Table 1.

ICD-9-CM codes for defining non-fatal abusive head trauma in children under the age of 5 years

	ICD-9 Injury Code		Injury Code
	Narrow Definition	Broad Definition	ICD-9 External Cause of Injury Code
Definite or presumptive abusive head trauma	781.0–781.4, 781.8, 800, 801, 803, 804.1–804.4, 804.6–804.9, 850, 851, 852.0–852.5, 853.0, 853.1, 854.0, 854.1, 925.1, 950.0–950.3, 959.01, 995.55*	781.0–781.4, 781.8, 800, 801, 803, 804.1–804.4, 804.6–804.9, 850, 851, 852.0–852.5, 853.0, 853.1, 854.0, 854.1, 925.1, 950.0–950.3, 959.01, 995.55*	E960.0, E967, E968.1, E968.2, E968.8, E968.9, 995.50**, 995.54, 995.59**
Probable abusive head trauma	All of those above (except 995.55)	All of those above (except 995.55)	E987, E988.8, E988.9

^*Does not require a cause (E) code.

^**Exclude case in the presence of a fall or accident code

ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification