedestrian injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
Pedal cyclist injured in accident with motor vehicle, Pedal cyclist injured in unspecified transport/traffic accident Motor-cyclist, occupant of three-wheeled vehicle, car occupant, occupant of pick-up truck, occupant of heavy transport vehicle, or bus occupant injured in transport accident
Other land transport accidents
Accidental poisoning X40-X49.9, Y10-Y19.9 Accidental poisoning by drugs and alcohol
Poisoning by drugs and alcohol, undetermined intent
Other External Causes Remaining codes V01-V01.9, V90-Y89.9 excluding assault External causes of morbidity and mortality, with exception of assault
(4) Infant and child conditions
Perinatal deaths P00-P96 Conditions originating in the perinatal period
Congenital Anomalies Q00-Q99 Conditions originating from congenital absence or malformation
(5) Aggregated minor causes (not elsewhere classified)
NEC - Not elsewhere classified All codes not listed above Examples:
F1-F 19.9 - Different types of dementia/mental disorder
F20-F48 - Other mental disorders including schizophrenia, delusional disorder, psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, etc.
F50 - Anorexia nervosa