External causes of injury

  • External Cause Status (E000)

    • E000 External cause status

  • Activity (E001-E030)

    • E001 Activities involving walking and running
    • E002 Activities involving water and water craft
    • E003 Activities involving ice and snow
    • E004 Activities involving climbing, rappelling, and jumping off
    • E005 Activities involving dancing and other rhythmic movement
    • E006 Activities involving other sports and athletics played individually
    • E007 Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group
    • E008 Activities involving other specified sports and athletics
    • E009 Activity involving other cardiorespiratory exercise
    • E010 Activity involving other muscle strengthening exercises
    • E011 Activities involving computer technology and electronic devices
    • E012 Activities involving arts and handcrafts
    • E013 Activities involving personal hygiene and household maintenance
    • E014 Activities involving person providing caregiving
    • E015 Activities involving food preparation, cooking and grilling
    • E016 Activities involving property and land maintenance, building and construction
    • E017 Activities involving roller coasters and other types of external motion
    • E018 Activities involving playing musical instrument
    • E019 Activities involving animal care
    • E029 Other activity
    • E030 Unspecified activity

  • Railway accidents (E800-E807)

    • E800 Railway accident involving collision with rolling stock
    • E801 Railway accident involving collision with other object
    • E802 Railway accident involving derailment without antecedent collision
    • E803 Railway accident involving explosion, fire, or burning
    • E804 Fall in, on, or from railway train
    • E805 Hit by rolling stock
    • E806 Other specified railway accident
    • E807 Railway accident of unspecified nature

  • Motor vehicle traffic accidents (E810-E819)

    • E810 Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with train
    • E811 Motor vehicle traffic accident involving re-entrant collision with another motor vehicle
    • E812 Other motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with another motor vehicle
    • E813 Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with other vehicle
    • E814 Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with pedestrian
    • E815 Other motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision on the highway
    • E816 Motor vehicle traffic accident due to loss of control, without collision on the highway
    • E817 Noncollision motor vehicle traffic accident while boarding or alighting
    • E818 Other noncollision motor vehicle traffic accident
    • E819 Motor vehicle traffic accident of unspecified nature

  • Motor vehicle nontraffic accidents (E820-E825)

    • E820 Nontraffic accident involving motor-driven snow vehicle
    • E821 Nontraffic accident involving other off-road motor vehicle
    • E822 Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident involving collision with moving object
    • E823 Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident involving collision with stationary object
    • E824 Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident while boarding and alighting
    • E825 Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident of other and unspecified nature

  • Other road vehicle accidents (E826-E829)

    • E826 Pedal cycle accident
    • E827 Animal-drawn vehicle accident
    • E828 Accident involving animal being ridden
    • E829 Other road vehicle accidents

  • Water transport accidents (E830-E838)

    • E830 Accident to watercraft causing submersion
    • E831 Accident to watercraft causing other injury
    • E832 Other accidental submersion or drowning in water transport accident
    • E833 Fall on stairs or ladders in water transport
    • E834 Other fall from one level to another in water transport
    • E835 Other and unspecified fall in water transport
    • E836 Machinery accident in water transport
    • E837 Explosion, fire, or burning in watercraft
    • E838 Other and unspecified water transport accident

  • Air and space transport accidents (E840-E845)

    • E840 Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing
    • E841 Accident to powered aircraft, other and unspecified
    • E842 Accident to unpowered aircraft
    • E843 Fall in, on, or from aircraft
    • E844 Other specified air transport accidents
    • E845 Accident involving spacecraft

  • Vehicle accidents, not elsewhere classifiable (E846-E849)

    • E846 Accidents involving powered vehicles used solely within the buildings and premises of an industrial or commercial establishment
    • E847 Accidents involving cable cars not running on rails
    • E848 Accidents involving other vehicles, not elsewhere classifiable
    • E849 Place of occurrence

  • Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances, and biologicals (E850-E858)

