Table 1

ICD-10-CM codes used to identify emergency department records coded for injury and assault

ICD-10-CM codesDefinitions
Injury*
 All S codesAnatomic injuries
 T07–T34Foreign bodies, burns, corrosions, frostbite
 T66–T76Other and unspecified effects of external causes (radiation, heat, light, hypothermia, hyperthermia, asphyxiation, child and adult abuse, lightning, drowning, motion sickness, etc)
 T79Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
 O9A.2–O9A.5Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes; and physical, sexual and psychological abuse complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
 T84.04Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint
 M97Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint
Assault
 X92–Y09Intentional injury inflicted by another person, by any mechanism.
  • *Source: Injury codes and definitions from Hedegaard and Johnson (2019), Table C, excluding codes T36-T65 related to drug overdose and non-drug poisoning.

  • ICD-10-CM, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification.