Classification of diseases and injuries

E970 Injury due to legal intervention by firearms

Gunshot wound

Injury by:

machine gun

revolver

shot NOS

Injury by:

dynamite

explosive shell

grenade

motor bomb

Asphyxiation by gas

Injury by tear gas

Poisoning by gas

E973 Injury due to legal intervention by blunt object

Hit, struck by:

baton (nightstick)

blunt object

stave

E974 Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and piercing instrument

Incised wound

Injured by bayonet

Stab wound

E975 Injury due to legal intervention by other specified means

Blow

E976 Injury due to legal intervention by unspecified means

E977 Late effects of injuries due to legal intervention

Note: This category is to be used to indicate circumstances classifiable to E970-E976 as the cause of death or disability from late effects, which are themselves classifiable elsewhere. The "late effects" include conditions reported as such, or as sequelae which may occur at any time after the injury due to legal intervention.

E978 Legal execution

All executions performed at the behest of the judiciary or ruling authority [whether permanent or temporary] as:

asphyxiation by gas

beheading, decapitation (by guillotine)

capital punishment

electrocution

hanging

poisoning

other specified means

E979 Terrorism

Injuries resulting from the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objective

E979.0 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons

Depth-charge

Marine mine

Mine NOS, at sea or in harbour

Sea-based artillery shell

Torpedo

Underwater blast

Aircraft used as a weapon

Aircraft:

burned

shot down

Crushed by falling aircraft

E979.2 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments

Antipersonnel bomb (fragments)

Blast NOS

Explosion (of):

artillery shell

breech-block

cannon block

mortar bomb

munitions being used in terrorism

NOS

Fragments from:

bomb

guided missile

land-mine

rocket

shrapnel

E979.3 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances

Burning building or structure:

collapse of

fall from

hit by falling object in

jump from

Conflagration NOS

Fire (causing):

asphyxia

NOS

Melting of fittings and furniture in burning

Petrol bomb

Smouldering building or structure

E979.4 Terrorism involving firearms

Bullet:

machine gun

pistol

rifle

Pellets (shotgun)

E979.5 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons

Blast effects

Exposure to ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon

Fireball effects

Heat from nuclear weapon

Other direct and secondary effects of nuclear weapons

E979.6 Terrorism involving biological weapons

Anthrax

Smallpox

Gases, fumes, chemicals

Hydrogen cyanide

Phosgene

E979.8 Terrorism involving other means

Drowning and submersion

Lasers

Terrorism NOS

E979.9 Terrorism, secondary effects

Note: This code is for use to identify conditions occurring subsequent to a terrorist attack not those that are due to the initial terrorist attack

Excludes: late effect of terrorist attack (E999.1)

INJURY UNDETERMINED WHETHER ACCIDENTALLY OR PURPOSELY INFLICTED (E980-E989)

Note: Categories E980-E989 are for use when it is unspecified or it cannot be determined whether the injuries are accidental (unintentional), suicide (attempted), or assault.

E980 Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E980.0 Analgesics, antipyretics, and antirheumatics

E980.1 Barbiturates

E980.2 Other sedatives and hypnotics

E980.3 Tranquilizers and other psychotropic agents

E980.4 Other specified drugs and medicinal substances

E980.5 Unspecified drug or medicinal substance

E980.6 Corrosive and caustic substances

Poisoning, undetermined whether accidental or purposeful, by substances classifiable to E864

E980.7 Agricultural and horticultural chemical and pharmaceutical preparations other than plant foods and fertilizers

E980.8 Arsenic and its compounds

E980.9 Other and unspecified solid and liquid substances

E981 Poisoning by gases in domestic use, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E981.0 Gas distributed by pipeline

E981.1 Liquefied petroleum gas distributed in mobile containers

E981.8 Other utility gas

E982 Poisoning by other gases, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E982.0 Motor vehicle exhaust gas

E982.1 Other carbon monoxide

E982.8 Other specified gases and vapors

E982.9 Unspecified gases and vapors

E983 Hanging, strangulation, or suffocation, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E983.0 Hanging

E983.1 Suffocation by plastic bag

E983.8 Other specified means

E983.9 Unspecified means

E984 Submersion [drowning], undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E985 Injury by firearms, air guns and explosives, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E985.0 Handgun

E985.1 Shotgun

E985.2 Hunting rifle

E985.3 Military firearms

E985.4 Other and unspecified firearm

E985.5 Explosives

E985.6 Air gun

BB gun

Pellet gun

E986 Injury by cutting and piercing instruments, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E987 Falling from high place, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E987.0 Residential premises

E987.1 Other man-made structures

E987.2 Natural sites

E987.9 Unspecified site

E988 Injury by other and unspecified means, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

E988.0 Jumping or lying before moving object

E988.1 Burns, fire

E988.2 Scald

E988.3 Extremes of cold

E988.4 Electrocution

E988.5 Crashing of motor vehicle

E988.6 Crashing of aircraft

E988.7 Caustic substances, except poisoning

E988.8 Other specified means

E988.9 Unspecified means

E989 Late effects of injury, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

Note: This category is to be used to indicate circumstances classifiable to E980-E988 as the cause of death or disability from late effects, which are themselves classifiable elsewhere. The "late effects" include conditions reported as such or as sequelae which may occur at any time after injury, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted.

E990 Injury due to war operations by fires and conflagrations

Includes: asphyxia, burns, or other injury originating from fire caused by a fire-producing device or indirectly by any conventional weapon

E990.0 From gasoline bomb

Incendiary bomb

E990.1 From flamethrower

E990.2 From incendiary bullet

E990.3 From fire caused indirectly from conventional weapon

Excludes: fire aboard military aircraft (E994.3)

E990.9 From other and unspecified source

E991 Injury due to war operations by bullets and fragments

Excludes: injury due to bullets and fragments due to war operations, but occurring after cessation of hostilities (E998.0)

injury due to explosion of artillery shells and mortars (E993.2)

injury due to explosion of improvised explosive device [IED] (E993.3-E993.5)

injury due to sea-based artillery shell (E992.3)

E991.0 Rubber bullets (rifle)

E991.1 Pellets (rifle)

E991.2 Other bullets

Bullet [any, except rubber bullets and pellets]

carbine

pistol

shotgun

E991.4 Fragments from munitions

Fragments from:

artillery shell

bombs, except antipersonnel

detonation of unexploded ordnance [UXO]

grenade

guided missile

rockets

E991.5 Fragments from person-borne improvised explosive device [IED]

E991.6 Fragments from vehicle-borne improvised explosive device [IED]

IED borne by land, air, or water transport vehicle

E991.7 Fragments from other improvised explosive device [IED]

Roadside IEDs

E991.8 Fragments from weapons

Fragments from:

artillery

autocannons

automatic grenade launchers

missile launchersmortars

small arms

E991.9 Other and unspecified fragments

Shrapnel NOS

E992 Injury due to war operations by explosion of marine weapons

E992.0 Torpedo

E992.1 Depth charge

E992.2 Marine mines

Marine mines at sea or in harbor

E992.3 Sea-based artillery shell

E992.8 Other by other marine weapons

E992.9 Unspecified marine weapon

Underwater blast NOS

E993 Injury due to war operations by other explosion

Injuries due to direct or indirect pressure or air blast of an explosion occurring during war operations

Excludes: injury due to fragments resulting from an explosion (E991.0-E991.9)

injury due to detonation of unexploded ordnance but occurring after cessation of hostilities (E998.0-E998.9)

injury due to nuclear weapons (E996.0-E996.9)

E993.0 Aerial bomb

E993.1 Guided missile

E993.2 Mortar

Artillery shell

E993.3 Person-borne improvised explosive device [IED]

E993.4 Vehicle-borne improvised explosive device [IED]

IED borne by land, air, or water transport vehicle

E993.5 Other improvised explosive device [IED]

Roadside IED

E993.6 Unintentional detonation of own munitions

Unintentional detonation of own ammunition (artillery) (mortars)

E993.7 Unintentional discharge of own munitions launch device

Unintentional explosion of own:

Autocannons

Automatic grenade launchers

Missile launchers

Small arms

E993.8 Other specified explosion

Bomb

Land mine

E993.9 Unspecified explosion

Air blast NOS

Blast NOS

Blast wave NOS

Blast wind NOS

Explosion NOS

E994 Injury due to war operations by destruction of aircraft

E994.0 Destruction of aircraft due to enemy fire or explosives

Air to air missile

Explosive device placed on aircraft

Rocket propelled grenade [RPG]

Small arms fire

Surface to air missile

E994.1 Unintentional destruction of aircraft due to own onboard explosives

E994.2 Destruction of aircraft due to collision with other aircraft

E994.3 Destruction of aircraft due to onboard fire

E994.8 Other destruction of aircraft

E994.9 Unspecified destruction of aircraft

E995 Injury due to war operations by other and unspecified forms of conventional warfare

E995.0 Unarmed hand-to-hand combat

Excludes: intentional restriction of airway (E995.3)

E995.1 Struck by blunt object

Baton (nightstick)

Stave

Bayonet

Sword

Intentional submersion

Strangulation

Suffocation

E995.4 Unintentional drowning due to inability to surface or obtain air

Submersion

E995.8 Other forms of conventional warfare

E995.9 Unspecified form of conventional warfare

E996 Injury due to war operations by nuclear weapons

Dirty bomb NOS

Excludes: late effects of injury due to nuclear weapons (E999.1, E999.0)

E996.0 Direct blast effect of nuclear weapon

Injury to bodily organs due to blast pressure

E996.1 Indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon

Injury due to being thrown by blast

Injury due to being struck or crushed by blast debris

E996.2 Thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon

Burns due to thermal radiation

Fireball effects

Flash burns

Heat effects

E996.3 Nuclear radiation effects

Acute radiation exposure

Beta burns

Fallout exposure

Radiation sickness

Secondary effects of nuclear weapons

E996.8 Other effects of nuclear weapons

E996.9 Unspecified effect of nuclear weapon

E997 Injury due to war operations by other forms of unconventional warfare

E997.0 Lasers

E997.1 Biological warfare

E997.2 Gases, fumes, and chemicals

E997.3 Weapon of mass destruction [WMD], unspecified

E997.8 Other specified forms of unconventional warfare

E997.9 Unspecified form of unconventional warfare

E998 Injury due to war operations but occurring after cessation of hostilities

Injuries due to operations of war but occurring after cessation of hostilities by any means classifiable under E990-E997

Injuries by explosion of bombs or mines placed in the course of operations of war, if the explosion occurred after cessation of hostilities

E998.0 Explosion of mines

E998.1 Explosion of bombs

E998.8 Injury due to other war operations but occurring after cessation of hostilities

E998.9 Injury due to unspecified war operations but occurring after cessation of hostilities

E999 Late effect of injury due to war operations and terrorism

Note: This category is to be used to indicate circumstances classifiable to E979, E990-E998 as the cause of death or disability from late effects, which are themselves classifiable elsewhere. The "late effects" include conditions reported as such or as sequelae which may occur at any time after injury resulting from operations of war or terrorism.

E999.0 Late effect of injury due to war operations