Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10-Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan

Table 4

20 groups of categorical diagnoses associated with injuries.

Group	ICD-9-CM codes	Descriptions
1	800-804,; 850-854	Fracture of skull, intracranial injury
2	805-809	Fracture of spine and trunk
3	810-819	Fracture of upper limb
4	820-829	Fracture of lower limb
5	830-839	Dislocation
6	840-848	Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles
7	860-862	Internal injury of chest
8	863-869	Internal injury of abdomen and pelvis
9	870-879	Open wound of head, neck, and trunk
10	880-887	Open wound of upper limb
11	890-897	Open wound of lower limb
12	900-904	Injury to blood vessels
13	905-909	Late effects of injuries and other external causes
14	910-919	Superficial injury
15	920-924	Contusion with intact skin surface
16	925-929	Crush injuries
17	930-939	Effects of foreign body entering through orifice
18	940-949	Burns
19	950-957	Injury to nerves and spinal cord
20	958-959	Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries