Table 3

Distributon of E code group by readmission status for discharges with principal diagnosis of injury, 1998

		Readmission status
E code	Description	1st Admission	Readmission	All discharges	% 1st admissions
800–807	Railway accidents	10	2	12	83
810–819	Motor vehicle traffic accidents	5881	603	6484	91
820–825	Motor vehicle non-traffic accidents	1010	74	1084	93
826–829	Other road vehicle accidents	1971	107	2078	95
830–838	Water transport accidents	206	10	216	95
840–845	Air and space transport accidents	62	9	71	87
846–848	Vehicle accidents not elsewhere classifiable	40	3	43	93
850–858	Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances, and biologicals	1244	27	1271	98
860–869	Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapours	633	14	647	98
870–876	Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care	69	21	90	77
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	8568	2630	11198	77
880–888	Accidental falls	19073	1252	20325	94
890–899	Accidents caused by fire and flames	292	40	332	88
900–909	Accidents due to natural and environmental factors	964	32	996	97
910–915	Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies	1133	37	1170	97
916–928	Other accidents	13775	620	14395	96
929	Late effects of accidental injury	34	35	69	49
930–949	Drugs, medicinal and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use	596	15	611	98
950–959	Suicide and self inflicted injury	3190	140	3330	96
960–969	Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons	2692	175	2867	94
970–978	Legal intervention	15	0	15	100
980–989	Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted	109	9	118	92
990–999	Injury resulting from operations of war	1	0	1	100
	No valid E code	71	5	76	93
800–999	Total	61639	5860	67499	91