List of ICD-9 codes E and V codes: external causes of injury and supplemental classification



(E000) External cause status

  • External cause status
  • * Civilian activity done for income or pay
  • * Military activity
  • * Volunteer activity
  • * Other external cause status
  • * Unspecified external cause status

(E001–E030) Activity

  • Activities involving walking and running
  • Activities involving water and water craft
  • Activities involving snow and ice
  • Activities involving climbing, rappelling and jumping off
  • Activities involving dancing and other rhythmic movement
  • Activities involving other sports and athletics played individually
  • Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group
  • Activities involving other specified sports and athletics
  • Activity involving other cardiorespiratory exercise
  • Activity involving other muscle strengthening exercises
  • Activities involving computer technology and electronic devices
  • Activities involving arts and handcrafts
  • Activities involving personal hygiene and household maintenance
  • Activities involving person providing caregiving
  • Activities involving food preparation, cooking and grilling
  • Activities involving property and land maintenance, building and construction
  • Activities involving roller coasters and other types of external motion
  • Activities involving playing musical instrument
  • Activities involving animal care
  • Other activity
  • Unspecified activity

(E800–E807) Railway accidents

  • Railway accident involving collision with rolling stock
  • Railway accident involving collision with other object
  • Railway accident involving derailment without antecedent collision
  • Railway accident involving explosion, fire, or burning
  • Fall in, on, or from railway train
  • Hit by rolling stock
  • Other specified railway accident
  • Railway accident of unspecified nature

(E810–E819) Motor vehicle traffic accidents

  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with train
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving re-entrant collision with another motor vehicle
  • Other motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with motor vehicle
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with other vehicle
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with pedestrian
  • Other motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision on the highway
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident due to loss of control without collision on the highway
  • Noncollision motor vehicle traffic accident while boarding or alighting
  • Other noncollision motor vehicle traffic accident
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident of unspecified nature

(E820–E825) Motor vehicle non-traffic accidents

  • Nontraffic accident involving motor-driven snow vehicle
  • Nontraffic accident involving other off-road motor vehicle
  • Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident involving collision with moving object
  • Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident involving collision with stationary object
  • Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident while boarding and alighting
  • Other motor vehicle nontraffic accident of other and unspecified nature

(E826–E829) Other road vehicle accidents

  • Pedal cycle accident
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring pedestrian
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring pedal cyclist
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring rider of animal
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring occupant of animal-drawn vehicle
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring occupant of streetcar
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring other specified person
  • * Pedal cycle accident injuring unspecified person
  • Animal-drawn vehicle accident
  • * Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring pedestrian
  • * Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring rider of animal
  • * Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring occupant of animal drawn vehicle
  • * Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring occupant of streetcar
  • * Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring other specified person
  • * Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring unspecified person
  • Accident involving animal being ridden
  • * Accident involving animal being ridden injuring pedestrian
  • * Accident involving animal being ridden injuring rider of animal
  • * Accident involving animal being ridden injuring occupant of streetcar
  • * Accident involving animal being ridden injuring other specified person
  • * Accident involving animal being ridden injuring unspecified person
  • Other road vehicle accidents
  • * Other road vehicle accidents injuring pedestrian
  • * Other road vehicle accidents injuring occupant of streetcar
  • * Other road vehicle accidents injuring other specified person
  • * Other road vehicle accidents injuring unspecified person

(E830–E838) Water transport accidents

  • Accident to watercraft causing submersion
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring occupant of small boat, unpowered
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring occupant of small boat, powered
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring occupant of other watercraft—crew
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring occupant of other watercraft—other than crew
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring water skier
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring swimmer
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring dockers, stevedores
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion, occupant of military watercraft, any type
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring other specified person
  • * Accident to watercraft causing submersion injuring unspecified person
  • Accident to watercraft causing other injury
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to occupant of small boat, unpowered
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to occupant of small boat, powered
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to occupant of other watercraft—crew
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to occupant of other watercraft—other than crew
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to water skier
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to swimmer
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to dockers, stevedores
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury, occupant of military watercraft, any type
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to other specified person
  • * Accident to watercraft causing other injury to unspecified person
  • Other accidental submersion or drowning in water transport accident
  • Fall on stairs or ladders in water transport
  • Other fall from one level to another in water transport
  • Other and unspecified fall in water transport
  • Machinery accident in water transport
  • Explosion fire or burning in watercraft
  • Other and unspecified water transport accident

