Classification of External Causes of Unintentional Deaths*
|
Cause of Death |
E-code |
|
Poisoning |
850-869 |
|
Falls |
880-888 |
|
Fire & flames |
890-899 |
|
Nature/environment |
900-904, 907-909 |
|
Injury caused by animals |
905-906 |
|
Drowning |
910 |
|
Mechanical suffocation |
911-913 |
|
Struck by or against/caught in or between objects |
916-918 |
|
Machinery |
919 |
|
Cutting and piercing instruments or objects |
920 |
|
Explosion of pressure vessel |
921 |
|
Firearms |
922 |
|
Explosive material |
923 |
|
Hot substance or object, caustic or corrosive material and steam |
924 |
|
Electric current |
925 |
|
Other unspecified causes, e.g., noise, vibration, etc. |
928 |
*International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.