NISU briefing
New External Cause categories in the third edition of ICD-10-AM

James E Harrison

20 December 2001
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Canberra

Injury cases admitted to hospitals in Australia are coded according to the Australian clinical modification of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10AM). The third edition of ICD10AM, published early in 2002, includes substantial changes to the chapter covering External Causes of Injury and Poisoning. This document describes the changes.

The report is available here as a PDF document (~ 1080 Kb).

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