Table 1.

Distribution of causes of death for liver cirrhosis definitions 1 and 3 in 1992 and 2008, n (%)

ICD description	ICD-9 code	ICD-10 code	Liver cirrhosis–definition 1		Liver cirrhosis–definition 3
			1992	2008	1992	2008
			n=3050	n=6469	n=2118	n=2584
Alcoholic fatty liver	5710	K70.0	34 (1.1)	229 (3.5)	–	–
Acute alcoholic hepatitis	5711	K70.1	77 (2.5)	148 (2.3)	–	–
Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver	5712	K70.3	749 (24.6)	1018 (15.7)	749 (35.4)	1018 (39.4)
Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified	5713	K70.9	647 (21.2)	2594 (40.1)	–	–
Chronic hepatitis	5714	K73.9	95 (3.1)	6 (0.1)	–	–
Cirrhosis of liver without mention of alcohol/other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver	5715	K74.6	1106 (36.3)	1485 (23)	1106 (52.2)	1485 (57.5)
Biliary cirrhosis	5716	K74.5	206 (6.8)	9 (0.1)	206 (9.7)	9 (0.3)
Other chronic non-alcoholic liver disease	5718		52 (1.7)	–
Unspecified chronic liver disease without mention of alcohol	5719		84 (2.8)	–
Oesophageal varices with bleeding	4560	I85.0	–	–	42 (2.0)	35 (1.4)
Oesophageal varices without bleeding	4561	I85.9	–	–	15 (0.7)	6 (0.2)
Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver		K70.2	–	1 (0.02)	–	–
Alcoholic hepatic failure		K70.4	–	774 (12)	–	–
Chronic hepatic failure		K72.1	–	–	–	10 (0.4)
Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classified		K73.2	–	58 (0.9)	–	–
Hepatic fibrosis		K74.0	–	5 (0.08)	–	–
Hepatic sclerosis		K74.1	–	1 (0.02)	–	–
Primary biliary cirrhosis		K74.3	–	137 (2.1)	–	–
Secondary biliary cirrhosis		K74.4	–	<5 (0.1)	–	<5 (0.2)
Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver		K74.6	–	–	–	–
Portal hypertension		K76.6	–	–	–	17 (0.7)

ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision; ICD-10, ICD Tenth Revision.