(E840–E845) Air and space transport accidents

  • Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing
  • Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing, injuring occupant of aircraft
  • Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing, injuring any occupant of military aircraft
  • Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing, injuring crew of commercial aircraft in surface to surface transport
  • Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing, injuring other occupant of commercial aircraft in surface to surface transport
  • Accident to spacecraft, injuring occupant of spacecraft
  • Accident to spacecraft, injuring groundcrew
  • Accident to spacecraft, injuring other person

(E846–E848) Vehicle accidents not elsewhere classifiable

  • Accidents involving powered vehicles used solely within the buildings and premises of industrial or commercial establishments
  • Accidents involving cable cars not running on rails
  • Accidents involving other vehicles, not elsewhere classifiable

(E849) Place of Occurrence

  • Place of occurrence at Home
  • Place of occurrence at Farm
  • Place of occurrence at Mine and/or Quarry
  • Place of occurrence at Industrial Premises
  • Place of occurrence at Recreation/Sport
  • Place of occurrence at Street and Highway
  • Place of occurrence at Public building
  • Place of occurrence at Residential institution
  • Place of occurrence at Other specified places
  • Place of occurrence at Unspecified place
  • Place of occurrence at home

(E850–E858) Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicinal substances, and biologicals

(E870–E876) Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care

  • Accidental cut puncture perforation or hemorrhage during medical care
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during surgical operation
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during infusion or transfusion
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during kidney dialysis or other perfusion
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during injection or vaccination
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during endoscopic examination
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture, and catheterization
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during heart catheterization
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during administration of enema
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during other specified medical care
  • * Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during unspecified medical care
  • Foreign object left in body during procedure
  • * Foreign object left in body during surgical operation
  • * Foreign object left in body during infusion or transfusion
  • * Foreign object left in body during kidney dialysis or other perfusion
  • * Foreign object left in body during injection or vaccination
  • * Foreign object left in body during endoscopic examination
  • * Foreign object left in body during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture, and catheterization
  • * Foreign object left in body during heart catheterization
  • * Foreign object left in body during removal of catheter or packing
  • * Foreign object left in body during other specified procedures
  • * Foreign object left in body during unspecified procedure
  • Failure of sterile precautions during procedure
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during injection or vaccination
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture, and catheterization
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during other specified procedures
  • * Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified procedure
  • Failure in dosage
  • * Excessive amount of blood or other fluid during transfusion or infusion
  • * Incorrect dilution of fluid during infusion
  • * Overdose of radiation in therapy
  • * Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical care
  • * Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapy
  • * Inappropriate temperature in local application and packing
  • * Nonadministration of necessary drug or medicinal substance
  • * Other specified failure in dosage
  • * Unspecified failure in dosage
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during procedure
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during surgical operation
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during infusion and transfusion
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during kidney dialysis and other perfusion
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during endoscopic examination
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture, and catheterization
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during heart catheterization
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during other specified procedures
  • * Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during unspecified procedure
  • Contaminated or infected blood other fluid drug or biological substance
  • * Contaminated substance transfused or infused
  • * Contaminated substance injected or used for vaccination
  • * Contaminated drug or biological substance administered by other means
  • * Misadventure to patient from other contamination
  • * Misadventure to patient from unspecified contamination
  • Other and unspecified misadventures during medical care
  • * Mismatched blood in transfusion
  • * Wrong fluid in infusion
  • * Failure in suture and ligature during surgical operation
  • * Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
  • * Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument
  • * Performance of wrong operation on correct patient
  • * Performance of operation on patient not scheduled for surgery
  • * Performance of correct operation on wrong side/body part
  • * Other specified misadventures during medical care
  • * Unspecified misadventure during medical care