    • E850 Accidental poisoning by analgesics, antipyretics, and antirheumatics
    • E851 Accidental-poisoning by barbiturates
    • E852 Accidental poisoning by other sedatives and hypnotics
    • E853 Accidental poisoning by tranquilizers
    • E854 Accidental poisoning by other psychotropic agents
    • E855 Accidental poisoning by other drugs acting on central and autonomic nervous systems
    • E856 Accidental poisoning by antibiotics
    • E857 Accidental poisoning by anti-infectives
    • E858 Accidental poisoning by other drugs

  • Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapors (E860-E869)

    • E860 Accidental poisoning by alcohol, not elsewhere classified
    • E861 Accidental poisoning by cleansing and polishing agents, disinfectants, paints, and varnishes
    • E862 Accidental poisoning by petroleum products, other solvents and their vapors, not elsewhere classified
    • E863 Accidental poisoning by agricultural and horticultural chemical and pharmaceutical preparations other than plant foods and fertilizers
    • E864 Accidental poisoning by corrosives and caustics, not elsewhere classified
    • E865 Accidental poisoning from poisonous foodstuffs and poisonous plants
    • E866 Accidental poisoning by other and unspecified solid and liquid substances
    • E867 Accidental poisoning by gas distributed by pipeline
    • E868 Accidental poisoning by other utility gas and other carbon monoxide
    • E869 Accidental poisoning by other gases and vapors

  • Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (E870-E876)

    • E870 Accidental cut, puncture, perforation, or hemorrhage during medical care
    • E871 Foreign object left in body during procedure
    • E872 Failure of sterile precautions during procedure
    • E873 Failure in dosage
    • E874 Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during procedure
    • E875 Contaminated or infected blood, other fluid, drug, or biological substance
    • E876 Other and unspecified misadventures during medical care

  • Surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient or later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure (E878-E879)

    • E878 Surgical operation and other surgical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of operation
    • E879 Other procedures, without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure, as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication

  • Accidental falls (E880-E888)

    • E880 Fall on or from stairs or steps
    • E881 Fall on or from ladders or scaffolding
    • E882 Fall from or out of building or other structure
    • E883 Fall into hole or other opening in surface
    • E884 Other fall from one level to another
    • E885 Fall on same level from slipping, tripping, or stumbling
    • E886 Fall on same level from collision, pushing or shoving, by or with other person
    • E887 Fracture, cause unspecified
    • E888 Other and unspecified fall

  • Accidents caused by fire and flames (E890-E899)

    • E890 Conflagration in private dwelling
    • E891 Conflagration in other and unspecified building or structure
    • E892 Conflagration not in building or structure
    • E893 Accident caused by ignition of clothing
    • E894 Ignition of highly inflammable material
    • E895 Accident caused by controlled fire in private dwelling
    • E896 Accident caused by controlled fire in other and unspecified building or structure
    • E897 Accident caused by controlled fire not in building or structure
    • E898 Accident caused by other specified fire and flames
    • E899 Accident caused by unspecified fire

  • Accidents due to natural and environmental factors (E900-E909)

    • E900 Excessive heat
    • E901 Excessive cold
    • E902 High and low air pressure and changes in air pressure
    • E903 Travel and motion
    • E904 Hunger, thirst, exposure, and neglect
    • E905 Venomous animals and plants as the cause of poisoning and toxic reactions
    • E906 Other injury caused by animals
    • E907 Lightning
    • E908 Cataclysmic storms, and floods resulting from storms
    • E909 Cataclysmic earth surface movements and eruptions

  • Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies (E910-E915)

    • E910 Accidental drowning and submersion
    • E911 Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation
    • E912 Inhalation and ingestion of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation
    • E913 Accidental mechanical suffocation
    • E914 Foreign body accidentally entering eye and adnexa
    • E915 Foreign body accidentally entering other orifice

  • Other accidents (E916-E928)

