Table 8. New disability weights for the primary diagnosis codes of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD), as derived from the responses of patients, from six injury cohorts, who presented at emergency departments but were not admitted to hospital.

Body region, codea	Diagnosis	n	Mean new weights (95%CI)
			Annualized	At 12 months post-injury
Head
S06.0	Concussion	30	0.070 (0.005 to 0.134)	0.041 (−0.043 to 0.124)
Neck
S13.4	Sprain and strain of cervical spine	41	0.111 (0.048 to 0.174)	0.093 (0.020 to 0.165)
Abdomen/lower back/lumbar spine/pelvis
S33.5	Spain and strain of lumbar spine	163	0.109 (0.083 to 0.136)	0.097 (0.066 to 0.128)
S33.0	Traumatic rupture of lumbar intervertebral disc	40	0.174 (0.094 to 0.254)	0.147 (0.063 to 0.232)
Shoulder and upper arm
S43.7	Sprain/strain of other and unspecified parts of shoulder	39	0.126 (0.072 to 0.181)	0.114 (0.061 to 0.168)
S46.0	Injury of muscle(s)/tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulder	35	0.157 (0.091 to 0.223)	0.166 (0.085 to 0.248)
Elbow and forearm
S52.6	Fracture lower ends of both radius and ulna	37	0.059 (0.013 to 0.104)	0.030 (−0.020 to 0.080)
S52.5	Fracture lower end of radius	35	0.085 (0.027 to 0.144)	0.072 (−0.010 to 0.154)
Wrist and hand
S62.3	Fracture of other metacarpal bone	35	0.071 (−0.005 to 0.148)	0.064 (−0.024 to 0.152)
Knee and lower leg
S83.2	Tear of meniscus	79	0.088 (0.052 to 0.124)	0.051 (0.013 to 0.089)
S82.6	Fracture of lateral malleolus	60	0.074 (0.025 to 0.122)	0.044 (−0.007 to 0.094)
S86.0	Injury of Achilles tendon	55	0.081 (0.037 to 0.126)	0.039 (−0.014 to 0.091)
S83.6	Sprain/strain of other and unspecified parts of knee	33	0.052 (−0.015 to 0.119)	0.023 (−0.052 to 0.099)
Ankle and foot
S93.4	Sprain and strain of ankle	114	0.065 (0.034 to 0.097)	0.041 (0.005 to 0.076)
S92.3	Fracture of other tarsal bone	42	0.075 (0.017 to 0.134)	0.042 (−0.021 to 0.105)
S92.2	Fracture of metatarsal bone	31	0.062 (−0.008 to 0.131)	0.042 (−0.042 to 0.126)

CI: confidence interval.

^a As used in the 10th revision of the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems.²⁰