Table 4

Distributon of E code group with and without the fully restrictive selection procedure* for discharges with principal diagnosis of injury, 1998

E code	Description	Fully restrictive	All discharges	% Fully restrictive
*1st admission only, excluding day patients, excluding medical procedures.
800–807	Railway accidents	9	12	75
810–819	Motor vehicle traffic accidents	4972	6484	77
820–825	Motor vehicle non-traffic accidents	884	1084	82
826–829	Other road vehicle accidents	1704	2078	82
830–838	Water transport accidents	175	216	81
840–845	Air and space transport accidents	59	71	83
846–848	Vehicle accidents not elsewhere classifiable	35	43	81
850–858	Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances and biologicals	842	1271	66
860–869	Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapours	417	647	64
870–876	Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care	0	90	0
878–879	Surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient or later complication without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure	0	11198	0
880–888	Accidental falls	16597	20325	82
890–899	Accidents caused by fire and flames	239	332	72
900–909	Accidents due to natural and environmental factors	766	996	77
910–915	Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies	682	1170	58
916–928	Other accidents	10665	14395	74
929	Late effects of accidental injury	20	69	29
930–949	Drugs, medicinal and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use	0	611	0
950–959	Suicide and self inflicted injury	2499	3330	75
960–969	Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons	1657	2867	58
970–978	Legal intervention	11	15	73
980–989	Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted	87	118	74
990–999	Injury resulting from operations of war	1	1	100
	No valid E code	53	76	70
800–999	Total	42374	67499	63