Tools and Frameworks
Tools for Categorizing Injuries using ICD Codes
Overview of the ICD Injury Matrices
External Cause-of-Injury (E-code) Matrices
ICD-10-CM (Updated October 2020)
Note: The ICD-10 External Cause Matrix was updated to include code W46 Contact with hypodermic needle. The code is categorized as “Unintentional” and “Cut or Pierce” (9/9/2011).
ICD-9 modified to be consistent with ICD-10 External Cause of Injury
- Codes for the Matrix: [PDF – 57 KB]
ICD-9-CM (Matrix updated and maintained by NCIPC)
Injury Diagnosis Matrices
- Codes for the Matrix: [PDF – 38 KB]
- Codes for the Matrix: [PDF – 65 KB]
Classification Systems
- International Classification of Diseases Home Page
- International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9)
- International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
- International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
- International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)
- Classification of Death and Injury from Terrorism
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
The International Classification of External Causes of Injury (ICECI) is based on best practices of injury surveillance and on international consensus about how external causes may be described.