Appendix D. ICD-9 Codes for Cause-Specific Healthy People 2010 Mortality Objectives

Objective Number

Cause of Death**

ICD-9 Identifying Codes

 3-1

Cancer (all sites)

140-208

 3-2

Lung cancer

162

 3-3

Female breast cancer

174

 3-4

Cervical cancer

180

 3-5

Colorectal cancer

153-154

 3-6

Oropharyngeal cancer

140-149

 3-7

Prostate cancer

185

 3-8

Malignant melanoma

172

 4-2

Cardiovascular mortality in ESRD patients

Underlying cause: 390-448
Contributing cause: 585

 5-5†

Diabetes-related deaths

250

 5-6†

Diabetes-related deaths among known persons with diabetes

250

 5-7†

Cardiovascular deaths among persons with diabetes

Underlying cause:  390-448
Contributing cause:  250

10-4

Food allergies

Developmental

12-1

Coronary heart disease

402, 410-414, 429.2

12-7

Stroke

430-438

13-14

HIV infection

*042-*044

15-3

Firearm-related deaths

E922, E955.0-E955.4, E965.0-E965.4, E970, E985.0- E985.4

15-8

Poisoning

E850-E869, E950-E952, E962, E972, E980-E982

15-9

Suffocation

E911-E913, E953, E963, E983

15-13

Unintentional injuries

E800-E869, E880-E929

15-15

Motor vehicle crashes

E810-E819

15-16

Pedestrian deaths

E810-E819‡

15-25

Residential fires

E890-E899

15-27

Falls

E880-E886, E888

15-29

Drownings

E830, E832, E910

15-32

Homicides

E960-E969

16-1f

Birth defects

740-759

16-1g

Congenital heart and vascular defects

745-747

16-1h

Sudden infant death syndrome

798.0

16-4

Maternal deaths

630-676

18-1

Suicide

E950-E959

20-4†

Pneumoconiosis

500-505

24-1

Asthma

493

24-10

Chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases

490-496

26-1

Motor-vehicle crash deaths:  
a.  Alcohol-related  
c.  Drug-related

E810-E819‡

26-2

Cirrhosis

571

26-3

Drug-induced deaths

292, 304, 305.2-305.9, E850-E858, E950.0-E950.5, E962.0, E980.0-E980.5

 

*The “*” used in ICD-9 *042-*044 indicates that the codes were added after the classification was adopted.

**Unless otherwise specified, Healthy People 2010 uses underlying cause-of-death data.

†Healthy People 2010 uses multiple-cause-of-death data.

‡Includes only those deaths assigned to E810-E819 that were associated with alcohol-related or drug-related crashes.

 

NOTE:  See Part B: Operational Definitions for more information.

 



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