Research Article

Epidemiology of Injuries in Belgium: Contribution of Hospital Data for Surveillance

Table 3

Subchapter injury and poisoning of the ICD-9-CM classification.

Fracture of skull
Fracture of neck and trunk
Fracture of upper limb
Fracture of lower limb
Dislocation
Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles
Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture
Internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis
Open wounds of head, neck, and trunk
Open wounds of upper limb
Open wounds of lower limb
Injury to blood vessels
Late effects of injuries, poisonings, toxics effects, and other external causes
Superficial injury
Contusion with intact skin surface
Crushing injury
Effects of foreign body entering through orifice
Burns
Injury to nerves and spinal cord
Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries
Poisoning by drugs and medicinal and biological substances
Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as a source
Other and unspecified effects of external causes
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified