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


 * Excludes: Collision with: aircraft (E840-E842) or motor vehicle (E810.-, E820-E822)


 * Railway accident involving derailment without antecedent collision
 * Railway accident involving explosion, fire, or burning


 * Excludes: Explosion or fire, with mention of antecedent collision (E800.-, E801.-), explosion or fire, with antecedent derailment (E802.-)


 * Fall in, on, or from railway train


 * Excludes: Fall related to collision, derailment, or explosion of railway train (E800-E803)


 * Hit by rolling stock


 * Includes: Knocked down, run over, crushed; injured of killed by railway train or part of it
 * Excludes: Pedestrian hit by object set in motion by railway train (E806.-)


 * Other specified railway accident


 * Includes: Hit by object falling in railway train; injured by door or window on railway train; non-motor road vehicle or pedestrian hit by object set in motion by railway train; or railway train hit by falling object (earth, rock tree etc.)
 * Excludes: Railway accident due to cataclysm (E908-E909)


 * 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 (powered) in surface to surface transport
 * Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing, injuring other occupant of commercial aircraft (powered) in surface to surface transport
 * Accident to spacecraft, injuring occupant of spacecraft


 * Note excludes effects of weightlessness in spacecraft (see E928.0)


 * 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

 * Accidental poisoning by analgesics antipyretics and antirheumatics
 * Accidental poisoning by barbiturates
 * Accidental poisoning by other sedatives and hypnotics
 * Accidental poisoning by tranquilizers
 * Accidental poisoning by other psychotropic agents
 * Accidental poisoning by other drugs acting on central and autonomic nervous system
 * Accidental poisoning by antibiotics
 * Accidental poisoning by other anti-infectives
 * Accidental poisoning by other drugs

(E880–E888) Accidental falls

 * Fall on same level from slipping, tripping or stumbling

(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

 * Late effects of accidental injury
 * Late effects of motor vehicle accident
 * Late effects of other transport accident
 * Late effects of accidental poisoning
 * Late effects of accidental fall
 * Late effects of accident caused by fire
 * Late effects of accident due to natural and environmental factors
 * Late effects of other accidents
 * Late effects of unspecified accident

(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 (drowning)
 * 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 [drowning]
 * 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 [Asymptomatic] human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 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 (i.e. cancer)
 * 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 [antenatal] 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 (three or more) mates all liveborn
 * V35 Other multiple birth (three or more) mates all stillborn
 * V36 Other multiple birth (three or more) mates liveborn and stillborn
 * V37 Other multiple birth (three or more) 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