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.