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Table 1 List of ICD-10 codes and their definitions used to define TSCI

From: Mortality due to traumatic spinal cord injuries in Europe: a cross-sectional and pooled analysis of population-wide data from 22 countries

Codes used to define fatalities due to TSCI

ICD-10 Code

ICD-10 Definition

S14.0

Concussion and oedema of cervical spinal cord

S14.1

Other and unspecified injuries of cervical spinal cord

S14.2

Injury of nerve root of cervical spine

S24.0

Concussion and oedema of thoracic spinal cord

S24.1

Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord

S24.2

Injury of nerve root of thoracic spine

S34.0

Concussion and oedema of lumbar spinal cord

S34.1

Other injury of lumbar spinal cord

S34.2

Injury of nerve root of lumbar and sacral spine

S12.0

Fracture of first cervical vertebra

S12.1

Fracture of second cervical vertebra

S12.2

Fracture of other specified cervical vertebra

S12.7

Multiple fractures of cervical spine

S22.0

Fracture of thoracic vertebra

S22.1

Multiple fractures of thoracic spine

S32.0

Fracture of lumbar vertebra

S32.1

Fracture of sacrum

S32.7

Multiple fractures of lumbar spine and pelvis

T91.3

Sequelae of injury of spinal cord