Volume 2, Number 1—January 1996
Dispatch
Unexplained Deaths Due to Possibly Infectious Causes in the United States: Defining the Problem and Designing Surveillance and Laboratory Approaches
Table 1
Selected codes from Intemational Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) used to identify unexplained deaths due to possibly infectious causes (UDPIC)
007.9 |
unspecified protozoal intestinal disease |
420.9 |
other and unspecified acute pericarditis |
785.6 |
enlargement of lymph nodes |
008.5 |
bacterial enteritis, unspecified |
421.0 |
acute and subacute bacterial endocarditis |
786.0 |
dyspnea and respiratory abnormalities |
008.8 |
intestinal infectious due to other organisms: other organism, not classified elsewhere |
421.9 |
acute endocarditis, unspecified |
792 |
nonspecific abnormal findings in other body substances |
009.0 |
infectious colitis, enteritis, and gastroenteritis |
422.9 |
other and unspecified myocarditis |
792.0 |
cerebrospinal fluid |
009.1 |
colitis, enteritis, and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
424.9 |
endocarditis, valve unspecified |
792.1 |
stool contents |
009.2 |
infectious diarrhea |
425.4 |
other primary cardiomyopathies |
792.2 |
semen |
009.3 |
diarrhea of presumed infectious origin |
425.9 |
secondary cardiomyopathy, unspecified |
792.3 |
amniotic fluid |
027.9 |
unspecified zoonotic bacterial disease |
446.6 |
thrombotic microangiopathy |
792.4 |
saliva |
038.9 |
unspecified septicemia |
465.0 |
acute laryngopharyngitis |
792.9 |
other nonspecific abnormal findings in body substances |
041.9 |
bacterial infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site: bacterial infection, unspecified |
465.8 |
acute upper respiratory infections of multiple or unspecified sites: other multiple sites |
795 |
nonspecific abnormal histologic and immunologic findings |
046.9 |
unspecified slow virus infection of the central nervous system |
465.9 |
acute upper respiratory infections of multiple or unspecified sites: unspecified site |
795.3 |
nonspecific positive culture findings |
047.9 |
unspecified viral meningitis |
466.0 |
acute bronchitis |
795.4 |
other nonspecific abnormal histologic findings |
049.9 |
unspecified non-arthropodborne viral diseases of central nervous system |
466.1 |
acute bronchiolitis |
795.7 |
other nonspecific immunologic findings |
057.9 |
viral exanthem, unspecified |
480.9 |
viral pneumoma, unspecified |
796.4 |
other nonspecific abnormal findings: other abnormal clinical findings |
079.9 |
viral infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site: unspecified viral and chlamydial infection |
482.9 |
bacterial pneumonia, unspecified |
798 |
sudden death, cause unknown |
099.0 |
venereal disease, unspecified |
485 |
bronchopneumonia, organism unspecified |
798.1 |
instantaneous death |
136.9 |
other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases: unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases |
486 |
pneumonia, organism unspecified |
798.2 |
death occurring in less than 24 hours from the onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained |
283.1 |
non-autoimmune hemolytic anemias |
511.9 |
unspecified pleural effusion |
798.9 |
unattended death |
284.8 |
other specified aplastic anemias |
518.4 |
acute edema of lung, unspecified |
799 |
other ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality |
286.6 |
defibrination syndrome |
518.8 |
other diseases of lung |
799.0 |
asphyxia |
287.3 |
primary thrombocytopenia |
519.9 |
unspecified disease of respiratory system |
799.1 |
respiratory failure |
287.5 |
thrombocytopenia, unspecified |
558 |
other and unspecified noninfectious gastroenteritis and colitis |
799.3 |
debility, unspecified |
320.9 |
meningitis due to unspecified bacterium |
780.6 |
pyrexia of unknown origin |
799.4 |
cachexia |
322.9 |
meningitis, unspecified |
782.1 |
rash and other nonspecific skin eruption |
799.8 |
other ill-defined conditions |
323.9 |
unspecified cause of encephalitis |
782.7 |
spontaneous ecchymoses |
799.9 |
other unknown and unspecified cause |
357.0 | acute infective polyneuritis | 785.5 | shock without mention of trauma |
1The Unexplained Deaths Working Group: Grechen Rothrock, University of California at Berkeley; Duc Vugia, California Department of Health Services; James Hadler, Matt Cartter, Connecticut Department of Public Health and Addiction Services; James Meek, Robin Ryder, Mark Wilson, Yale University School of Medicine; Michael Osterholm, Kristine L. MacDonald, Jean Rainbow, Norman Crouch, Kathy LeDell, Minnesota Department of Health; David Fleming, Katrina Hedberg, Oregon Health Division; Don Brenner, Mark Eberhard, James Olson, Pierre Rollin, R. Gibson Parrish, CDC.