title: Update: external cause-of-injury coding in hospital discharge data--United States, 1994.
abstract: Although analysis of hospital discharge data (HDD) can provide important information about severe nonfatal injuries, HDD often do not include information about the causes of these injuries (e.g., motor-vehicle crashes and assaults). Inconsistent reporting of causes of injury has limited the usefulness of HDD for injury surveillance. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) includes codes for classifying external causes of injury (E-codes). This report describes progress in implementing E-code reporting in states.
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D015984:Causality; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*