National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study

Wang, Henry E; Devereaux, Randolph S; Yealy, Donald M; Safford, Monika M; Howard, George

doi:10.1186/1476-072X-9-9

International Journal of Health Geographics

Table 1 Infection-attributed deaths and corresponding infection subgroups.

From: National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study

Cause of Death Category	ICD-9 Codes	ICD-10 Codes	Infection Subgroup
Salmonella infections	002-003	A01-A02	Abdominal
Shigellosis and amebiasis	004, 006	A03, A06	Abdominal
Certain other intestinal infections	007-009	A04, A07-A09	Abdominal
Respiratory tuberculosis	010-012	A16	Respiratory
Other tuberculosis	013-018	A17-A19	Respiratory
Whooping cough	33	A37	Respiratory
Scarlet fever and erysipelas	034.1-035	A38, A46	Other
Meningococcal infection	36	A39	Neurological
Septicemia	38	A40-A41	Septicemia
Syphilis	090-097	A50-A53	Kidney/Genitourinary
Acute poliomyelitis	45	A80	Other
Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis	062-064	A83-A84, A85.2	Neurological
Measles	55	B05	Other
Viral hepatitis	70	B15-B19	Abdominal
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	042-044	B20-B24	Other
Malaria	84	B50-B54	Other
Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae	001, 005, 020-032, 037, 039-041, 046-054, 056-061, 065-066, 071-083, 085-088, 098-134, 136-139, 771.3	A00, A05, A20-A36, A42-A44, A48-A49, A54-A79, A81-A82, A85.0-A85.1, A85.8, A86-B04, B06-B09, B25-B49, B55-B99	Other
Meningitis	320-322	G00, G03	Neurological
Acute and subacute endocarditis	421	I33	Cardiac
Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis	420, 422-423	I30-I31, I40	Cardiac
Influenza	487	J10-J11	Respiratory
Pneumonia	480-486	J12-J18	Respiratory
Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis	466	J20-J21	Respiratory
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection	---	J22	Respiratory
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids	507	J69	Respiratory
Diseases of Additional File 1 - Appendices	540-543	K35-K38	Abdominal
Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder	574-575	K80-K82	Abdominal
Infections of kidney	590	N10-N12, N13.6, N15.1	Kidney/Genitourinary
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs	614-616	N70-N76	Kidney/Genitourinary

Sepsis-attributed deaths defined as deaths due to infection. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) uses 113 causes of death categories to classify each death. Adopted from "NCHS 113 Selected Causes of Death"[31].

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