(E880–E888) Accidental falls

(E900–E909) Accidents due to natural and environmental factors

  • Venomous animals and plants as the cause of poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Venomous snakes and lizards causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Venomous spiders causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Scorpion sting causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Sting of hornets wasps and bees causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Centipede and venomous millipede (tropical) bite causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Other venomous arthropods causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Venomous marine animals and plants causing poisoning and toxic reactions
  • Poisoning and toxic reactions caused by other plants
  • Poisoning and toxic reactions caused by other specified animals and plants
  • Poisoning and toxic reactions caused by unspecified animals and plants
  • Other injury caused by animals
  • Dog bite
  • Rat bite
  • Bite of nonvenomous snakes and lizards
  • Bite of other animal except arthropod
  • Bite of nonvenomous arthropod
  • Bite by unspecified animal
  • Other specified injury caused by animal
  • Unspecified injury caused by animal

(E910–E915) Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies

  • Accidental drowning and submersion
  • Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation
  • Inhalation and ingestion of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation
  • Accidental mechanical suffocation
  • Foreign body accidentally entering eye and adnexa
  • Foreign body accidentally entering other orifice

(E916–E928) Other accidents

  • Struck accidentally by falling object
  • Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons
  • Caught accidentally in or between objects
  • Accidents caused by machinery
  • Accidents caused by cutting and piercing instruments or objects
  • Accident caused by explosion of pressure vessel
  • Accident caused by firearm and air gun missile
  • Accident caused by explosive material
  • Accident caused by hot substance or object, caustic or corrosive material, and steam
  • Accident caused by electric current
  • Exposure to radiation
  • Overexertion and strenuous and repetitive movements or loads
  • Overexertion from sudden strenuous movement
  • Overexertion from prolonged static position
  • Excessive physical exertion from prolonged activity
  • Cumulative trauma from repetitive motion
  • Cumulative trauma from repetitive impact
  • Other overexertion and strenuous and repetitive movements or loads
  • Unspecified overexertion and strenuous and repetitive movements or loads

(E929) Late effects of accidental injury

(E930–E949) Drugs, medicinal and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use

  • Antibiotics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Other anti-infectives causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Hormones and synthetic substitutes causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Primarily systemic agents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Agents primarily affecting blood constituents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Analgesics antipyretics and antirheumatics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants and anti-parkinsonism drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Sedatives and hypnotics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Other central nervous system depressants and anesthetics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Psychotropic agents causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Central nervous system stimulants causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Water mineral and uric acid metabolism drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Agents primarily acting on the smooth and skeletal muscles and respiratory system causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane ophthalmological otorhinolaryngological and dental drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Other and unspecified drugs and medicinal substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Bacterial vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
  • Other vaccines and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use

(E950–E959) Suicide and self-inflicted injury

  • Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances
  • Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by gases in domestic use
  • Suicide and self-inflicted poisoning by other gases and vapors
  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation
  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury by submersion
  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury by firearms, air guns and explosives
  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury by cutting and piercing instrument
  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury by jumping from high places
  • Suicide and self-inflicted injury by other and unspecified means
  • Late effects of self-inflicted injury

(E960–E969) Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons

  • Fight brawl rape
  • Assault by corrosive or caustic substance, except poisoning
  • Assault by poisoning
  • Assault by hanging and strangulation
  • Assault by submersion
  • Assault by firearms and explosives
  • Assault by cutting and piercing instrument
  • Perpetrator of child and adult abuse
  • Assault by other and unspecified means
  • Late effects of injury purposely inflicted by other person

(E970–E978) Legal intervention

  • Injury due to legal intervention by firearms
  • Injury due to legal intervention by explosives
  • Injury due to legal intervention by gas
  • Injury due to legal intervention by blunt object
  • Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and piercing instrument
  • Injury due to legal intervention by other specified means
  • Injury due to legal intervention by unspecified means
  • Late effects of injuries due to legal intervention
  • Legal execution

