Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Research
Deaths from Norovirus among the Elderly, England and Wales
John P. Harris
, W. John Edmunds, Richard G. Pebody, David W. Brown, and Ben A. Lopman
, W. John Edmunds, Richard G. Pebody, David W. Brown, and Ben A. Lopman
Table 1
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes used for defining deaths from infectious and noninfectious causes, England and Wales, 2001–2006
| Code | Diagnosis |
|---|---|
| A00 | Cholera |
| A01 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers |
| A02 | Other Salmonella infections |
| A03 | Shigellosis |
| A04 | Other bacterial intestinal infections (excludes A047, Clostridium difficile) |
| A05 | Other bacterial foodborne intoxications |
| A06 | Amebiasis |
| A07 | Other protozoal intestinal diseases |
| A08 | Rotaviral enteritis |
| A09 | Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
| A212* | Pulmonary tularemia |
| A213* | Gastrointestinal tularemia |
| B462* | Gastrointestinal mucormycosis |
| K22* | Other diseases of esophagus |
| K229 | Disease of esophagus, unspecified |
| K29* | Gastritis and duodenitis |
| K299 | Gastroduodenitis, unspecified |
| K31* | Other diseases of stomach and duodenum |
| K319 | Disease of stomach and duodenum, unspecified |
| K521 | Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis |
| K528 | Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis |
| K529 | Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified |
| K92* | Other diseases of digestive system |
| K929 | Disease of digestive system, unspecified |
| T47* | Poison agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system |
| T478* | Poisoning by other agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system |
| T479* | Poisoning by agent primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system unspecified |
| Y53* | Agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system |
| Y538* | Other agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system |
| Y539* | Agent primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system, unspecified |
*Although these codes were used in the search, none yielded any results for use in our dataset.
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