    • E916 Struck accidentally by falling object
    • E917 Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons
    • E918 Caught accidentally in or between objects
    • E919 Accidents caused by machinery
    • E920 Accidents caused by cutting and piercing instruments or objects
    • E921 Accident caused by explosion of pressure vessel
    • E922 Accident caused by firearm missile
    • E923 Accident caused by explosive material
    • E924 Accident caused by hot substance or object, caustic or corrosive material, and steam
    • E925 Accident caused by electric current
    • E926 Exposure to radiation
    • E927 Overexertion and strenuous movements
    • E928 Other and unspecified environmental and accidental causes

  • Late effects of accidental injury (E929)

    • E929 Late effects of accidental injury

  • Drugs, medicinal and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use (E930-E949)

    • E930 Antibiotics
    • E931 Other anti-infectives
    • E932 Hormones and synthetic substitutes
    • E933 Primarily systemic agents
    • E934 Agents primarily affecting blood constituents
    • E935 Analgesics, antipyretics, and antirheumatics
    • E936 Anticonvulsants and anti-Parkinsonism drugs
    • E937 Sedatives and hypnotics
    • E938 Other central nervous system depressants and anesthetics
    • E939 Psychotropic agents
    • E940 Central nervous system stimulants
    • E941 Drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system
    • E942 Agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system
    • E943 Agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system
    • E944 Water, mineral, and uric acid metabolism drugs
    • E945 Agents primarily acting on the smooth and skeletal muscles and respiratory system
    • E946 Agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane, ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, and dental drugs
    • E947 Other and unspecified drugs and medicinal substances
    • E948 Bacterial vaccines
    • E949 Other vaccines and biological substances

  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury (E950-E959)

    • E950 Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances
    • E951 Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by gases in domestic use
    • E952 Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by other gases and vapors
    • E953 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation
    • E954 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by submersion [drowning]
    • E955 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by firearms and explosives
    • E956 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by cutting and piercing instruments
    • E957 Suicide and self-inflicted injuries by jumping from high place
    • E958 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by other and unspecified means
    • E959 Late effects of self-inflicted injury

  • Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (E960-E969)

    • E960 Fight, brawl, and rape
    • E961 Assault by corrosive or caustic substance, except poisoning
    • E962 Assault by poisoning
    • E963 Assault by hanging and strangulation
    • E964 Assault by submersion [drowning]
    • E965 Assault by firearms and explosives
    • E966 Assault by cutting and piercing instrument
    • E967 Child and adult battering and other maltreatment
    • E968 Assault by other and unspecified means
    • E969 Late effects of injury purposely inflicted by other person

  • Legal intervention (E970-E979)

    • E970 Injury due to legal intervention by firearms
    • E971 Injury due to legal intervention by explosives
    • E972 Injury due to legal intervention by gas
    • E973 Injury due to legal intervention by blunt object
    • E974 Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and piercing instruments
    • E975 Injury due to legal intervention by other specified means
    • E976 Injury due to legal intervention by unspecified means
    • E977 Late effects of injuries due to legal intervention
    • E978 Legal execution
    • E979 Terrorism

  • Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (E980-E989)

    • E980 Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E981 Poisoning by gases in domestic use, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E982 Poisoning by other gases, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E983 Hanging, strangulation, or suffocation, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E984 Submersion [drowning], undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E985 Injury by firearms and explosives, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E986 Injury by cutting and piercing instruments, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E987 Falling from high place, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E988 Injury by other and unspecified means, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted
    • E989 Late effects of injury, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

  • Injury resulting from operations of war (E990-E999)

    • E990 Injury due to war operations by fires and conflagrations
    • E991 Injury due to war operations by bullets and fragments
    • E992 Injury due to war operations by explosion of marine weapons
    • E993 Injury due to war operations by other explosion
    • E994 Injury due to war operations by destruction of aircraft
    • E995 Injury due to war operations by other and unspecified forms of conventional warfare
    • E996 Injury due to war operations by nuclear weapons
    • E997 Injury due to war operations by other forms of unconventional warfare
    • E998 Injury due to war operations but occurring after cessation of hostilities
    • E999 Late effects of injury due to war operations