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Comparability of Cause-of-death Between ICD Revisions

Cause-of-death titles change from time-to-time. This reflects the periodic revisions to the classification (the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10, ICD-9, and earlier revisions) used to show cause of death. The classification is revised to incorporate and capture changes in medical knowledge. The revisions, in some instances, do create breaks in the comparability of a cause of death between two years.

Studies of the comparability between revisions of the ICD are routinely done as part of the implementation of a new revision of an ICD. The Hetzel (1997) publication lists comparability study reports that should be examined in connection with trend analyses that cross ICD revisions. The key measure in a comparability study is a comparability ratio that represents the net effect of the new revision on cause-of-death statistics.

Source documents for the tables shown include unpublished worktables from CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality data and CDC/NCHS publications.

bullet graphicA Guide to State Implementation of ICD-10 for Mortality, Part II: Applying Comparability Ratios (51 pages)
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Reports on the comparability of cause-of-death classification between:
bullet graphicICD-9 and ICD-10
    bullet graphicMechanism of Injury and Intent of Death (Table I)
bullet graphicICDA-8 and ICD-9
bullet graphicICD-7 and ICDA-8
bullet graphicFinal
bullet graphicProvisional
bullet graphicICD-6 and ICD-7
bullet graphicICD-5 and ICD-6
bullet graphicICD-4 and ICD-5
bullet graphicComparability
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Comparability of titles through five revisions

Comparability across revisions for selected causes table

Downloadable data sets for ICD-9/ICD-10 study:

bullet graphicReadme file
bullet graphicComparability data set documentation
bullet graphic1996 data set documentation
bullet graphicComparability data set
bullet graphicComparability ratio tables
bullet graphicSAS Input Statements
bullet graphicState guide

 


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