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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Econ Policy. 2015 Nov;7(4):279–311. doi: 10.1257/pol.20130057

Appendix Table A.2.

Classification of ICD Recodes into Cause of Death Categories

Cause of Death Recodes Raw codes reclassified from “other
1 Cardiovascular ICD8:
310,320,330,350,360,370,380,390,400,410,430,440,450,460,470,480
ICD9:
320,330,340,360,370,380,390,400,410,420,440,450,460,470,480,490
ICD10:
55,56,57,59,60,62,63,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,73,74,75
ICD8: 7824
2 Cancer ICD8:150,160,170,180,190,200,210, 220,230,240
ICD9: 160,170,180,190,200, 210,220,230,240,250
ICD10: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
3 Respiratory ICD8:490,510,520,540,550,560
ICD9: 500,520,530,550,560,570,580
ICD10: 77,78,80,81,83,84,85,86, 87,88,89
ICD8: 450, 510, 5112, 512, 513, 514, 5150, 5151, 5159, 517, 518, 5190, 5191, 5192, 5193, 5199
ICD9: 500, 501, 5070, 5109, 5119, 512, 5130, 514, 515, 5168, 5183, 5184, 5185, 5188, 5191, 5198, 7991
ICD10: R092
4 Infections and
immune deficiency
ICD8:10,20,40,50,60,70,80,90,100, 110,120,130,280
ICD9: 10,20,40,50,60,70,80,90,100, 110,120,130,140,290
ICD10: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13, 14,15, 16,17,18,50
ICD8:5990
ICD9: 2791,2793,5990
ICD10: D849,N390
5 Degenerative
brain diseases
ICD10: 51,52 ICD8: 2900, 2901, 299, 3049, 3099, 323, 3304, 340, 341, 342, 3439, 3441, 3449, 3451, 3452, 3459, 3471, 3479, 794, 7330
ICD9: 2900, 2901, 2902, 2904, 2949, 2989, 3109, 311, 319, 3239, 3310, 3314, 3319, 3320, 3352, 340, 3419, 7855, 797, 3440, 3451, 3453, 3459, 3481, 3483, 3485, 3489, 3568, 3580
ICD10: F019, F03, F069, F109, F179, F329, F79, G122, G319, G35, G409, G419, G459, G700, G809, G825, G919, R54, R628, G934, M349
6 Kidney and urethra ICD8:630,640,650
ICD9: 650,660,670,680
ICD10: 98,99,100,101,102
ICD8:465,592,5931,5932,595,5999,792
ICD9: 5920,5939,5996
N289
7 Nutrition-Related ICD8:250,260,270
ICD9: 260,270,280
ICD10: 45,46,48,49
ICD8:277
ICD9: 2720,2724,2780
ICD10: E668,E669,E780,E785
8 Motor Vehicle Accidents ICD8:770
ICD9: 800
ICD10: 114
9 Other Accidents ICD8:780
ICD9: 810
ICD10: 115,116,118,119,120, 121, 122, 123
10 Suicides ICD8:790
ICD9: 820
ICD10: 125,126
11 Homicides ICD8:800
ICD9: 830
ICD10: 128,129,130
12 Other, Unspecified
and ill-defined
ICD8:Remainder of 740,750
ICD9: Remainder of 770,780
ICD10: Remainder of 110,111
13 Misc: Birth defects; diseases of blood/bone/gastrointestinal/metabolic/Sautoimmune; drug abuse; and other external ICD8:570,580,590,600,610,660,680,690,700,720,730,810
ICD9: 590,600,610,620,630,690,710,720,730,750,760,840
ICD10: 90,91,92,94,95,96,103,104,106,107,108,109,132,133,134,135
ICD8: 251, 2730, 274, 276, 279, 2869, 2871, 288, 2910, 3032, 3039, 3310, 4510, 4519, 453, 4549, 4560, 4589, 5301, 5304, 5309, 5340, 535, 5379, 5621, 5630, 5631, 5670, 5679, 5693, 5694, 5699, 570, 5730, 5739, 5760, 5769, 5770, 7123, 7130, 715
ICD9: 2733, 2762, 2765, 2769, 2770, 2773, 2779, 2866, 2869, 2873, 2875, 2880, 2898, 303, 3049, 3050, 3059, 3334, 3591, 4512, 4519, 4560, 4589, 4590, 4599, 5301, 5303, 5305, 5559, 556, 5570, 5571, 5579, 558, 5621, 5672, 5679, 5698, 570, 5722, 5724, 5728, 5733, 5739, 5761, 5770, 5771, 5789, 7140, 7330, 7373
ICD10: D65, D689, D696, D70, D869, E854, E859, E86, E870, E872, E875, E878, E889, F101, F102, F141, F191, F192, G10, K222, K224, K509, K529, K550, K559, K562, K566, K572, K578, K579, K631, K639, K650, K659, K729, K759, K760, K767, K830, K85, K860, K861, K922, M069, M321, M819, M869