V codes – Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services

  • – Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases
  • * V01 Contact with or exposure to communicable diseases
  • * V02 Carrier or suspected carrier of infectious diseases
  • * V03 Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against bacterial diseases
  • * V04 Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against certain viral diseases
  • * V05 Need for other prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against single diseases
  • * V06 Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against combinations of diseases
  • – Persons with need for isolation, Other potential health hazards and Prophylactic measures
  • * V07 Need for isolation and other prophylactic measures
  • * V08 human immunodeficiency virus infection status
  • * V09 Infection with drug-resistant microorganisms
  • – Persons with potential health hazards related to personal and family history
  • * V10 Personal history of malignant neoplasm
  • * V11 Personal history of mental disorder
  • * V12 Personal history of certain other diseases
  • * V13 Personal history of other diseases
  • * V14 Personal history of allergy to medicinal agents
  • * V15 Other personal history presenting hazards to health
  • * V16 Family history of malignant neoplasm
  • * V17 Family history of certain chronic disabling diseases
  • * V18 Family history of certain other specific conditions
  • * V19 Family history of other conditions
  • – Persons encountering health services in Circumstances related to Reproduction and development
  • * V20 Health supervision of infant or child
  • * V21 Constitutional states in development
  • * V22 Normal pregnancy
  • * V23 Supervision of high-risk pregnancy
  • * V24 Postpartum care and examination
  • * V25 Encounter for contraceptive management
  • * V26 Procreative management
  • * V27 Outcome of delivery
  • * V28 Encounter for screening of mother
  • * V29 Observation and evaluation of newborns for suspected conditions not found
  • – Live-born infants according to type of birth
  • * V30 Single liveborn
  • * V31 Twin birth mate liveborn
  • * V32 Twin birth mate stillborn
  • * V33 Twin birth unspecified whether mate liveborn or stillborn
  • * V34 Other multiple birth mates all liveborn
  • * V35 Other multiple birth mates all stillborn
  • * V36 Other multiple birth mates liveborn and stillborn
  • * V37 Other multiple birth unspecified whether mates liveborn or stillborn
  • * V38 NOT USED
  • * V39 Liveborn unspecified whether single twin or multiple
  • – Persons with a condition influencing their health status
  • * V40 Mental and behavioral problems
  • * V41 Problems with special senses and other special functions
  • * V42 Organ or tissue replaced by transplant
  • * V43 Organ or tissue replaced by other means
  • * V44 Artificial opening status
  • * V45 Other postprocedural states
  • * V46 Other dependence on machines
  • * V47 Other problems with internal organs
  • * V48 Problems with head neck and trunk
  • * V49 Other conditions influencing health status
  • – Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and aftercare
  • * V50 Elective surgery for purposes other than remedying health states
  • * V51 Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery
  • * V52 Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic device
  • * V53 Fitting and adjustment of other device
  • * V54 Other orthopedic aftercare
  • * V55 Attention to artificial openings
  • * V56 Encounter for dialysis and dialysis catheter care
  • * V57 Care involving use of rehabilitation procedures
  • * V58 Encounter for other and unspecified procedures and aftercare
  • * V59 Donors
  • – Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
  • * V60 Housing, household and economic circumstances
  • * V61 Other family circumstances
  • * V62 Other psychosocial circumstances
  • * V63 Unavailability of other medical facilities for care
  • * V64 Persons encountering health services for specific procedures not carried out
  • * V65 Other persons seeking consultation
  • * V66 Convalescence and palliative care
  • * V67 Follow-up examination
  • * V68 Encounters for administrative purposes
  • * V69 Problems related to lifestyle
  • – Persons without reported diagnosis encountered during examination and investigation of individuals and populations
  • * V70 General medical examination
  • * V71 Observation and evaluation for suspected conditions not found
  • * V72 Special investigations and examinations
  • * V73 Special screening examination for viral and chlamydial diseases
  • * V74 Special screening examination for bacterial and spirochetal diseases
  • * V75 Special screening examination for other infectious diseases
  • * V76 Special screening for malignant neoplasms
  • * V77 Special screening for endocrine nutritional metabolic and immunity disorders
  • * V78 Special screening for disorders of blood and blood-forming organs
  • * V79 Special screening for mental disorders and developmental handicaps
  • * V80 Special screening for neurological eye and ear diseases
  • * V81 Special screening for cardiovascular respiratory and genitourinary diseases
  • * V82 Special screening for other conditions
  • Genetics
  • * V83 Genetic carrier status
  • * V84 Genetic susceptibility to disease
  • Body mass index
  • Estrogen receptor Status
  • Other Specified Personal Exposures And History Presenting Hazards To Health
  • Acquired Absence of Other Organs And Tissue
  • Other Suspected Conditions Not Found
  • Retained Foreign Body
  • Multiple Gestation Placenta Status