Proposed framework for presenting injury data using ICD-10-CM external cause of injury codes

2014

Information

Manual
Annest J, Hedegaard H, Chen L, Warner M, Small, E.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/ICD-10-CM_External_Cause_Injury_Codes-a.pdf

This report provides background information on ICD-10-CM, a comparison between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM external cause code sets, an overview of the proposed framework and the guiding principles used to construct it, and a list of major issues and recommended resolutions based on feedback from CDC’s health information specialists and subject matter experts in injury data and surveillance systems.