Tools and Frameworks

Tools for Categorizing Injuries using ICD Codes

 

Overview of the ICD Injury Matrices

 

External Cause-of-Injury (E-code) Matrices

 

ICD-10-CM (Updated October 2020)

ICD-10

Note: The ICD-10 External Cause Matrix was updated to include code W46 Contact with hypodermic needle. The code is categorized as “Unintentional” and “Cut or Pierce” (9/9/2011).

ICD-9

ICD-9 modified to be consistent with ICD-10 External Cause of Injury

 

ICD-9-CM (Matrix updated and maintained by NCIPC)

 

Injury Diagnosis Matrices

ICD-10-CM

ICD-10 (IMD Matrix)

ICD-9-CM (Barell Matrix)

 

Classification Systems