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Table 1 Explicit and proxy ICD-9, E- and V-codes used to define violence in minnesota hospital discharge data

From: Measuring the hidden burden of violence: use of explicit and proxy codes in Minnesota injury hospitalizations, 2004–2014

 

Explicit code(s)

na

 

Proxy code(s)b

Exclusion code(s)c

Age restriction

Sex

na

Child abuse

        

Abuse

995(.50–.55, 0.59)

315

Sexual abuse related codes

54.1, 98, 614.9, 922.4, V71.5, V71.81,

NA

 < 10

NA

855

Abandonment

E904.0, E968.4

14

Neglect related codes

692.7

NA

< 2

NA

0

Abuse by varies perpetrators

E 967.0–.9

260

 

994.1, E910(.2,.4,.8,.9), E960.0

NA

< 4

NA

119

Assault/homicide (struck by or against)

E960.0, E968.2

1474

 

808, 860, 861, 863.8, 864,866,941,942,945,946, 960–979, E980

NA

< 5

NA

0

Assault/homicide (fire or burn)

E961, E965.6, E968(.0, .3)

4

 

521, 262, E869.4, E985, V60

NA

< 10

NA

154

Assault/homicide (poisoning)

E962(.0–.2,.9)

7

Neglect or physical abuse related codes

952

NA

< 3

NA

0

Assault/homicide (suffocation)

E963

7

 

800, 805, 852, 862, 863.2, 863.3, 865

NA

< 5

NA

0

Assault/homicide (cut)

E966

142

Physical abuse related codes

362.81

NA

< 3

NA

4

Assault/homicide (drowning)

E964

1

 

E965, E966, E968.2, E968.9

NA

< 4

NA

15

Assault/homicide (firearm)

E965(.0–.4)

98

 

807.0, 807.1, 811, 852.2, 853

NA

< 5

NA

0

Assault/homicide (fall)

E968.1

3

 

863.1, E988

NA

< 10

NA

0

Assault/homicide (vehicle)

E968.5

4

      

Assault/homicide(other)

E965(.5–.9), E967(.0–.9), E968 (.4,.8,.9), E969

637

      

Elder Abuse

        

Abuse

995(.80-.85)

5

Abrasion

910–919

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

0

Abuse by varies perpetrators

E 967.0-.9

27

Bruise

920–924

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

4500

Assault/homicide (struck by or against)

E960.0, E968.2

22

Burns

940–949

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

0

Assault/homicide (fire or burn)

E961, E965.6, E968(.0, .3)

90

Dehydration

276.51

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

8716

Assault/homicide (poisoning)

E962(.0–.2,.9)

1

Laceration

870–897

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

0

Assault/homicide (suffocation)

E963

0

Malnutrition

262–263

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

10

Assault/homicide (cut)

E966

1

Pressure ulcer

707

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

0

Assault/homicide (drowning)

E964

9

Strangulation

E963

E928.9

≥ 65

NA

1

Assault/homicide (firearm)

E965(.0–.4)

0

      

Assault/homicide (fall)

E968.1

2

      

Assault/homicide (vehicle)

E968.5

1

      

Assault/homicide(other)

E965(.5–.9), E967(.0–.9), E968(.4,.8,.9), E969

1

      

Rape

E960.1

90

      

Intimate partner violence

        

Abuse by ex-partner, ex-spouse, spouse, partner

E967.3, V611.1

653

Injuries to face/head/neck

802.0–802.9, 873.0–873.9,900.0–900.9, 910(.0–.3, .6–.9), 918.9, 920.0–921.9, 940.0–940.5, 940.9, 941.00–941.59, 959.01, 959.09

E810.0-E819.9

≥ 16

Female

44,435

  1. aAverage yearly count. Does not sum to sample size because there could be multiple diagnoses per individual
  2. bDetails in the Additional file 1: Appendix Table 1
  3. cCodes used in combination with proxy codes that would exclude the count of a proxy code if the record also had the exclusion code