External Causes of Disease and Death...

This category covers the external causes of disease and death, such as:

• Accidents Transport accidents;
• Pedestrian injured in transport accident;
• Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident;
• Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident;
• Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in transport accident;
• Car occupant injured in transport accident;
• Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in transport accident;
• Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident;
• Bus occupant injured in transport accident;
• Other land transport accidents;
• Water transport accidents;
• Air and space transport accidents;
• Other and unspecified transport accidents;
• Other external causes of accidental injury;
• Falls;
• Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces;
• Exposure to animate mechanical forces;
• Accidental drowning and submersion;
• Other accidental threats to breathing;
• Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure;
• Exposure to smoke, fire and flames;
• Contact with heat and hot substances;
• Contact with venomous animals and plants;
• Exposure to forces of nature;
• Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances;
• Overexertion, travel and privation;
• Accidental exposure to other and unspecified factors;
• Intentional self-harm;
• Assault;
• Event of undetermined intent;
• Legal intervention and operations of war;
• Complications of medical and surgical care;
• Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use;
• Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care;
• Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use;
• Surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure;
• Sequelae of external causes of morbidity and mortality;
• Supplementary factors related to causes of morbidity and mortality classified elsewhere; etc.

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A comprehensive list of related to articles that refer to external causes of morbidity and mortality , may be found at ICD-10 Chapter 20 Block V01-Y98.

ARTICLES:   Transport Accidents, Drowning, Falls, Electric Shock, Smoke, Fire, Heat, etc.