Table 2.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and ICD-10 CA diagnostic codes to identify incident traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) cases
| ICD-9 codes for tSCI (until 2001/2002) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 806 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury | |
| 806.0 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; cervical, closed | |
| 806.1 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; cervical, open | |
| 806.2 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; thoracic, closed | |
| 806.3 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; thoracic, open | |
| 806.4 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; lumbar, closed | |
| 806.5 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; lumbar, open | |
| 806.6 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; sacrum and coccyx, closed | |
| 806.7 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; sacrum and coccyx, open | |
| 806.8 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; unspecified level, closed | |
| 806.9 | Fracture of vertebral column with spinal cord injury; unspecified level, open | |
| 952 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury | |
| 952.0 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; cervical | |
| 952.1 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; thoracic | |
| 952.2 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; lumbar | |
| 952.3 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; sacral | |
| 952.4 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; cauda equina | |
| 952.8 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; multiple sites of spinal cord | |
| 952.9 | Spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal bone injury; unspecified site of spinal cord | |