TABLE 2. Highest-frequency International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes listed in death certificates with COVID-19 in Part I of death certificate and at least one diagnosis other than COVID-19 (330,198) — National Center for Health Statistics, United States, January–December 2020.
| Condition (ICD-10 code) | No. (% of 330,198*) |
|---|---|
|
Conditions listed as chain-of-event conditions on ≥1% of death certificates†
| |
| Pneumonia, unspecified (J18.9) |
148,530 (45.0) |
| Acute respiratory failure (J96.0) |
66,609 (20.2) |
| Respiratory failure, unspecified (J96.9) |
47,045 (14.2) |
| Cardiac arrest, unspecified (I46.9) |
36,983 (11.2) |
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome (J80) |
36,297 (11.0) |
| Sepsis, unspecified (A41.9) |
20,117 (6.1) |
| Viral pneumonia, unspecified (J12.9) |
12,421 (3.8) |
| Asphyxia (R09.0) |
10,641 (3.2) |
| Respiratory arrest (R09.2) |
7,009 (2.1) |
|
Conditions listed as significant contributing conditions on ≥1% of death certificates§
| |
| Essential (primary) hypertension (I10) |
58,930 (17.8) |
| Unspecified diabetes mellitus without complications (E14.9) |
34,038 (10.3) |
| Unspecified dementia (F03) |
32,189 (9.7) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (J44.9) |
24,678 (7.5) |
| Atherosclerotic heart disease (I25.1) |
22,162 (6.7) |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications (E11.9) |
21,038 (6.4) |
| Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48) |
19,784 (6.0) |
| Congestive heart failure (I50.0) |
16,841 (5.1) |
| Tobacco use (F17.9) |
16,424 (5.0) |
| Chronic kidney disease, unspecified (N18.9) |
14,525 (4.4) |
| Alzheimer disease, unspecified (G30.9) |
11,220 (3.4) |
| Hypertensive heart disease without (congestive) heart failure (I11.9) |
9,881 (3.0) |
| Hyperlipidemia, unspecified (E78.5) |
9,330 (2.8) |
| Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter (N28.8) |
8,958 (2.7) |
| Obesity, unspecified (E66.9) |
8,913 (2.7) |
| Chronic kidney disease, stage 5 (N18.5) |
7,955 (2.4) |
| Stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction (I64) |
6,494 (2.0) |
| Heart failure, unspecified (I50.9) |
6,436 (1.9) |
|
Conditions listed on ≥0.5% of death certificates and not identified as known chain-of-event conditions or significant contributing conditions¶
| |
| Other specified general symptoms and signs (R68.8) |
1,124 (0.3) |
| Other lack of normal physiologic development, underweight (R62.8) |
734 (0.2) |
| Dyspnea (R06.0) |
363 (0.1) |
| Senility (R54) |
331 (0.1) |
| Other and unspecified infectious disease (B99.9) |
247 (0.1) |
| Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (K92.2) |
213 (0.1) |
| Unspecified protein energy deficiency (E46) |
204 (0.1) |
| Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus (J11.1) |
174 (0.1) |
| Urinary tract infection (N39.0) |
150 (0.0) |
| Malaise and fatigue (R53) |
145 (0.0) |
| Unspecified fall (W19) |
139 (0.0) |
| Multiple sclerosis (G35) | 124 (0.0) |
* A total of 330,198 death certificates had COVID-19 listed in Part I of death certificate and at least one other diagnosis listed on the death certificate.
† COVID-19 diagnosis listed in Part I of the death certificate; chain-of-event conditions listed on the same line or above the COVID-19 diagnosis in Part I of the death certificate.
§ COVID-19 diagnosis listed in Part I of the death certificate; significant contributing conditions listed below the COVID-19 line in Part I or in Part II of the death certificate.
¶ COVID-19 diagnosis listed in Part I of the death certificate; co-occurring conditions listed anywhere on the death certificate and not identified as known chain-of-event or significant contributing conditions.